Good morning, DearHeart.

I giggled as this verse happened to be the first I thought of this morn …

“Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib …” (Genesis 2:22a, NLT)

Here is why: I was in the kitchen last night and heard a commotion coming down the hall. I turned to look and a two year old Wonder Woman was twirling in to see me! Head to toe (with a few princess jewels thrown in) our Liv was totally decked out in full red, blue, and gold regalia. And, let me tell ya, she was spot on and working it!

I watched Wonder Woman once a week growing up and always dreamed of being Linda Carter, too.

Wonder Woman – the founder of The Justice League, a team of superheroes who fight crime and seek to maintain peace and order. In the DC comics, Wonder Woman was sculpted from clay by her mother … much the way God formed the first woman from a rib of man, already formed, and the dust of the earth. She was a character with all the strength of a man yet with all the qualities a good and beautiful woman could possess.

Wonder Woman has been loved by many for her beauty, for her strength, and for her love of humanity. She is strong-willed – knowing what needs to be accomplished and not backing down until it is done. She is a lover of peace but will fight for people, for a cause, for justice. But she was also created to be the nurturer of The Justice League, molding it to be all it could.

She’s a warrior woman yet an ambassador of people.

With that said, Olivia Jo, our own in-house version of the super-hero … may you truly grow up to be a Wonder Woman. A woman who will…

fight for justice,

defend the weak

and the forgotten.

May you be a woman of God-given strength yet have a tender and compassionate heart.

May you be fierce yet a woman who will support and encourage those around you.

May you be a woman who loves God above all else and then His people.

May you ladies be a true Wonder Woman, too … and as my FC First Girls prepare our hearts to leave for our Falls Creek Ladies Retreat this morn … may there be a little of Wonder Woman in us all!

“Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib …” (Genesis 2:22a, NLT)

Wake up.

You are a wonder, too.

Work it. Go.