What are some of the things
you tell yourself whenever you feel you’re in a
fight or struggle? a.
I tell myself all kinds of things lol! Anything that I WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR EXAMPLE can to encourage myself…when I was just 5 weeks OF A STRONG WOMAN? post-partum I was invited to sing at a church in NJ a. You know I used to think the stories of the for a Multi-cultural Sunday…I was instantly filled women in the bible were completely with fear and self-doubt! Really?!? YES!! And I am impossible to achieve (like the Esther or ashamed to admit it lol!! The first thing I said to the Proverbs 31 woman---wow I mean she’s myself was “You are not FAT! You are just round SUPER WOMAN!!) I used to think that the and round is a shape so I am in shape Lol” Looking women who fought their oppressors during back on it now I can laugh at it but during that time slavery (i.e. Harriet Tubman), women like I needed to seek God about it because I was Rosa Parks who stood up against injustice worried that I had nothing to offer the body of when the law was against them—these believers as a new mother…not my first time on were the real hero’s and I have been stage but still I struggled! So what did I do I prayed inspired by these women who pressed and read God’s Word and I was brought to onward no matter their circumstances and 2Timothy 1:7 which said “For God has not given us it would seem that rightfully so, history and a spirit of fear and timidity but of power, love, and the scriptures have remembered these self-discipline” and also Psalm 139:14 which says wonderful women. And although I continue “I praise you because I am fearfully and to be inspired by the tenacity of these wonderfully made…” As I meditated on God’s word women I realize that I am faced with real I realized that I did not need to worry at all! everyday heroes in my family, in my Because this round-shaped, sleep-deprived new network of friends, and in my church! There mom may not have had anything to offer but the are mom’s who balance work and family God in me absolutely did! I just made myself like nobody’s business lol! Pastor’s wives available and God strengthened my body, my mind, who counsel women in their congregations and my voice and that morning the was powerful! all hours of the day and night, while So whenever I am faced with fear and doubt I managing to still make time for their stand-up and say “No Way FEAR” I am an children and husbands! It’s truly Overcomer in Christ Jesus and I place all my trust remarkable the stories of perseverance I in God. After all, it was HE that chose me to do this have heard. So I give it up to women work and HE will provide everything I need to make everywhere who remain busy loving God, it to the finish line! their families and their communities!