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She
Yesterday I went to the first meeting of “She”, the women’s ministry that my church is launching. I was very nervous about going, as it is the first time in almost three years that I have been able to attend without having any specific ‘job’ to do in the service.
The thing is, I like having a job to do, because it gives me less time to think over things and to over think things, and not having that worried me. Anyway, I went there, and tried to keep an open mind, determined to enjoy my night off. We started with worship, which was amazing! And then a game of handbag bingo, before the word.
The word, or sermon, if you want to get strict about it, was called “Another Brick In The Wall”, and was largely talking about how we, as women see ourselves. The speaker talked about how women tend to take everything upon themselves. They think that anything that happens is their fault, and tend to take the responsibility of the world on their shoulders. They allow the words of others, spoken over them and their lives, to begin to build up a wall around them, and if they’re not careful, this wall can get so tall that it traps them.
We also don’t help ourselves at times, because there are words that we speak over our own lives. Ones like weak, broken, ugly, and failure, when what we should be doing is speaking words like strong…
