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God’s creation was not complete until He created woman. The Genesis story gives an account of God placing man into a deep sleep and from his side He took a rib to create this masterpiece that He deemed to be good. So how does one measure a woman’s worth in light of this information? A woman’s worth is immeasurable. There is just nothing to stack up that can forgo a woman’s worth. But somehow is seems as if we have lost sight of our value to human life. I am the last person to judge any woman on the issues of morals and values but what I do know is that we have allowed ourselves to become less than what God intended for us to be. We are gifted with special abilities, we can multi task, we can click on all cylinders, we bring a different dynamic to the home, so on and so forth etc.

I am very liberal in my thinking, very outside the box on many issues that would make people cringe especially women’s issues. Honestly what a woman does is her prerogative. Unless we have walked in that woman’s shoes then we really don’t know where they’ve been or what they have gone through. Even then, that doesn’t give anyone the right to judge. We have somehow lost sight of the fact that we are queens and princesses. We haven’t all been treated that way, neither have we acted as such all the time. The highlight of womanhood is the ‘objects’ of varying degrees that we have become. We can’t blame the men for all of this; some of it is our own doing. We have made our self esteem synonymous with other things and if we don’t value our own selves how do we expect anyone else to. Malcolm X in his autobiography said, “how any country’s moral strength or its moral weakness is, is quickly measurable by the street attire and attitude of its women especially its young women. Wherever the spiritual values have been submerged if not destroyed by an emphasis upon the material…..”

So in light of Malcolm’s observation we can see what is occurring in our society today on this issue. Our young women are starting to lose sight of this even at an early age. Middle school girls that can easily pass for adults, with lives that rival any Hollywood madams don’t care that not only are they spoiling their reputations; they are scarring their own souls. Sadly some of them have no one to show them how a young woman who values herself is supposed to carry herself. Their own mothers don’t even know. A lot of them are so much better than what they are right now. But who is gonna tell them that yes, sister girl if you must be a video vixen use it as an opportunity to showcase the gifting that God has placed within you and not without. Have your own standards and demand it! Or use is as a stepping stone maybe to become an actress if you must. There are many ways to get to a destination, some means maybe unconventional. As a woman using one’s brain is so much more gratifying. They don’t really need negative criticisms either. Some of them have already given up on life. Some are forced to take on grown up responsibilities that emotionally they are not ready for. Their thought patterns are warped and some of them are so angry that they are really crying out for help. Studies have shown that young women who are involved in extracurricular activities in school do have a higher self esteem than their peers and will make better choices.

God made all women to be appealing to the eye and some of us have placed our worth on that. Instead we should place more values on the sweet spirit God placed in us, the functionality of our brain power to become all that we can become. We can’t forget the inner beauty that should emanate from within us; beauty that can dispel the notion that we are to be used to just sell cars, or make the latest music video hot! Funny thing is some men always end up choosing a certain type of woman because at the end of the day when the “fellas” get together to talking we know what the conversation sounds like. Of course we know men talk about us and we have been guilty of giving them a mouthful. As women some of us need to step up our game and play our position; the position of royalty God created us for. A queen carries herself with that royal swagger that makes her stand out amongst the crowd, not just because of what she looks like but that something inside her that sets her apart from the rest. She doesn’t have to say a word or do anything. She has ‘presence’ that she exudes and draws others to her because spirit knows spirit. All that we are lies in our own hands and in our own power. I salute my sisterly queens and princesses!!