The woman in me


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There was once a point in my life I thought being a woman was all about having a curvaceous body, lustrous lips, long flowing hair and colored nails. I thought it meant demanding the world to do everything for the lady while she just sat and sipped her cappuccino. You know what I mean. All these changed when I met the women in the bible who made me realize just how far I was from the mark.  

Introducing Miss Rebecca – Genesis 24:15 – 21
Miss Rebecca went down to the well as she always did. The journey from the well was not easy as she carried the heavy jar on her shoulder and had to climb up. As she was feeling the weight of her load, a stranger meets her and asks for a little water from her jar. She does not roll her eyes at the stranger neither does she complain to the stranger of what she had to go through to get the water and thereby instruct the stranger to get the water himself or get it from somewhere else. Rebecca not only calls this stranger her lord, she quickly lowers the jar to her hands and gives him a drink. Moreover, she quickly runs back to the well to draw enough water for his camels. Who does that?

Thank you Miss Rebecca for teaching me that it does not harm to go out of my way to help others even if they are strangers. My act of kindness inaweza nishindia mchumba hehe! Harusi tunayo hatuna? Tunayo! and so much more but most importantly it can be an answer to someone’s prayer and so increase their faith in God. 

Introducing Miss Mary – Luke 1:26 - 38
Mary must been very excited to be engaged to the man of her dreams, Joseph. Just before they could get married, the angel of the Lord appears to her and tells her that she will give birth to a son. We do not hear her asking what will happen to Joseph when he finds out she is pregnant or the stigma she would get from her community. She had to choose either the love of her life and her reputation or her Maker. She chose the latter as it is clearly seen in her response to the angel, ‘May it be to me as you have said.’ Later, she sings a beautiful song to God. 

Thank you Miss Mary for teaching me that I need to give my all to God. God’s plan for me may be totally different from my plans but even if His plans do not make sense and may appear to reschedule my life, I am submitting myself to Him. I belong to Him, anyway. 

Introducing Miss Sick Woman – Mark 5:25-34
‘If I could just touch his clothes, I will be healed.’ It is easy to accept this statement from someone who has just fallen sick but these words came from a woman who been subject to bleeding for twelve years. Those twelve years were filled with pain, emptiness, loneliness and anguish. She could have easily given up and said that it was by fate that she was the way she was but when she heard about Jesus she knew that life could not continue the way it had been. There was a way out of her mess. Her faith in Jesus would be the only thing that would heal her and it did. 

Thank you my dear lady for teaching me that if I need to move from where I am to where I should be, I need to find my way to Jesus and to have faith in Him to the point that I only need to touch his cloak and I know I will be healed. Doctors and money will not do.

Introducing Miss Shalit 
Like a cake that is a mixture of many ingredients so is Miss Shalit a mixture of these women in the bible together with the other women in the bible. She might be in the beginning stage where all the mixtures are being brought together and being mixed or she might be in the oven stage undergoing some heat to form her or better still she might be out there everyone enjoying a piece of her, Yum yum, all for the glory and honor of His name. 

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