Tuesday 19 November 2013

The Beauty Of Being A Woman; Abigail & Esther

This morning as I spent time in Gods presence, I studied/meditated the whole chapter of 1Kings 17 and as I see the widow of Zarephaths response to Elijah, I am awed by her level of faith as well also as the level of faith of Elijah. I say its amazing where we get help from most times. Not in our trusted allies nor even from family/associates but God just sends help from nowhere that leaves you thinking how did this happen? And then I realise that regardless of the situations we find ourselves in, God wont let us drown in them and He is always working things out for our good.

As I opened my email, I saw this beautiful note and just had to share. Hope it blesses the women out there, and the men who love them too....


Abigail could easily have been the first successful female Public Relation Officer (PRO) in the Bible.

She would step on the thorns of her husband’s character flaws to win the heart of God’s anointed.

Nabal her husband was brash.  He was also foolish.

He turned down a crucial request from the LORD’s anointed-what a foolish and dangerous thing to do?
Abigail was a discerning woman, full of courage and spiritual insight.

She would quieten the fury of the King with a hurried meal and thus saved her home from the flaming swords of war-battered men-1sam 25:2-41.
 
Women are God’s treasure trove of wisdom and virtues. Abigail could without weapons of war, bring a troupe of rampaging soldiers to resting calm.
Women travel far, not for prowess, just for the gift of wisdom. Abigail would later become the king’s wife.

Wisdom changed her status-from the empty wilderness to the palace.

Again, there must have been something God put in Esther beyond the credentials of being a beauty pageant-How a nation, would be saved from the deathly plan of Haman by the wise conduct of a graced woman? Esther 8.

Some say “it’s a man’s world”- how unlikely!
The beautiful thing about women is the fact that God hid in them an ocean of power, invisible to the eyes.  They could rock the foundations of empires, and rule the whims of great men, by the mere charm of their gracious tenderness.
Men are like rough cut-diamonds-spiky and shapeless. Brilliant though, hardly glistening or attractive just yet!

Men are like the stretch of the wilderness- lonely, less traveled, often empty and without beauty.
Men are impulsive and reckless.  Men could be imposing-but not necessarily as powerful as they seem. Men could be bold and audacious-but may not have the silent, steady virtue of a calm spirit.

Men often have visions and callings-but not have the patience and sense of order to execute them.
But a woman steps in-from the wealth of her pleasant gifts reinvents the man. Little by little that simple, ignored man climbs into prominence.

Like an expert care-giver, she manicures the man into a showpiece of dignity and honour. She quietly, behind the scene-gives the man a head start with her unfailing reassurances. She becomes his most loyal cheerleader-shaping his dreams in prayers, until-the man’s empire begins to flourish. Women give hope to men whose dreams have died. They are the man’s abiding confidante.

Women are Gods’ nurturing hands. God brought women men’s way just to beautify their lives.
Women change the world.

Abigail and Esther live on.
     By Steve Orji

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