A Shout Out to My Sisters!

When you get a group of women together, the result can be incredibly satisfying or incredibly terrifying. We have all probably been in those situations when we feel the need to step softly among them. Sometimes we wonder, "Today, will I get the whispers or the silence? Will it be the cutting glances or the refusal to even look my way? In what aspects will I be judged for comparison or will I feel the need to compare myself?" That is stressful enough, but heaven help us in those times when the words fly and the claws are bared.

This is why I am so thankful for my sisters in Christ - women who display the beauty of Christ and the glory of God even with their imperfections. Women with whom I can laugh and cry. Women with whom I can make mistakes yet they do not take advantage of me, and women with whom I can even occasionally get it right and they cheer for me.

This week, I had the wonderful opportunity to stand with some of my sisters and state my resolutions [rez-uh-loo-shuh; n.;  a decision or determination]. We had finished our study of The Resolution for Women by Priscilla Shirer (highly recommended) and were now sealing the deal in an open assembly (before the 5th grade girls' class). It was an amazing experience. I felt so blessed by their partnership in this commitment and by their sweet humility in receiving this challenging task with courage and grace. I was reminded that there is nothing like true sisterhood in the body of Christ.

Do you remember King David's beautiful song (Psalm 133) when he says:
1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!2 It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes. 3 It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.
I think we could say, "How good and pleasant it is when sisters live together in unity!"

Girlfriends, it is like the sweetest smelling perfume or body wash we could buy (you know the one with the pleasing and calming effect).

It is also as a cool mist that makes the most beautiful flowers to bloom and brings refreshment to the land. We need that often as well.

And, it is in unity that the Lord gives His blessing. Of course, that would make sense!  Because Christ said the proof that we are His disciples is our divine love for one another (John 13:35)!

So, today, I want to just say "Thank you", to all my Christian sisters; those who stood with me this week, those who have stood with me in the past, and those who will stand with me hereafter. May God continue to bless you abundantly and make you increase in spiritual fruitfulness.

 "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." Proverbs 31:29