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 Celebration of Woman 
 Being a woman is wonderful, but to be a wonderful woman is a lot of hard work. We must polish and enlarge our innate ability to heal, create, and empower while ever-denying the temptation to lash out for all the weaknesses and suffering we witness in those around us. Women are like the many facets of a diamond, sparkling and ever-changing. She takes whatever light is cast upon her and reflects it back in brilliant rainbow prisms of a spiritual and emotional wonderland. Likewise, she can illuminate any darkness with her beaming love and faith. For thousands of years, poets have pined over the inner and outward beauty of woman. Great philosophers have been mystified by her powers to both strengthen and weaken the mightiest of men. It's no marvel the Bible likens a good woman to the royal jewels in a crown for her husband. Without a majestic crown, a man is not a king but a mere commoner. Yet, unless her husband treats her like the priceless gem she is, it will be incredibly difficult for a woman to freely release the many aspects of beauty she possesses. Within a marriage, unwavering trust in her husband's love and loyalty is the secret key to a woman's full expression of femininity, sexuality and unconditional love. This driving force was built into woman from creation. While it is entirely possible and even imperative for woman to find her inner completeness through the self-worth of realizing her full creative potential, man was not designed to be whole without her. Being denied direct access to heaven from the creation of woman, man can only find his way back to spiritual oneness through the mystic faith and security of woman-love.
 For both male and female, the influences of the women closest to us have a tremendous impact on who we are and how we view the world. Men, I believe, help mold our intellect, logic, ability to reason, our sense of commitment and drive for excellence. Women are the breath of our spirits, the food of our souls, the light — or darkness — of our hearts. The power of man lies in the visible, physical plane, calling forth dominion over the earth. A woman's power thrives in the realms of the unseen, producing tremendous psychological and spiritual manifestations of either prosperity or destruction. Women have a far greater capacity for both, the power to bless and the power to destroy, through her divine character of faith, or her wounded spirit of bitterness. Secretly, man fears nothing nearly so much as the disapproval and anger of woman. Her words have the power to propel him into the world with the confidence to succeed at any impossibility. Likewise, the verbal thrashing from an angry woman can demolish his pride and self-worth, rendering him void of a compassionate, strong, and prosperous constitution. In and of himself, man cannot ever find the faithful courage which is necessary to flourish in the world and be his best. It is as though God entrusted woman with the key to heaven, and while she has the ability to enter into spiritual completion alone with her Creator, man cannot enter without woman first unlocking the door for him. Those of us who have been given sons must know and understand the all-encompassing power we possess to create the men of the future.
Woman's divine mission is to create the intangible world of spiritual and emotional oneness within the home and family. We are the inn-keepers and care-givers, designed to produce comfort and luxury in all we encounter. Women were made to reflect heaven's light, illuminating every darkness and casting out fear, worry and disappointment with her radiant faith. It is within her nature to extend divine comfort and compassion through nurturing and uplifting all whom God places in her care. We are the emotional leaders, inspiring and encouraging, carrying the sometimes heavy entanglement of feeling the pain others experience. This divine burden is ever-calling out our inherent gift of faith through prayer for our loved ones and the whole of mankind. God has surely called us to be intercessors for a suffering world. As such, our hearts are often overwhelmed with grief for the sin and sickness we want to heal with our love. Sometimes we neglect our own needs, losing perspective on what we can mend and what we must leave in God's hands. It is through our intense emotional natures that God uses us to bless all those in our care and to reach out to others in need. It is these same emotions which cause us to fall to stressful exhaustion, turning our human limitations inward and feeling inadequate. While each adult is individually responsible for their own words and deeds, women have been entrusted with the privilege and obligation of extending her gift for inner fulfillment and the actualization of spiritual perfection. Woman has been given sole accountability for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of her children, and is to a great extent responsible for the emotional well-being of her husband. By the same token, she is ultimately responsible for her own inward health, stability, and sense of completeness.
