Sister... Carry Your God.
The session was intense, the atmosphere electric, and our mother was in her element. Gone was the soft and gracious voice of the nurturer. Here was the roar of a lioness among her cubs, teaching them how to roar like herself. The message that day was simple: “ Daughters, know how to carry your God.” The lesson was drawn from the Book of 1Kings 11:1–4, concerning the foreign women whom Solomon loved. “ But King Solomon loved many strange women… of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, ‘Ye shall not go in to them… for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.’… And it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods.” (1 Kings 11:1–4) Not much is said about these women except that when they came to Israel and to Solomon, they came with their own gods. The influence they carried was so strong that even Solomon—the wisest king in Israel—was turned away from the Lord. These women carrie...