I Bi Dem: Woman, Wife, Mother

  As the week of Women's Day comes to an end today, let me say Happy Women’s Day to you beautiful ladies. It should be celebrated every day because each new day is a new challenge to conquer, and I dare say that we are doing it well in spite of circumstances militating against us individually and collectively on so many levels. These circumstances come in all shades and often defy explanation to others, but we keep at it day by day and we emerge stronger than before on the other side of the tunnel. As the week-long festivities of the Women’s Day comes to and end, let’s talk about our need to partner up. We need to encourage ourselves - to say to other women around us, 'come on, you can do it!' At the end of the day, we are all better for it.  I can't say enough about the ministry of an encourager.  We need to leave behind the days of antagonising other women in a bid to curry favour from men. When we talk about relationship problems tearing women apart, if we look lon...

  https://kiteactive.com/pt/become-a-host/partner-up The alarm went off at 5:30 am. I just wanted to snuggle in bed, but I didn't.   I got up, brushed and got dressed; it was time to go walking. I looked out and it was cloudy.; the regular Richards Bay sun was not out. Every bone in my body shouted at me to get back in bed - the weather was just not conducive for walking. And besides, missing one day would not be the end of the world. I rationalised from all sorts of angles but eventually I stepped out because someone was waiting for me. I met my friend at the junction we had agreed on, all set to go walking and she said she almost did not come out as well. I told her of my own experience, and we laughed.   The fact is that we were each other’s strengths - neither of us would not have gone walking that day if we did not think the other was waiting. It speaks of the power of partnership - the power of two. Solomon talked about this strength in Ecclesiastics 4: 9-11 whe...