Male and female were both created in God's image, each expressing different attributes of His divine nature. As women, we are co-creators with God through the act of childbirth and in creating love, peace, comfort, and feminine beauty within the home. Even those women who are unable to have children are by no means void of the same powers to create, bless, heal, and fulfill those around her. Men, too imitate divine creation in the acts of architecture, construction, agriculture, and all forms of technology. Men build the world around us while women create the world within. Together, male and female, we are reflections of the Creator. A woman's love is the most powerful element in a successful man's life. It is the radiant heart, genuine love, and unwavering faith of a nurturing woman which produces the fuel for his motivation, confidence, and clarity to fearlessly conquer the big, dark world outside. Whatever fears and challenges he is called to face, he can find the strength to rise above them in knowing he can once again return to the security of the womb through woman-love.
As fascinated and awed as men are by outward feminine beauty, it is a woman's character which can make or break him. Being devoted to her husband and children through appreciation, encouragement, gentle nudgings, and confidence will enable them to meet and fulfill their own heavenly missions in this world. If she is cynical, critical, spiteful, or an expression of any other negative emotion, her husband and children will rebel outwardly and fade away inwardly. The family as a whole will suffer. Positive, loving wives and mothers are so important to the prosperity of life as we know it. Just as important are the dedicated and cheerfully-helpful women in the work-force, from the lady who cleans offices, to the secretary managing her boss's business affairs and greeting the public, to the executive woman behind a massive corporation. Whatever her position in the world, her powers to create or destroy are embedded within her being, pouring out on all those around her, wherever she may be.
Inherently emotional, the very fiber of a woman's being is a tapestry woven into love. This intangible fortune has always and forever been our greatest desire and deepest need. Through the eyes of love, a woman can easily excuse and defend even monstrous defects in her beloved's character. For women, to live is to love and please her beloved. For men, love is outside themselves, a swaddling blanket they seek as a refuge to regain the strength and valor to once again emerge and face a life apart from love. Though a necessary cloak, they do not understand its powers. Men were created to rely on intellect and therefore need the security of solid, tangible, scientific facts. Men balk at accepting what cannot be defined, while women never give it a second thought. Faith is as much an immanent quality in woman as the blood which runs through our veins.
Of all the wondrous blessings in my life, I feel God's touch most emphatically through the many positive women who have nurtured me with His love. Through the variety of spiritual gifts and personalities, each of these ladies have shown me how much alike we all are. Each, in her own unique manner, has taught me everything I know about myself, men, God, and life in general. They have all attributed to the woman I am today, by being my unfailing companions and guides. My most dependable source of strength and trusted confidants, the women in my life, above all, have shown me that I am never alone. Nurtured by mother, sister, grandmother, aunts, and many female friends, I have always been surrounded by angels of light. As women, we are empowered by the greatest force on earth — the maternal instinct. Our powers to heal, nurture, and inspire reach far beyond our own families, out into our neighborhoods, communities, and work environments. Just as mothers extend comfort and confidence to their children, so can we uplift, inspire, and nurture one another in a manner which the men in our lives will never be able to do.
I therefore urge all women not to judge one another. Far too many females are so centered on gaining male attention that they nurture a critical, emotional distance from others of our kind. Seeking to uplift herself, she engages in constant character assassination of other women. You must remember that though her design, form, and life-style may be very different from your own, we are all created from the same divine fabric, which is love. Regardless of the immoral or spiteful behaviors a woman may fall into, rest assured, she embodies a heart aching to love and be loved. This is our nature. Be aware to look upon every female as your sister — an integral part of yourself. As I have discovered through the closest of spiritual kinships, families are quite often those born to us through need and common experience. The most intimate ties which hold our lives together are those who have something to teach us and something to learn from us. Mothers and sisters are not only those linked to us by our genetic heritage, but are also those we find entangled in the very fiber of our spirits. 
 to every woman, child, and man...
Especially for:
My Mother ~
~ And In Loving Memory Of ~
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