Fight Like A Girl

If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?

As a young girl, I spilled countless tears about that very fact: I was a girl. It felt like boys had all the advantages, both physically and socially. And, of course, spending the day in the woods was no problem for them when every tree offered a potential bathroom. Yep, my younger self just knew that boys had it made.

Fast-forward several decades, and I wouldn’t trade my “girl” card for the world. I see other women who love Jesus intentionally choosing collaboration and encouragement over cattiness and condemnation. They are single and married, career women and women who stay home, homeschoolers and public school advocates. They are from different generations, denominations, parts of the world, and political backgrounds.

It gives me hope that we finally realize that women in committed community are stronger than women alone, that we have voices and skills and strengths unique to us that can be used to accomplish great things for God when we fight alongside one another on common, big-picture issues instead of clashing against one another on small differences.

American women (in addition to women from many other countries) are among the freest, best educated, most resourced group of women to ever walk on earth, and I cannot help but wonder what would happen if we combined our strengths, skill sets, and intentionality toward loving God and loving others. We are part of the most amazing chapter in the history of womankind, and I draw inspiration and courage from watching how God uses us in big ways, in small ways, and a million in-between ways to change the world.

Instead of bemoaning the fact that we live in this present time with the challenges set before us, let us thank God that we were born into this age of opportunity. Let us be women who actively join forces with other women in our faith communities to bring the good news of Jesus to those around us.

Julie

Today’s Act of Gratitude

Prayerfully ask God how he’d have you join forces with other women.