Ode to Phenomenal Women

“A good woman is hard to find,
    and worth far more than diamonds.
Her husband trusts her without reserve,
    and never has reason to regret it.”

(Proverbs 31:10-11 MSG)

You do not need an ode from which

   to draw your power, for the light

      in your eyes emanates from a fire

         centered deep in your being;

            a burning placed there

             by the Spirit of the great I Am.

  

Your worth was determined

   before your birth, calculated

      on spiritual DNA; a value made richer

         by your unabashed living into it.

Biological motherhood, as many of you

   have learned, is neither a right

      nor something completely

         within your control.

Some with offspring never quite

   make it to “mom”, and many

      have mothered without benefit

         of labor and delivery,

            walking the tightrope between

               quiet strength and gentle nurturing.

In a culture and economy that largely ignore

   the strength of matriarchal bonds,

      you blend a powerful mixture

         of rebar and rose petals,

            holding families and communities together

               with the power of resurrection

                  planted in your soul

                     from the foundation of the universe.

Praise be to Yahweh

   for the gift of life you bring!

© 2016 Todd Jenkins