A WISE NORTH STAR
BY ROBYN WHITAKER
“Where are you going as you age?” “Do you have a North Star?” “Who do you want
to become after a lifetime of suffering?” “How will you sustain beauty, strength and
goodness?”
What holds your heart captive? Do you
know what echoes from your past into
the present and is determined to persist
into your future? I hope you will ponder
You probably feel just like I did when I heard these asked of me. Intense questions for
which I had no quick answers. For weeks, I pondered my responses.
these questions and find what imprisons
you from the past. Possibly, it is the pain of
your own sin/wrong choices or maybe it is
I do not want to pursue a woman of folly or to become a foolish woman. Yet, true wisdom
sin that was committed against your young
can be an elusive find. Contrary to popular belief, intelligence, knowledge, age and gray
body, emotions or spirit. A wise woman asks
hair don’t necessarily equate with “wisdom.” I’ve seen more than my share of intellectually
such questions.
verbose women with silver tresses acting more than a bit foolish while claiming that age
has set them free. So, what am I looking for?
I know you are wondering if I have a North
Star. I do! No, she is not perfect and she
A woman who knows her heart well and asks God to clearly reveal what holds it captive.
would be the first to admit she struggles.
She is aware that a heart can easily be entangled by perfectionism, the desire to and for
That is so refreshing to me. It gives me hope!
control, comparison, envy, [