What Do Women Need to Hear?

Women, what do we need to hear? We need to hear on a consistent basis that we are amazing. We need to hear that we are worth it. We need to hear that we can do it! Why do we need this? Because we get so much negative crap (yes, I said it) thrown at us from the media and from those around us, our minds get infiltrated with garbage that we start to pick up and adopt as our own way of thinking.

I know this all too well. I, growing up in a secure and loving home, picked up garbage thoughts in my 20s that has been so hard to shake. No bueno! Negative messages not only come in the form of words but actions done towards you.

So who do we need to hear this positive affirmation from? Those whom we value. It won't work if they are from those who mean nothing to us. We need to surround ourselves with those who mean a lot to us. We need to surround ourselves with those who speak words of life for us so that we will grow. If there is someone who's message and mantra are exactly what you need to hear...then surround yourself with their work (music, books, etc.). It's simple. Environment breeds everything.

Much love,
Aurellia

Getting Involved with God

I remember my first Old Testament class in Seminary. It was Introductory to Old Testament with Hebrew scholar Ellen Davis. She wrote a book, Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament. The approach to this book was to introduce a new way to approach reading the Old Testament Scriptures in the Christian Bible. Instead of reading it as a precursor to the Story of Jesus or a History lesson or a moral compass, she implores that the reader of the Old Testament as a way to become intimate with God. I am rereading this book because lately I have been feeling a pull to know God on a different level.

The premise for this book is that God is very much involved with us a persons. That God's life is " bound up inextricably with ours" (Davis, 1). That God is involved with us human beings. That should bring comfort for the woman who feels that God is some extraterrestrial figure many many moons away. No, no. God is very much present and involved in our daily lives. God cares for us. That is why the New Testament writer encourages us to "cast our cares on [God] for [God] cares for us" (1 Peter 5:7).

Since God is involved in our lives, wouldn't it beneficial to get involved in God's?

Blessings,
Aurellia

A Private Moment revealed...

A song that I listened to at Christmas season 2010 was "Winter Snow" by Chris Tomlin f/Audrey Assad. I remember vividly letting go into the Spirit of the moment...Read the encounter below...

December 24, 2010... I closed myself in the bathroom to steal away to be in prayer. I felt a pull on my heart to meet with Him. I put on my favorite song of the day, "Winter Snow" by Chris Tomlin and Audrey Assad. After listening to the song for a while, I slowly went down on my knees and buried my face in my heads and just cried out to the Lord. Tears were there but thy were dry. Then suddenly, I noticed by body get off the floor and stand up lifting my hands. Before I knew it, my body was swaying back and forth to the rhythm of the music. Then my hands dropped from the air to wrap themselves around my arms. Still swaying back and forth, the dry tear were now very wet and warm. I heard a whisper in my soul say, "I love you. I want to dance with you forever. I'm going to show you I love you." And then I closed my brain and ego off from thinking I was crazy and started to lose myself to he music and my dancing partner. Back and forth, side to side went the sway of our two but one worlds for He is inside of me.

What I gathered from this encounter? When God summons for you to "Come", go. Let go into the Spirit of God.

Blessings to you Lovely Ladies,
Aurellia

A Woman's Heart...inspired by Jonathan Butler's arrangement of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry"

Hello Hidden Gem Bloggers. It's been a while. I've missed connecting with you through my words. It's been a good time in my life since I last addressed you. Today, I want to connect with you about your heart. It's so precious. It's so rare. It's a woman's heart. Her heart is so strong yet so fragile. Just look at Leah in the Bible. Just look at Tamar. Just look at your mother. Just look at yourself.

You can face the dangers of life but you continue to persevere...you continue to pursue. You realize the mistakes you have made and the foolishness you've carried on over and over and was able to admit your mistakes and foolishness...and restore. All of this is the burden in your heart: to break and heal, to love and live, to fall and stand-up.

"Everyting is gonna be alright, Everyting is gonna be alright!"

My Sister, this is the day that God created for you to rejoice in. You are riding the waves of life well...don't get sucked into them and not paddle to get back on shore.

A woman's heart is where life begins and life ends. Explore the depths of your heart and you will discover that life comes full circle in a woman's heart.

Blessings to you,
*Aurellia