Only One Needful Thing

I have been so busy over the past month that I have neglected my blog, but today I came across a thought-provoking article by Patricia T. Holland that is a must-read for every woman.  I thought about paraphrasing it and adding some words of my own in an effort to not cop out on writing today, but I cannot do justice to what she writes.  Hopefully, the following paragraph from the article will tantalize you to read more:

We must have the courage to be imperfect while striving for perfection.  We must not allow our own guilt, the feminist books, the talk-show hosts, or the whole media culture to sell us a bill of goods--or rather a bill of no goods.  We can become so sidetracked in our compulsive search for identity and self-esteem that we really believe it can be found in having perfect figures or academic degrees or professional status or even absolute motherly success.  Yet, in so searching externally, we can be torn from our true internal, eternal selves.  We often worry so much about pleasing and performing for others that we lose our uniqueness--that full and relaxed acceptance of one's self as a person of worth and individuality.  We become so frightened and insecure that we cannot be generous toward the diversity and individuality, and yes, problems of our neighbors.  Too many women with these anxieties watch helplessly as their lives unravel from the very core that centers and sustains them.  Too many are like a ship at sea without sail or rudder, "tossed to and fro," as the Apostle Paul said, until more and more of us are genuinely, rail-grabbingly seasick."

Click on this link to read the rest of the article:  
"One Thing Needful": Becoming Women of Greater Faith in Christ