Women... ah the drama of it all

I cannot count too many women as friends. Guys usually say what they mean, you know where they stand.

On the other hand, women are catty, competitive, even manipulative.
We women have a whole "language" that we begin learning in grade school designed to CONCEAL what we mean... whether to save face, to hide our insecurities... who knows the myriad reasons for that. (Could it be distrust?) And because of our own language, we are constantly interpreting what others say to us.

Do you think we become addicted to drama? To sharing others' life circumstances that cast US in better light?

There comes a time in every woman's life when she has to take a close look at herself.
Not at her circumstance, not at what she did, not how unfair life is, or at who made you do it.
She has to just look at herself in all her glory and imperfection.

Have you ever admired a woman who has been through some major changes in her life?
Or have you made up in your mind that she is just messed up. Before you make this mistake, take a closer look.

A woman who has endured the most unusual life is someone of wisdom, someone who has been chosen by God to go through things that have made her stronger.

Women are so quick to beat the next one down instead of trying to hold her up.
Before you wonder, “What's up with her?” ask yourself, “What's up with me?”

That woman could be my mother, sister, aunt, in-law, stepmother, niece, grandmother, great-grandmother, neighbor, friend, or co-worker.
Hey! That woman could be ME.

But as a Christian woman, I believe my fellow believers are my Sisters in the Lord. And we should be able to support and encourage one another; celebrate in others' success and happiness; weep with those who have experienced loss.

Women have such great strength and compassion; we need to have our hearts softened and our eyes opened so that we can see and love each other the way that God sees and loves us.

Think about it ladies. Doesn't love expand? We do not have to hoard it and be selfish. We have unlimited supplies to give out.
So share the love and share some mercy.

Ask God to send some emotionally healthy women into your life. We all need a few good girlfriends!

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I received this in an email but it is so true:

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They are a Godsend and they are there for the reason you need them to be.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
It is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

Women are the carriers of life, not the channels of death. Let's build and encourage each other, as did Ruth and Naomi.

Encourage and love,
forgive and forget,
learn to trust,
practice mercy.