Delight In Me A Woman

In reflec­tion of Isa­iah chap­ter 62 verse 4:

“You shall no more be termed For­sak­en, and your land shall no more be termed Des­o­late, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Mar­ried, for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.”

In oth­er ver­sions of the Bible the term is you shall be called Hephzibah.

Delight in me a woman
Take delight in my wom­an­hood, not my curves, not my facial attrac­tion.
Take delight in my strength inside out and my beau­ty in the reflec­tion of my heart of gold.
I am women and car­ry dig­ni­ty on my shoul­der and integri­ty on my fore­head.
I am affec­tion­ate but do not caress me to kill me.
I AM WOMAN, TAKE DELIGHT IN ME. It is not the shape of my legs that shows my strength, but the fact that after the fall I still remain to stand and try again is worth prais­ing.
Look in my eyes and not my breasts to mea­sure my scars, I have removed the mask and have let you in to see my every being, please take delight in me and not light the fire in me to inflict more scars.
I have the scars and they have been part of me and yet I still love and give, please take delight in this strength.
Do not test my capa­bil­i­ties just sim­ply because I have been tak­en from the rib of Adam. I am the moth­er of the nation, delight in me as the Lord delights in my unique­ness.
I have been called to great­ness and for that rea­son mar­vel at me stand­ing up to the chal­lenge.
I have been bat­tered, bruised and yet I still stand tall.
I have become the voice for the voice­less and the activist in me shouts out, take delight in me for I take delight in me and walk the talk and talk the walk.
Delight in me, for I am woman.
I do not demand respect as respect oozes out in every cor­ner of my char­ac­ter.
Yes, this is I, woman and a force to be reck­oned with.
Take delight for I dared to dream and dared to live my dream.
Take delight for when the world threw rocks that looked like lemons I made lemon­ade and gave the world my smile and not my frown.
I live to love even when soci­ety hates and shows anger of all forms, take delight in me a woman.
Take delight in me… shh­h­h­hh.
All we ask is that you take delight in us, as the Lord takes delight in us. Women.