But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8
We are women. We are emotional. I know that I am hormonal. I remember so many times when I looked at my spouse and said “you better watch yourself! It’s that time of month…” It’s true! And when he would lack understanding and patience, I would say “Listen, I don’t know WHY God made us this way, but he did. So sorry. Just be thankful you aren’t the one that deals with this every month, OR better yet, push out a baby!”
Sometimes there are tears for no reason, and sometimes there are tears for too many reasons and we just feel overwhelmed. But ladies, there’s good news. Always! God is with us, and hears us, and created us to be these unique emotional, nurturing, protective, dependent and independent women. If you are in the season of life as a new mama-hang in there! It is one of the most challenging b/c there is so much required of us from these small humans. If you are a young woman trying to figure out what you are supposed to be doing in this life, and where you fit in on this giant place we call Earth, he’s got your back. If you are a woman saying goodbye to parents or a spouse, let God be your anchor.
Pricscilla Shirer in The Armor of God puts it like this (pgs 108-109): “If our emotional state is directed by the shifting circumstances of earth, we will constantly be in a state of turmoil and confusion. Up one day and down the next. We need an anchor in our soul that keeps us stable and sound or we’re shot. We’re done. We’re dead women walking. Peace is the answer. God is the answer. The only answer. But praise God, an available answer. An everpresent answer. An everlasting answer.
So, rest assured that God can handle your ups and downs. In fact, He can handle them better than your husband, better than your mom, and even better than your BFF. So, I challenge you to pause and talk to God as you go through the ups and downs of each day, and of life’s seasons.
Go to God first, and you will find the anchor you need to weather life’s storms. And He will meet you where you are, no matter what. So don’t be afraid or think you need to know more before you can rely on this God you can’t see. He tells us in Romans 12:12 to “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” And I pray that each of you continue to grow your roots in God deeper through this season of life, and to find peace that will hold strong as storms and turmoil come your way.
