{"id":472,"date":"2018-09-05T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/she-needed-hero-so-she-became-one\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:15:08","slug":"she-needed-hero-so-she-became-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"She Needed a Hero So She Became One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A dear friend who is going through some really tough times sent me a private message after I had said to her \u201cYou are your own hero — you + God = courageous and strong, mighty woman of God!\u201d She replied: Is that ok, to be your own hero?\u201d The following helps explain my response to her:. <\/p>\n

If ever we needed our sisterhood, we need it today. To have friends that encourage us, cry with us, rejoice with us and pray for us is worth more than silver and gold. I do that a lot on Facebook. When I see friends\u2019 photos of their child\u2019s wedding, I rejoice with them. I celebrate with my friends when they celebrate the accomplishments of their family \u2013 the school wins, graduations, awards, baby births, and anniversaries. I also love it when friends are bold enough to ask for prayer. <\/p>\n

This photo says \u201cShe Needed a Hero, So She Became One!\u201d I\u2019m so proud of my friends and those women I don\u2019t know, who aspire to be strong, resilient, determined, tenacious women and who say \u201cI can do this. I can survive this. I am an overcomer. I am powerful \u2013 not because of my own abilities and my own self-talk \u2013 but I am powerful because the Greater One lives in me. (1 John 4:4) I am more than a conqueror. (Romans 8:37) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)\u201d <\/p>\n

I learned very quickly, after I became a widow, that I had a choice to make. I could whine and I could wallow in self-pity because I didn\u2019t have my hero to lean on or give me advice on important decisions, or to repair something around the house. I could have thought \u201cI need a hero to see after me!\u201d If I stayed in that mindset, I would have never realized all I could do on my own. Now I know I am a woman of wisdom. I daily purpose to be powerful, passionate, positive, and, above all \u2013 peaceful. Rarely do I call out for help from anyone, but I also know my limitations. So when my daughter asked what I\u2019d like for my birthday and since they live nearby, I was quick to say \u201cCoupons for around-the-house jobs\u201d (see photo). And, that’s what they gave me. Yay!! I’ll definitely use those coupons!<\/p>\n

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Honestly, there are times I think about how awesome it would be to have a hero again who I could go to for support and who would give me that extra hug, soothe my troubled soul, and boost me up with encouragement and compliments. But, I know I have God Who is more than enough. He is faithful to me. “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.” Psalm 68:5. He lifts me up with His love. I may be alone, but I\u2019m not lonely. He is for me and encourages me daily with His Word.<\/p>\n

Still, there are times when it’s up to ME to set me free. It’s up to me to apply the band-aids to my body and my spirit. It’s up to me to change the channel of “pitiful me” to “powerful me”. It’s up to me to do what King David did. “When King David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.” 1 Samuel 30:6<\/p>\n

There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother or mother or friend and it\u2019s ME. I never leave me. I never forsake me. I don\u2019t EVER let me beat ME up and I don’t let me pity me. I put on my armor, pick up my sword and raise it high. I have come to realize I am my own HERO. Yes\u2026..there are times when we need a HERO……and that’s when it’s up to us to BECOME ONE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A dear friend who is going through some really tough times sent me a private message after I had said to her \u201cYou are your own hero — you + God = courageous and strong, mighty woman of God!\u201d She replied: Is that ok, to be your own hero?\u201d The following helps explain my response…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1679,1680,1681,1682,1683,1684,1685,1686,1687,1688,1689,1690,1691,1539,1692],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-be-your-own-hero","tag-determined","tag-hero","tag-i-can-do-this","tag-i-can-survive-this","tag-overcomer","tag-philippians-413","tag-psalm-685","tag-resilient","tag-self-talk","tag-she-needed-a-hero","tag-sisterhood","tag-sisters","tag-strong","tag-tenacious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8543,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/8543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}