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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