Tired, late, and frazzled, I strode to my car eager to get home and collapse on my bed, but knowing there’s a sink full of dishes to clean. I juggled two bags and take-out because as much as “home-cooked meal” sounds better tasting and better for my health, the idea of doing more work at home sounds even worse. I was barely keeping it together and that’s when he called out.
“There goes a powerful woman right there.”
Who? Where?
I swiveled around and found no other person except for the man who called out. He smiled at me and nodded.
I returned the smile because it’s the polite thing to do, but I continued walking and thinking, “If he only knew.”
If he only knew how much work I didn’t finish because the pile kept growing.
If he only knew how little human interaction I’ve had this week because I kept forgetting to return the phone calls and text messages, making me the worst friend ever.
If he only knew how many times I pushed my personal time with God because I was so sure there would be a later, but there wasn’t.
If he only knew, he wouldn’t have said those words. Not to me.
Yet my steps slowed as his words echoed in my mind.
There goes a powerful woman right there.
They crept into my heart.
There goes a powerful woman right there.
Seven words uplifted my soul and revived my spirit.
As I pulled out of the parking lot, I took one last look at the man who dared speak life into a stranger. He sat on the pavement, in the shade, outside of a store. His life has seen better days, as had everything he owned, which was stored in one muddied backpack.
I didn’t even notice.
He was a man who probably would have loved work that never stopped because the pay wouldn’t either. He probably would have enjoyed a dirty sink or a pile of take-out boxes because that meant food was easy to come by. He probably didn’t have a cell phone, but had more interaction with people in one day than I did in a week, and not because he asks something from them, but because he notices.
He sees the people walking by. He sees love in couples’ eyes. He sees protection in parents’ arms. He sees past the frazzled hurried steps and notices a powerful woman. He notices the truth and he lets the people know.
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I forget to notice truths about myself, and that makes me believe the lies. When life is stressful, tiring, and a never ending cycle of worry, I stop noticing that I’m blessed. I stop telling myself that I am not alone. I start to believe that I am not the powerful woman God created me to be.
Seven words spoken by a stranger reminds me to notice the truth and let people know (including myself).
To the woman fighting the glass ceiling in the business world, I see you. There goes a powerful woman right there.
To the woman fighting to keep her home organized and her family taken care of, I see you. There goes a powerful woman right there.
To the mom who feels like she has forgotten who she is as a person, I see you. There goes a powerful woman right there.
To the empty nester rediscovering her passions, I see you. There goes a powerful woman right there.
To the single lady, oh how I see you and I am with you. There goes a powerful woman right there.
To you, my friend, with your struggles, doubts, and worries, I see you. I see past your frazzled hurried steps. I see past tired eyes and defeated shoulders. I see who you really are, I notice this truth about you, and I hope you notice it too: There goes a powerful woman right there.
Tell a friend today!
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