Through the lens of Woman
Remember — manna and what humbles you
Many women describe motherhood — or the years of caring for aging parents, or the years of carrying friends through their hard chapters — as a wilderness.
It is repetitive. It is exhausting. It is rarely glamorous. The same tasks every day. The same nourishment to give. The same patience to muster. You wake up and gather manna and feed the people. You go to bed. You wake up and do it again.
Deuteronomy 8 says — that is the school. The Father is humbling you to know what is in your heart. He is teaching you to live on every word from His mouth. The manna is not pointless. It is forming who you are becoming.
If you are in that kind of wilderness, the Father has not forgotten you. He led you here. He is shaping the woman who comes out the other side.
One small thing today: in a moment of repetitive caregiving today, name it as manna gathering. Holy work. Forming work. The Father feeding you while you feed others.