Attacks on the Soul

The longer I live, the more I realize the intense attack being waged on the feminine soul. We are constantly being told to be this way and to look that way, and we soon begin to drown in the expectations of others. We soon begin to loose who we are and who God created us to be because we are constantly trying to form ourselves into the person we think everyone else wants us to be. Today, so many expectations and standards are expected of women, such as the necessity to be beautiful. Beauty is something that so many women are continuously grasping at. Elderly women try to look as young as they can, beautiful women get their face remolded, and young women try to modify their bodies to be able to fit into size 2 jeans. We are all trying to find and hold onto this thing called beauty, something that has been defined and standardized completely by the media. Women are constantly being told that they aren't pretty enough, sexy enough, or thin enough, but the thing is we can never meet this idealized standard that digital computers have set through the pages of magazines. Soon these messages being fed to us start to become reality, and shortly after we begin to believe them as truth. When we cannot meet these standards we all have a sinking feeling that we have failed as women.

Can't you see the vicious cycle we have placed ourselves in? It's a hard road we walk and one that will guarantee us nothing but heartache, tears, and pain. But isn't this exactly what Satan wants? Think about it- the best way to take out a valiant knight in a great battle is to cripple him at the knees, make him shake with nerves, and force him to believe that he isn't good enough to fight. Why would Satan need to do any more work if he could just make us believe we are failures? There would be no work to be done because our own fear and self doubt would cause our demise. But here's the truth- you ARE valuable. You have purpose and destiny and a life full of promise. Now this is the truth. There are no substance to those lies. What is truth if it does not breathe life? The truth is that you are beautiful and lovely, wonderful, worthwhile, and irreplaceable. You are strong, and independent, and completely captivating, for God wouldn't have created you any other way. Just think about it- why would Satan even try to take you out in the first place if you had nothing to offer? If you posed no threat to him, why would he even attempt to cripple you? Satan poses this attack against women because WE have something to offer. We are valiant knights for God. We can fight and Satan knows this. Satan does everything in his power to cripple us with his lies because if he didn't we would do crazy amazing things against him. But the fact is, lies are just lies, and lies only hold power when we chose to believe them.