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''We dress up daily
and put on our face
and walk in a way
that lets the world
know we have it all
together, all the
while suffering in
silence.''
Many times as women,
we look back over our lives with
many regrets from decisions or
actions we have made or better
yet, decisions or actions that were
made against us. We realize from
those decisions or actions, that
we have issues that we can’t seem
to get rid of, which have become
so ingrained in our DNA that we
believe that is just the way we are.
We dress up daily and put on our
face and walk in a way that lets the
world know we have it all together,
all the while suffering in silence.
There may be a woman reading
this right now who is praising God
and getting her shout on publicly,
but she is doing it to mask the
emotional scars she endured last
night from a man who is supposed
to love her. Or she may be
suffering with the pain of a secret
that happened when she was a
child that cannot be uttered, for
fear that she will be ostracized or
criticized by the church
community.
The symptoms of the pain for
example promiscuity, lying,
cheating, and adultery are not
acceptable, so she feels isolated
and alone. I wonder how many of
you can relate? I know I can. I was
not always the good little
Christian girl.