Sepia Prime Woman Digital Magazine March 2014

PRIME TIME Not Just Any Kind of Woman It’s Women’s History Month, and rather than re-invent a wheel, I will share something I wrote as a young mother…well more like a new mother as I’m not sure I was ever a young mother. Anyway, it’s good to read notes from younger you every now and then to see how much has changed. The rhythm of my life is different now, and almost 20 years later I am struck by how casually I wrote of struggle. Time brings about a grudging respect for struggle; there’s nothing casual about it. Perhaps it’s time to update the book to reflect what Prime Time looks like. Your style of life may change over the years, but a look back will remind you to hold on to the substance that makes you who you are. Not Just Any Kind of Woman I’m not just any kind of woman you know. I’m involved in a special relationship that allows me to do special things. I can, walk over, around and through neighborhood snakes and vipers to get the babies I have borne; and I can carry them on my knees to the One who can set their feet upon a rock. It matters not how intimidated others are by them; the God in me goes straight to that place in them where the enemy can’t go – that special place that God made to be touched only by Him. I can, with all the dignity, poise and grace know to man, drink from the bitterest of cups – drugs, alcohol, abuse of the worst kind, even death, and remain unpoisoned. My long talks with my Loved One remind me that even in bitterness and heartache, I am more than a conqueror. I can, in spite of any perceived shortcomings or failings, still bring joy and companionship to a husband, still give comfort and security to my children, and still offer real friendship and understanding to other women because, I’m not just any kind of woman. Jesus lives in me. Copyright 1997 by Michele Aikens from the book, Not Just Any Kind of Woman. I can, nurture with the closest-to-God’s-kind of love-on-earth, your children, her children, my children and His children. Sepia Prime Woman March 2014

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