When I read this reference to women in a Christian workbook that I am studying, I was intrigued. It took me down the path of questioning its broader meaning. On initial examination I believe few, if any of us, would want to be described as this kind of woman, but then who is she? And do we ever as women of faith appear as such in our life?
Have you ever felt that you were going through the motions of your day without actually connecting to what was really going on? Perhaps the circumstances were so dire that all you could do was put one foot in front of the other. Maybe it was your way of having a sense of self-preservation. You were living and breathing, but with emotions so raw that you were not able to feel anything.
Grief is real and often allows for little more than one foot in front of the other. You do what has be to done for the people in your care, but on the inside you are somewhere else. In fact, if we have found ourselves in this place, we may even think that we are doing quite well at managing to keep our emotions under cover. Of course, we do this intentionally so that we will appear together on the outside. Again it is about self- preservation and our need to heal on the inside. Having too many questions and inquiries as to how we are doing is just too much too soon.
Thankfully, for us it is the peace of God that has the ability to drag us back from that faraway place of loss to the reality that Love has rescued us. Love gave His very best for us, Love sacrificed His very best for us, and Love will always come to find us when we feel that we have lost our way. Love will lead us in the right direction, a direction that takes us right back into the loving arms of our Father who will always be waiting!
John 14:27 CSB “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.”