I watched Schindlers list today for the.... well honestly uncountable number of times. I am always amazed with the power of that one man, what an amazing man who did amazing things!! Today though I was impressed with something else. What amazing women the Nazi party had, I know it's a strange thing to think about but in College I took a class called Women in Nazi History and I learned so much!!
While Hitler was in prison writing his insane book Nein Kompf the men that had previously followed him walked away and it was the women who continued to follow him and bring other men into the beliefs! HOW POWERFUL WERE THEY!!! IF they were that powerful think about how much more powerful we can be. I am not sure if they realized what they were signing up for, I want to think that they didn't really have a clue but that would be silly of me (I like to think the best in people a lot of the times). Even if they did know they had amazing power, do you think they felt powerful? Do you think they felt like me most of the time, just a stay at home mom who makes lunches for her kids and tries to save a penny every way she can?
I hardly ever feel powerful. I am a mom of 4 kids, going through my 2 custody battle with an ex-husband and my husband jobs takes us places we might not want to go, not to mention the army can make you feel pretty powerless over your own life sometimes! I rarely feel like I impact much outside of my trash can which has to be impacted by the stink that comes from my kids diapers/wipes. I question my job skills all the time, if I am a good cook, if I am really doing right by my kids, if I am spending enough quality time with my husband, if God even picked the right kids for me because they are way to amazing to be mine! Ever day I feel weak, but these women who didn't know their power, started one of the most powerful things this world had ever seen. We as women have that power, daily we have the power to build up the world or take it down! The power of our words, of our actions, of my simple ability to smile or say sorry.... these are life changing things for someone!!
I am powerful, I am beautiful and I am amazing! Not because the Nazi women were but because my God made me to be all of these things and the devil told me I wasn't so I believe him over my God. How silly of me, to let the king of lies tell me more lies, daily lies, daily tear me down!! Today, I am taking my power back (no Dad that doesn't mean the remote control though that's what you call it) and I am deciding to believe and put faith in myself and my God. If you are reading this and feel the same way as I have, I have a beautiful book for you to read (I have read it once and still forget everything I learned from it, yeah I am bull headed!) it's called Captivating, cause God finds us Captivating!
God would have made a sunset even if you were the only one there to look at it, just to share the beauty with you cause he finds you that amazing, cause he believes and loves you that much! You are powerful ladies, powerful and beautiful and CAPTIVATING!!! Tomorrow I am going to wake up and remind myself of that, I will try to remind myself every day after. When I forget though, God will throw something in my way to remind me I am sure cause I am his!!
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