Circle of Sisters

Walking this life in community is so vital to our spiritual well being.   It is so hard to do right.  As women we are often fooled into believing that we need to be independent.  That beauty and femininity are weak.  That being vulnerable is an open invitation to a battered and abused heart.  And so we lock it all away.  We stuff all that we truly are and all that we truly need deep down into our souls like an overpacked suitcase, hoping it won't burst as we carry it around from relationship to relationship.  And it gets heavier and heavier.  We live on the surface of life.  We have 500 "friends" and no relationships.  We skim, we hurry, we promise, we fail.  We fail to connect, fail to feed our hearts, fail to nourish our souls.  And we wither on the vine.  We too often end up lonely in a crowd, isolated from other women, even those women whom we consider close.  Because we don't dare show our genuine hearts.  But the truth is, women NEED other women.  We need to "do life" together in Christ.  We need to pray together, cry together, stand firm together, celebrate, laugh and have fun together.   We need to delight in each other for who we truly are.  We need to be there for each other to unpack that suitcase, however long it takes.  Because we are so much freeer to dance with Jesus without all that baggage.  And my sisters we were MADE to dance.  I have come to truly believe that an important part of hugging the vine is hugging my sisters tight in with me.