Musings...

So during the first few months of the year I hibernate. I binge on sewing, reading, crafts, activities with the kids and Netflix television shows. A couple years ago, a character in one of the shows I was watching really touched something in my spirit. She is brave, strong, determined. She faces darkness with light and hope. She goes into every situation giving 100%, holding nothing back, because lives are at stake and there is no price too high to pay. One of her co-worker's refers to her in one episode as Wonder Woman, as he admired her tenacity and bravery.

I didn't think much more about it until that fall when a friend referred to me as Wonder Woman as we worked on life together. Something perked up in my spirit and I remembered the character. I want to be brave, to shine light in dark places, to fight for life...but I am no super hero. I clean house and cook meals and teach kids and feel exhausted. I pay bills and try to keep up with the ever constant laundry piles and try to stretch the budget to feed ever growing appetites. I told myself to let it go...it just isn't who I am. But every time I hear a reference to Wonder Woman I think of this brave, strong woman.

Then I recently received this cup from the same friend, who had no idea the spirit talk I'd been having about this identity. I spent some time processing and journalling and came to an amazing revelation...or at least to me and I think I can be brave enough to share.

The character isn't a super hero, she is just a woman, a hero, a warrior. A warrior is someone proficient in warfare; strong and brave. Strength and bravery can be characteristics of any woman in any situation...changing diapers, caring for a home, working a job, living life. Spiritual warfare is certainly a worthy skill to develop. A warrior feels like something I can strive for, work towards. I can be brave in the face of fear. I can be strong through Christ. I can take the light of Christ into the darkness. I can share hope with those who cross my path. I can pray and intercede for others. I can be a warrior.