Through the lens of Woman
Manna and complaint
There are women carrying weights in their household, their friendships, their church, their workplace, that the people around them have no idea they are carrying.
The mental load of remembering everyone’s schedule. The emotional labor of holding the family’s feelings. The hospitality of always preparing the meal. The prayer life of being the one who keeps lifting everyone in the household before God. The relational work of staying connected to extended family. None of it gets named. All of it costs.
Moses’ prayer in Numbers 11 belongs to women who carry invisible weight. I cannot carry all these people by myself. They are too much for me.
The Father is not asking you to carry it alone. He has seventy in mind for the women who are carrying the most. People — friends, sisters, neighbors, prayer partners — who can help bear the burden you have been bearing privately.
One small thing today: name one woman in your life who could carry one piece of your weight if you let her. Reach out. Tell her honestly what you’re carrying. Let her into the burden. The Father has been waiting for you to ask.