A TEN-YEAR OLD'S THOUGHTS ON WOMANHOOD

Tonight, our 10 year old daughter Katie began delivering this impromptu speech to me, as she stood by the kitchen sink getting a glass of water. It was soo precious to me, I had sit and type it verbatim while she was speaking because I never want to forget this:
"Women work hard...taking care of children, especially babies, can be hard to do, but it's worth it because God made you different than men, and women have a gift and when God sees us working for the Lord, taking care of our children, he is giving us a blessing...a gift. Men have a different gift--to provide for their family, but women have a beautiful gift, and when I think of it, it's like a butterfly, you know. It's beautiful and sometimes, it's like a flower, and when that gift is so tired, the Lord gives it strength--the gift of God with wisdom and power with His strength to keep moving forward. I just have to say that women work hard, and women (she's got tears in her eyes now) are beautiful creatures because they were made in the image of God, and they're hard-working, cooking, mopping, sweeping, changing babies' diapers, and reading to their children, teaching school, doing laundry, doing the dishes, and even sometimes they need some stuff for their own selves like medicine because the doctors--they can help us, but they can't help us as much as God. Because God is our Savior and Messiah. He can do everything, even if it's hard for us. We can do it in His will, and if we continue to obey Him and pray, then we can do anything through Christ. So, this is what I'm saying about women. Women sometimes make bad decisions. Some other women make good decisions, but forever and ever I'm saying that I wish that some people prayed for anything they needed because some women don't have that gift. They don't have it deep in their hearts; that's why they need God. Some women, if they have hurt feelings, instead of praying they do things like eat candy, read books, or do other things, but that's not how it is in Christian life. We have to pray...we need to pray for everything, even if it's hard. We need to pray.
Then, she read a verse I have taped to one of the kitchen cupboards:
Isaiah 40:11--"He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young."

I hope you don't mind, but...I just had to share my blessing tonight with all you women out there. :)