As a jewellery designer I constantly have to consider where my pieces will fit best and this affects the size, design, colour combination, technique and finish of what I choose to make. The greatest joy for me is when the piece finds its fit, suddenly that unexpected green accent on a neckpiece blends so well with that risky red print and the whole outfit comes together just as I had hoped. I wonder if sometimes God feels that way about us.
Imagine he looks down and sees his creation Grace, she’s undeserved and not one man on this earth could ever claim to be worthy of her yet, here she is, bestowed upon those who least deserve her yet she is still a source of great value. She adds where there has been subtraction, she multiplies where there was once one, she enhances what was once dull and she lifts up he who was once down. Her love is like no other yet her pain though overwhelming is also her source of relief and her greatest sorrow is also her place of joy.
What of his creation Mercy? she mends broken bridges and gives love second and fourth and fifth even seventy seven chances. She is slow to become angry, quiet enough to let others speak and meek because the earth is her inheritance. Wisdom dwells deep in her heart and she picks her battles wisely, always with an encouraging spirit and eager to forgive. How I pray that these women may continue to influence our lives.
When God made Precious he put in her an extra shade of pink just to prove that love in colour makes the world go round. No measure of rubies can compare to her because Virtue is her middle name and she is faithful in her giving, kind to the poor and always ready with a helping hand. The twins Destiny and Harmony were the best sisterhood yet because in harmony with his will they were destined for greatness in the world. Their ability to know, hear, share and do his word sharper than a double edged sword only emphasized a twin anointing that causes double for your trouble just because you love him and are called to his purpose.
There’s something about Faith that encourages Hope because she generates the environment for things which are not yet visible but are soon to become so, she comes by hearing and hearing by the word and without her it is impossible to please God. She is inspiration backed by purposeful action, she is the proof in the anticipated pudding. No one can compare to Anointing with her double barrelled existence breaking yokes and healing wounds that we may never have been aware we were carrying. She is married to truth and together their children form a nation of those born free and able to propel further because there is little weighing them down.
The beauty of wo-man is that she is man in her own right but she also enjoys a multitude of life’s more intricate pleasures. This is no to say that there are none for man to enjoy because fortunately man and is woman are one and for this reason “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24 KJV). Though it may seem that the two are mutually exclusive or at least it’s a major selling proposition in the media these days, they are so NOT. One is only operating in half purpose without the other because the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
This doesn’t mean that if you haven’t yet found your woman or been found by your man that there is anything wrong with you and you should jump on the next freight train to heartbreak. This means that you can wait patiently knowing that your God is aware and more faithful than you could ever fathom. Take on the good days and the bad days but don’t stop moving, let your petals come out in full bloom, let them be speckled with the dew of hope every morning, let your joy keep you smelling sweet to the nose and let your stem be kept straight by the hope in your desires being met and faith for a brighter garden and surely you shall enjoy and be enjoyed by the picker who is meant just for you Miss Fashionable Flower..
