The Amazing Providence of Women like Marian Wright Edelman

I am so glad you shared your meeting her. I would have given you a mountain of questions to ask her, had I known you were going to meet her. It is better that you met her before I told you about her. Women of her stature are women who empower your every self sacrificial effort. They are not the women that you talk about. They are part of an army of women who have sacrificed some or all of their personal accolades to the guidance of our youth. Her prayers and devotion to a generation of All About "ME" women is notable and lit up by the darkness of selfishness that surrounds it.

Who is the center of the universe? is the catechism that these women have lived out before us and the answer thunders out "WE ARE!" There is no question that no one must stand in their way. No one was saying the things that Edelman was saying. Who will bear the burdens of the children to the throne of grace? Who will wipe the tears and change the diapers? Those questions were left for the children to figure out for themselves. Much of life in the Feminist Actualization Years was about self and self and selfishness. Only the self actualized will survive this overthrow. I am not surprised at the hashtags Metoo that have come to crest and crash upon us as a flood. Not minimizing the victimization of women for time and history, but somebody has to stand for the rights of people who can't speak for themselves. Marian stood for the silent children who have no computer to tweet out the metoo's. She stood for the chaos that ensued from people not caring to lend a hand to the next generation but charges them for entering the world.

As it were, there is a toll at mother's womb edge that says this is the start of your payment for using this vehicle into the world. You don't owe me anything for using my body to come in and make your mark on the world. Life is hard enough without mothers everywhere reminding you that they went through suffering to get you here. Honor is due to the mothers and fathers, but not an eternal debt!

...remind me of that when I get on my rants and get me an Edelman book, to help me to put a muzzle in my complaining...

This Hymn was saying what I was trying to say, yesterday!

If you from sin are longing to be free, Look to the Lamb of God; He, to redeem you, died on Calvary, Look to the Lamb of God.

Refrain: Look to the Lamb of God, Look to the Lamb of God, For He alone is able to save you, Look to the Lamb of God.

When Satan tempts, and doubts and fears assail, Look to the Lamb of God; You in His strength shall over all prevail, Look to the Lamb of God.

Are you a-weary, does the way seem long? Look to the Lamb of God; His love will cheer and fill your heart with song, Look to the Lamb of God.

Fear not when shadows on your pathway fall, Look to the Lamb of God; In joy or sorrow Christ is all in all, Look to the Lamb of God.

Use your hawk eyes for the glory of God. I think all of my children have hawk eyes. You guys can see things that others cannot. It is discernment, it is a spiritual sense, it is a human intuition that comes from generations of mothers in our family who were not dissuaded from using their mother's intuition and teaching others to do the same. Your's has seemed sharpened since your college graduation, somehow. Hawk eye is your college crest and I believe that you have increased your insight into the things around you. I hope you use it wisely and feel confident enough to say what you see. Don't be a "timid Theresa" seek up and see your vision and sense of need incorporated into the surroundings you have made yourself a part of. Don't be a wallflower and wait until the year is nearly over to engage with your peers and your elders and the patients. Everyday, ask God to give you an unforgettable gift of sharing to keep for your life's journey. "Leave it all on the court!" as we tennis players say and you will find that you leave the court with more than you came with.

missing you!