Wednesday, April 15, 2009

of the abuse of women

Woman: God's partner in the continued creation of human life, strong, smart, loyal, courageous, humble, tender, passionate, desirable, and loving.

Her weakness: she forgets her own worth.

If a woman could be found on the shelf in a store, she would be found on the top shelf. They would hang a sign underneath her saying, "Please See Store Manager For Assistance." She would be out of reach, the manager would have to supply a ladder for any man to get her.

Too often women allow men to treat them as if they were found on the bottom shelf, or worse, the clearance rack. Why does this happen? We forget our worth. We often treat ourselves like we are less than what we are: God's. This opens the door for men to treat us in an undesirable way.

When a woman loves, she loves hard, she loves blindly, she looks pass the inadequencies of her interest, and focuses only on the good. She allows herself to be fooled into believing that a man does not need to pay "full price" for her, that any price he pays will do. So he cusses her out, he's controlling, he slaps her, and she stays. She makes excuses for his behavior with, "Well, I shouldn't have..." or "He's just having a hard time right now." Once he sees this, he begins to feed into her excuses and ultimately creates his own, starting a vicious cycle.

How do you stop it? Demand more. The truth is, this world is a store, and woman are found on the shelves, and GOD is the store manager, the ladder is the Holy Ghost. Every woman determines what shelf she will be on. The top shelf where God's help is required to obtain her, or the lower shelves where a man can obtain her all on his own. She also decides what price a man must pay to be with her. She controls it all.

Don't want him to cuss at you? Don't want him to hit you? Easy, don't let him do it. As long as you are willing to subject yourself to the abuse, you will be abused.

A decision needs to be made...demand "full price" or be treated like a clearance item...it's up to you, choose wisely.

Someone is watching!!

2 comments:

  1. I love this B....It is so true. More than that...It is beautifully written. In my eyes girl....you are a 100% mark up on the price the "store" paid for you. Screw being on the top shelf...no ladder is high enough to reach...Love You.

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  2. I love it, babe :-)
    I see hanging around me has given you touch of poetic genius. ;-)

    Love ya, hunny bunny.

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