Beautiful Woman in My Life

In honor of National Woman's day I thought I would talk about some of the women who have been blessing to my life, but this certainly does not cover all of them.

I'll start with my mother, Mary.  I love my mother so dearly; she is a beautiful woman both inside and out.  She is strong, independent and loving and has always been there for me no matter what.  She was the first person to teach me the true importance of forgiveness and it has honestly been one of the most important lessons of my life.  Through her ability to forgive in a situation that most women would not have been able to has taught me to do the same and I know that my children benefit from it. 

Two more women I hold very dear to me are Sue and Tina, I am honored to have them in my life and call them my spiritual sisters.  Through the last couple of years we have studied the word together, prayed together, held each other accountable and lifted each other up. Some days I would say that Sue knows me better than I know myself.  I know that it was God who placed these two awesome women in my life to help me get through some of the roughest times in my adult life.  I have truly learned so much from both of these women and for that I am ever grateful and pray that I have been the same for them. 

I have many beautiful Aunts who have left wonderful foot prints on my heart, but today I'm going to talk about two of them.  When I was born my parents picked my Aunt Avery to be my God mother; I have such fond memories of spending nights at her house and feeling surrounded by love every time she was around.  My Aunt Jackie has been there for me through one of the roughest times in my life and I know that is only by the grace of God.  Living far away from family, she just happened to live close enough that I was able to retreat to her home during one of the darkest times in my life.  She allowed God to use her; she embraced me, did not judge me and imparted to me a deep spiritual blessing that renewed my strength and faith in God.  Words can not even express what that means to me.

While still pretty young my husband and I moved away from home and once he joined the military we moved again, even further away from home.  I haven't always been the most social of people, I find it hard to meet new people sometimes and build new friendships…so on that side of things it could get a little lonely.  Over the last year or so God has sent two beautiful women into my life.  Victoria is a young beautiful woman seeking to put God as the head of her life.  There have been days when she would come to me needing prayer or spiritual advice and while she thought I was helping her, she was truly blessing me.  God showed me many things through her to include the fact that I have grown in Him.  Quar-an has shown me spiritual strength in the face of adversity and pain and has prayed with and for me when I couldn’t do it for myself.  She has helped me to realize that I am stronger than I thought I was. 

Now I'm going to talk about my oldest daughter, Sade'.  She is surely not a woman yet, but is growing into the most beautiful, spirit filled young lady a mother could ever ask for.  Some days she is my rock and inspiration to make it through when I feel like I can't.  Through her God has shown me that I am doing a good job at showing my kids that God comes first.  She is faithful in prayer and without realizing it shows me how important my role, not only as a mother, but as a Christian really is. I feel honored that God has allowed me to be her mother for our brief time here on earth. 

            I am so very thankful to God for the part that all of these women, plus more, who have helped me to grow, see myself for who I am and to learn to put God first in all I do.