Hey there Strong Woman,
I can’t help but admire your strength.
When other people say “impossible,” you hear a personal challenge.
When others dare use the word, “can’t,” you manage to find a way
When others are ready to give up, you’ve just begun.
You turn a mountain into a molehill and the overwhelming into manageable.
It’s one of the many things I adore about you.
Now let’s be clear. I know you’re not perfect. You’re the first to admit that. But even after all your self-deprecation, many of us still suspect you have super human strength running through your veins.
Yet even for you, the strong woman, the leader, life is hard sometimes. This world is mixed up and messed up.
In the middle of it all, you’re still holding on, holding strong.
Brave. Brilliant. Beautiful. You.
But sometimes, when everyone is out of earshot, you let the tears flow, the words fall, and you wonder if you’re really doing okay, if it’s all going to be okay.
I wonder these things, too. I suspect most of us strong women do.
But there comes a time when we need to let our hair down and get honest and vulnerable about the struggles.
The fears we don’t say aloud lest they be true.
The anxieties that wake us up in the night.
The loneliness that attacks when we least suspect it.
That’s one of the reasons I wrote Fight Back With Joy. Because us strong women need to connect, and create a space to wrestle through the deepest issues of our heart and our faith. After all, the robustness of God is best displayed in frailty.
This book makes me feel so vulnerable. So raw. So real.
But I’m taking that risk for you.
Because you’re worth it.
And us strong women need to stick together—especially if we’re going to change the world—and be a people who fight back with joy.
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Thanks again. I loved it.
Thank you, friend.
Big hugs to you! xoxo
And to you, friend.
Well written, I cannot wait to read your new book! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, sweet Regina!
Thank you for this encouragement. It has been a hard year to say the least. I discovered covered a lump at the age of 33 and had surgery to remove it and now considered to be high risk for breast cancer, while my dad has battled terminal Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia and just begun his first month of chemo. It has been hard caring the weight of the world, while trying my best to remain positive and strong in the midst of great pain. I surrender daily at the foot of the cross. This Thanksgiving season my biggest prayer has been to remain grateful despite our family’s circumstances, because God is good all the time.
Lindsey- you, my sweet friend, are prayed for and loved today.
Absolutely true!! We all have issues. We are vulnerable. What I have discovered is that strong woman in me needed to channel a princess theory: I am a princess of the most high God, even when overcoming the odds, I still belong to Him! Loved your article today!
Happy Thanksgiving to you Margaret and your team, and to the women who continually believe in the most high God!
Amen, Mae! Thanks for the encouragement.
This is so on point. especially if you are a woman in leadership @ your church. When you husband is in leadership you are looked at a certain
Very true, Cathy. I truly believe the message of Fight Back With Joy with resonate with women in leadership!
Just heard a sermon on our weaknesses (and how they are such a blessing because they draw us nearer to God).
Thank you for making me think of the awesomeness in my life due to being “WONDERSTRUCK” with our God. I enjoyed your study so much with my small group and look forward to your new book arriving in my mailbox!
Happy Thanksgiving, Margaret!
Aww thanks so much, Meredith. Your note brought a huge smile to my face today. Hug to you.
It is like you just walked into my world and my house. I was having a hard time and having a hard time being vulnerable and getting help. Thanks.
Huge hug to you, Terry.
This is very true and wonderful. Thanks for sharing