There are many things that a woman can tell you her weaknesses might be whether it is chocolate, men, food, or shopping. In dealing with many of the woman that I have come across I find that one of the greatest weaknesses that a woman has is not knowing her strengths. Women spend so much time and effort in showing that they are equal and they can do just as much or even more work than the average man that they have lost touch with what really makes them strong. We live in an age where if we as women give too much of ourselves then we are considered weak.
The submissive woman is becoming extinct! We teach our daughters to grow up be strong and be all that you can be but we are forgetting to teach them the simplicities of just being a woman. A woman should not be defined by how many degrees she has her ability to take a man to any orgasmic height he can reach. A woman should not be defined by the way she looks, the type of car she drives, or the amount of money she makes. Some of the strongest women I know don't have college degrees, they don't drive a fancy car, and they are single parents. The thing that defines these women as strong women is their faith. Faith to know where their help comes from no matter how things look.
One of the greatest women that I respect and admire the most outside of my mother is a good friend of mine. She went through what I would call the Job experience. Once she decided to give her life to Christ if you were standing on the outside looking in you would probably have thought she was better of in the world. From the very moment she decided she wanted to do Gods work it seemed that her marriage failed, people began to envy her, and they try to label her as being crazy and even demon possessed. Just when it seemed it couldn't get any worst she got into a car accident that hospitalized her, and took her daughters life who was only eight. She has two sons that she loves and adores but her daughter was a true reflection of her. In all the hurt and turmoil she did not turn her back on God. She never regretted the day she fell in love with her maker.
She knew that the same God that would allow this to happen would be the same God that would bring her comfort in the time of storms. In her physical weakness God made her spiritually strong, but she had to be willing. You see the same God that will allow you to lose your job will be the same God that will take care of your finances. The same God that sees your house going into foreclosure will be the same God that will not allow you to be homeless. The same God that allows it to rain will be the same God that will give you shelter from the storm. As long as we hold on to knowing that God will never leave us nor forsake us we will have the strength of ten thousand men.
We as women have to know how to define our strengths not just in the natural things but also in the spiritual. We have to know that just because we are givers does not make us weak it makes us compassionate. Just because we cry does not make us weak but it means that we acknowledge that we can't to do it without the help of God. Just because we are sensitive does not make us weak it means that we are absorbers of what others may be feeling or going through. We as women have to know the only thing that makes us weak is when we don't realize the strength and authority that God has given us!
