Respecting One Another
Ladies,
I am blessed to have this opportunity to share with you again. Happy New Year! Today I would like to explore the feelings of disrespect we seem to have for each other as women. It seems we’re always on the defensive where other women are concerned. We tend to try to tear a sister down when she’s handling her business. We try to break up happy homes. Calling sisters less delightful names. What is it all about. Why such disrespect for each other? Could it be that we have no respect for ourselves, and are threatened by those who do?
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32
Are we so intimidated by another woman’s success that we have to bring her low. We all know that as women, we work hard and take lots of opposition from the world. I feel it’s pointless to fight among ourselves. When we do we lose something that we can never get back. Not just that, without respect for each other we can’t respect the men God bring into our lives. So then the cycle of disrespect continues.
Check this out. In the book of Ruth, for those of you who read your bibles. Ruth gave up everything to follow Naomi, her mother –in-law. She left everything she knew to go to a new land. She had to have respect for Naomi, and in turn Naomi had to have respect for her. Without that mutual respect, God would not have eventually given Ruth her Boaz. It took courage, compassion, and respect.
God wants to bless us, but we are standing against each other thereby standing in the way of those blessings. Why not use this new year as a turning point. When a sister is on her game, let her know. When a woman is holding down her family, let her know. Encourage that young mother who is doing all she can to raise the new generation. It can be as simple as telling the next chick you like her shoes, or she’s rocking that new hairdo. It’s about building one another in love. We have the power to rebuild the foundations of our lives. We have no time to waste. What will you do differently this new year? Will you contribute to the building of another sister? The time to decide is today.
Ladies, until next time, thanks for your time and the mutual respect. Oh yeah, keep rocking who you are, it looks good on you!
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