SISTERHOOD: IN HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS

To live in a world where certain standards are being thrown at your face as a woman, is hard. And to be quite frank, as woman nothing is ever good enough. You're not skinny enough, you're not tall enough and you're not smart enough. What has happened? Why has outer appearances become such a great requirement to be attractive to the other gender? Why has our way of thinking become so shallow? How can a woman survive in this world who's not got a flawless body and this and that?

"WHY IMPATIENCE HURTS YOU NOW AND LATER" by TERRY JARROD

While going through my Newsfeed in the morning, I came across this blogpost.  Do you ever have that, when you're going through something specific at the moment and you randomly and suddenly find a blogpost, video or even just a song and you feel like He is talking to you through them? This is what I had when reading this post. Sometimes life gets too overwhelming and you lose sight, focus and clarity. I'm thankful for these little insights I get every now and then when I need them the most. I hope you enjoy this article, I've taken from the Weblog 'Bold&Unashamed'.

The article just sums up everything we need to know and what to remember while we are waiting. Don't lose focus. Work hard and be patient!
 

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SISTERHOOD: "I WILL WAIT FOR YOU"

I've found this ages ago and yet, it always does surprise and inspire me. Poetry is a very fine and beautiful art and it's sad to see that it's not been hyped as much. Girls, listen to this poetry about being a Proverbs31-Woman. Enjoy!

P4CM Official Poet Janette

“I WILL WAIT FOR YOU” BY JANETTE IKZ 

(taken from: http://franklinoutthebox.tumblr.com/ (21.01.2014))

So it seemed that it was cool, for everyone to be in a relationship but me.

So I took matters into my own hands, and ended up with him.

Him who displayed the characteristics of a cheater, a liar, an abuser, & a thief.

So why was I surprised when he broke into my heart?

I called 911, but I was cardiac arrested for aiding and abetting,

Cause it was me who let him in…

Claiming we were “just friends”.

It was already decided for me by the first date, that even if he wasn’t!

I was gonna make him ‘The One’

SISTERHOOD: 4 SIGNS OF A WOMAN WORTH FOLLOWING

Girls, whether you like it or not, in our environment we do play a certain role that comes with responsibilities. We might be the eldest girl in the family, we might have this certain 'Ate' role in the community or we simply have to be a good role model for the people we interact in our daily lives. Of course, a lot of pressure comes with that responsibility since we're just human and we can't always do the right thing. We make mistakes, we don't have the right attitude towards certain things and situations or we just simply don't feel strong enough to go towards the path of being a role model. However, we need each other more than we sometimes want to admit. It doesn't always have to be an hierarchical situation where you assume that the older girls need to take care of you. Some wise bird told me that a relationship shouldn't be based on 'give and take' but therefore, even better, should head into the direction of 'give and give back'. It even sounds a lot more optimistic! Whenever we reflect on what kind of woman we want to be, we tend to think of independence, strength and intelligence. I don't argue against that, but I guess before us girls should focus on those traits, the followings are a lot more important:

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WAITING: PLEASE HOLD THE LINE

How many of you get easily annoyed when waiting for the train or bus to come? How many roll their eyes in their cars when the pedestrians take the longest time to walk across the road? How many of you just can't stand queues? We probably spend most of our days here on Earth waiting. However, whatever we do, whatever life throws at us, there's always a purpose behind it. 

You'd say waiting is just a waste of time because life is too short or maybe you'd say there must be something romantic about waiting. Either way, the movies and stories in books could have never expressed the actual state you are in as much as actually being in that state yourself. Sometimes it's bearable but sometimes it's also painful, which always leads me to thinking that the painfuller a situation, the best moments can spring out of it - when you believe. So whatever you're waiting for, I hope this will give you a better idea and understanding about the reasons why.

I was reading an article the other day that reminded me and showed me how to cope in times of waiting.

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NEW YEAR, NEW PROJECT: SISTERHOOD

The Lord blessed me with a task last weekend that I was very excited about. I was able to do an activity and give a sharing during the Sisterhood-Workshop. I was so happy that I got asked to do this since I've been wanting to do something like this for my sisters in a very long time. Since I have been trying to nourish myself with great quotes, articles and blogs about being a true woman of God and a great sister to everyone, I realised that it does not help me if I don't share it with everyone. 

So, I have decided to make this a project on my blog, so that all my readers can profit from things that I read about, just to give them something to reflect on, give them a guide and maybe also something that might challenge them. 

I have learned a lot during this weekend and I am beyond excited what the man up there has in store for us ladies. I hope the booklets that were handed out to you may always be at the back of your head because the things in there are so very important! My first entry will just be a short reminder of what we have learned during the past weekend.

© Esther-Marie Tidoso aka Ezzycupcake

d.f.t.s,

Ezzy