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Lying in bed last night it hit me—it all started with Eve and patriarchy’s distortion of what “helper” actually means. Afterall, how can a woman pay attention to her own needs when she’s told the very reason she exists is to focus on others?!

Okay … right up front … I am NOT an expert in self-care!  I am learning right alongside you—realizing that self-care is not self-ish … learning how to prioritize my own needs … and perhaps the hardest, figuring out what those needs actually are!

It’s one of the most frequently repeated stories in the New Testament—the woman caught in adultery—but nearly every commentary I studied forgot about the woman!

It’s a bizarre story, really—a woman shouting from the crowd about wombs and breasts. Umm … excuse me, what was that?!  

Ever feel like that?—Like you’re bent over double—from worries, responsibilities, guilt, exhaustion?

Maybe the question isn’t, “Have you ever felt bent double?” But,“Have you ever not?!”

God the Good Woman … sounds heretical, doesn’t it? Yet it’s Jesus who gives us this image!