It's Tough Being a Woman!

Can I hear an "Amen" to this post's title? I mean, really! Have you ever had a day go by that you haven't thought, "Why can't my life just be easy?" I think that all the time. Why can't the clothes wash themselves? Why can't my husband read my mind? Why, oh why, must I have cramps? Why can't I balance everything? Why does it seem like everyday is like the day before it? Does ANYONE see all that I'm doing? Hey, we could really write a book here, but every situation would lead us back to point "A". It is TOUGH being a woman! And if we're being really honest, it's one of those things that we don't even like to voice that we're feeling because, after all, aren't we supposed to have it all together? There's often a lot of shame that goes along with saying we don't have it all together - that we can't get it all done. Well, we can't get it all done and have make-up and a great outfit on, too. There's not enough time to look good, smell good, eat "good" (pardon my grammar) and do good! So, once again, we're back where we started - feeling like it's tough being a woman. Guess what, though! There's a wonderful thing called HOPE! I find great promise in that, don't you. It's kind of like that really bad day with the kids and your husband comes in and saves the day just by coming home and giving you a break, adult conversation and may even give the kids a bath

...well, unless your husband just doesn't have a clue how hard you have it all day and comes in and props his feet up and watches you manage it all without really paying any attention at all! :)

Scratch that last part of that sentence and hold on to the visual of your husband coming in to save the day. I don't know about you, but I have HOPE for tomorrow when I find relief at the end of a long day. I actually find myself thinking, "Hey, I can do this thing! I can wake up again tomorrow." Don't you love moments like that? Don't you love the hope that getting away for a Girls Night Out gives you? The hope that locking yourself in the bathroom and counting to "10" brings? The cuddle time with your toddler over a really great read? It's in the story of our lives that we live the.... story of our lives. It's the searching for hope that we find it...right in the person of Christ! Let me tell you what I heard in my Bible study yesterday, said by Beth Moore. She pointed out that "God will not fulfill our destiny without us!" That causes me to want to soar, people! What about you? There's no room for giving up here. No room for pulling the "failure card." There's plain, simple, yet gloriously wonderful - HOPE!

Yesterday was the start of a great journey with about 40 ladies from all over our community as we began to dig into the book of Esther. It's a call for hope. It's a call for fulfilling our destinies with Christ. It's a call for allowing Him the honor of writing our life's story.

I know that many of you would like to participate in this Bible study. Well, you can! You can pray for each lady in the morning study. You can pray intentionally that she will find hope in her Maker. You, by doing that, will make a huge investment in her life! You'll give her hope!

My prayer is that this study will be available to you that cannot attend right now, and my hope is that it will be sooner, rather than later. It is already one of those, "you just can't miss this" moments. So, pray with me that we will all be on this journey together - whether it be through actually attending now, or praying for those who are attending now. Either way, you are sure to receive a blessing.
Go live today like you've never lived before! Live like you have HOPE!