The Wise Woman

Good morning ladies. I pray each of you has had a week filled with Jesus.

Has something ever brought such sorrow to your heart when you think of it you cry? Or that you can remember what anguish and sorrow it brought to your bones? If you have then you can relate to the way I feel about a certain area, trial and struggle in my life. During that season I came across this scripture below:

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.
Psalms 56:8 NLT

This brought me so much joy and peace and it also made me realize just who this God I was following after was. My heart had always longed for a gentlemen who was concerned when I was sad a man to truly from his heart want to hold me when I cried. I never got that, until I came to a season of my life where I cried from the depths of my soul and bones. To be honest sometimes I still cry in the quietness of my heart or when it's just God and I. And you know what ladies? He is that gentleman that holds me and truly cares. The scripture above proves it.

Every tear we shed He is collecting them, He sees and He knows how badly it hurts us and you know what? Just like we hurt and cry when our children are hurting I'd go on to say He feels the same way. Because if we being imperfect parents love our children in that way how much more does our perfect Heavenly Father love us!? So many woman look for and look to a physical man to meet those needs. And while yes, our husbands should love us the way Christ loves the church we must remember that they are human just as we are. Only God can love us in the way we long to be loved. Only He can be everything we need Him to be, not our husbands or any guy at that.

I remember I use to put such a high standard on the father of my children. I wanted him to make me feel better all the time and when he didn't I hated him even more then I hated myself. I tore him down because deep within I was a mess. Only Jesus can be our all in all, only He each morning can fill us with what we need.

I've noticed most of us woman struggle in finding balance in that. We either think we don't need a man or even Jesus or we put our husbands in the position of God. I don't think either are healthy. I believe Christ designed it that He is first and then our husbands.... When we twist it or change it up we are telling God His plan is wrong and that's so scary because the bible says in Proverbs 14:1,
The wise woman builds her house but with her hands the foolish tears hers down.

I've torn mine down before and I am so done with being that woman. I want to be the woman who builds hers up keeping Jesus the center and head of my home.

Just want to encourage each of you beauties to keep seeking Him. To always be in a place that God can teach us and speak a word of truth into our lives. Sometimes that discipline and sometimes it's confirmation whatever it is remember He loves you and is always doing a good thing.