Celebrate O Women! - Poem

Celebrate O Women!

Women all over the world

Through many cultures and ages

May sometimes drudge through slush

And mud through painful sinking stages

In swirling shadows in gray light

They sometimes slink through life

Regarded not as a precious person

but a possession, property, a mere obedient wife

In old days, many forbidden to appear or speak in public

or sit along with men

Women were often barred and rejected

From the cozy club of great men's dens

Voiceless, loveless, powerless

Even considered shameless was their plight

They move in a no man's land existence

In the loneliness of twilight

Then, Christ came to Earth from Heaven

And broke all cultural chains

He spoke to women in public

Washing away their taboos and stains

He rescued, forgave and restored women

That men would stone to death in righteous rage

Jesus released women from their prison of judgment

Taking them out of a iron-barred cage

He breathed new life on unloved sad women

He loved, touched and healed

Restored, to rise and shine

Enriching their otherwise empty lives

With the marvelous and the sublime

While many were furious

With Jesus for ignoring the rules of timeless culture

Jesus ignored them, honoring and loving these women

Rescuing them from venomous vultures

In the Garden of Eden, Eve, a woman

had great glory, honor, respect and love

 Eve lost that glory with the curse of the Original Fall

Then, Jesus on Cross broke every curse

And poured back blessings from above

He breaks a woman's entangling ropes of restriction

Rejection, loneliness, and depression

Now, He gives each woman an important mission

And message to take to others' lives

Jesus appeared first to a woman, Mary Magdalene

After His resurrection to give the message to all

He protected, assigned and placed women in positions

To accomplish the Higher Call.

Today, Jesus blesses and assigns woemn
leading them to do greater things

Today, Jesus enriches women's lives

Enabling them to fly on eagles wings

He leads, encourages, strengthens, nourishes women

To do something marvelous and great

Each woman can do it, God is right on time

And it is never too late, so do not hesitate!

In Jesus' eyes, every human, man, woman and child

Is beautiful, unique and precious to Him

So our value and worth and reason for living

Is propelled adding value and blessings by Him

So celebrate O women! Rejoice always

And accomplish something new and wonderful!

Because Jesus said, "In Christ we are One"

Together we fall, stand and rise and together

The war against cages, chains and bars is won!

Galatians 3:28:  There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

© Rita Farhat Kurian