A woman going for water for her family, condemned and simultaneously forgiven
A woman humiliated by an angry, self assured, self appointed panel of judges, all men, rescued by a few quiet words from a Kind Stranger
A duo of women, mourning their dead brother, soon rejoiced as he walked out of his tomb, alive
A woman, overworked, stressed, trying to do everything like women everywhere have been doing for centuries, invited to relax, to rest, to relinquish her worries, and rejuvenate at His feet
A woman took a stranger into her home and shared the last of her food with him, knowing her and her son would just die a little faster that way. Miraculously, her flour bin continued to stay full day after day
A woman lived a girl’s dream when she a Queen; even when Queening became a nightmare, she was safe and loved and managed to stop a genocide. You think she did all that without some Help?
I know so many stories of women who have been hurt, mistreated, abused, repressed in so many horrible ways. But through the thousands of years these terrible things have been perpetuated, there’s been Someone Advocating for Women all along. To all the Women reading this. Don’t ever doubt it. He is your Advocate. He wants all the good things for you: peace, like The Woman At The Well found; security, like He gave to the woman at the temple about to be stoned; Happiness, like Mary and Martha felt when Lazarus walked out of his tomb; the absence of worry He encouraged Martha to accept; Enough to share, like the widow who fed Elijah even when she herself was starving; Courage like Queen Esther.
I know that each of you have experienced bad things. I also know that you have surely experienced this Advocacy in your own life. Don’t ever be afraid to tell these stories. I think our Advocate likes it if we talk about the good things He does for us. And just like the women I referred to above, your story might remind other people that even when it seems like no one cares, there’s someone quietly looking out for you.
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