By
Dionna Sanchez © 2010
Women
love to control things. Deny it if you will, but we do. We feel more secure if
we can have everything planned out and go according to that plan. We tend to be
a little "high maintenance" in what we require of those in our homes
and lives as well as with ourselves. Yes, we are managers by nature.
Our
children are so lucky that we tend to gravitate towards being managers. Can you
imagine where they would be if we never had enough food for their school
lunches or we were constantly forgetting to manage laundry control? Not a
pretty site. Yet, our managing has its place. You see, sometimes we are so set
on being a manager and being in control of our environment, that we manage God
right out of the picture. And God recently revealed something to my heart about
this tendency and nature of a woman.
Men
are often said to struggle with following God because they have a harder time
than women in submission. We find it much easier to submit to the Lord than a
man does. And yet I think our downfall is in control. We struggle with our
faith at times, because faith requires us to allow God to do the unknown. Faith
means trusting through your doubts. And that is very hard for a woman when she
is not used to relinquishing control in her life!
I have
learned that when I can give God the steering wheel to my life that it is only
then that I truly feel peace. Things may not go the way I had planned in my
head, but they are often much better for me. I feel free in knowing that I can
simply be who God created me to be instead of trying so hard to control
everything around me and maintain a certain image or impression. I am more
relaxed when I take that burden off of my shoulders and place it at God's feet
where it belongs.
God
has given us this wonderful ability to manage our families. They would be so
lost without us. But it is good to remember that our "managerial" and
"controlling" qualities have their place and their time. And even
during those times, they need to be governed by the Lord, for He is our higher
boss. Don't clench so tightly to the vision you have for things that you fail
to see God trying to pry open your hands and show you a different picture. For
you just might miss out on the blessing He wants to give you.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR: Dionna Sanchez is Founder of EmphasisOnMoms.com and freelance
writes. She also blogs at http://beautyinthestorm.blogspot.com
Contact
her at madetomom@yahoo.com
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