'The Help' with the gift of Gumption

“If you’d just show a little gumption, Eugenia.” (pg.65)

“But my one dream was that one day I should write something that people would actually read (pg.69)

Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going to happen here.” Ask, seek and knock, God is waiting to reveal himself to you and tell you the things He wants you to know. 
Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.” 
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.-2 Timothy 1:7

Gumption means , you have a lot of spirit & spunk. the nerve to do things without question.
I think we all want to leave our mark in the world, after all we are all women who believe God has given us a high calling to travel to the front lines and lead people into battle. It’s leaving our prints, our legacy. Yet it can be daunting and overwhelming to even know where to begin. There is a picture book called ‘The Dot’ by Peter Reynolds I love that addresses this very thing. The story goes like this:

“Vashti sits in art class uninspired and frustrated. When her teacher suggests she just ‘make a mark and see where it takes you’, Vashti defiantly places a dot in the centre of the page and hands in her work.

Her teacher’s response sets Vashti on a wonderful journey exploring the many ways she can make her mark using dots until she finds herself able to use her experience to encourage another frustrated young artist.

Women, if you are at a crossroads listen to the little voice within you. I have found in my own life there is never a “perfect” time to step out of the boat. Sure its safer, but you are still your own “ruler of your own world by staying there. What is keeping you in the boat? What is keeping your spirit full of fear and timidity-that is a spirit not of our Papa.

What a blessing we can seek women in the bible, women in our our lives and women in this book who can show us what a little courage and GUMPTION can do.
We are meant to be women who can bring Heaven to earth right now as is-what a high calling...

Now the question is--Are you gonna step out and allow that spunk and get the nerve to do something that could look risky? And when are you going to step out? Our Papa is ready to hand you your sword and take you on battlefields only He could dream for you.

Go and show your gumption!

Spiritual Rythmn:
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity 
to accept the things I cannot change; 
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; 
Enjoying one moment at a time; 
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; 
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it; 
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life 
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr