Warrioress is not a word, I looked it up. I can define it though. Warrioress is just like warrior.
Warrior: noun. A person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
The only difference between a warrior and a warrioress is that a warrior is often associated with a man, but if you don’t know me, I am a woman.
Before Haiti I was climbing in my faith. I was having quiet times everyday and I was praying to God about everything. I was in preparation for a mission trip where I was using my energies to further the kingdom. I was excited and ready.
After Haiti, I prayed everyday for about a week, but after that, I felt tired. I didn’t want to anymore. I worked each day and I felt like I just wanted to crawl into my own world and just be. Today though, I was reading this book about a woman around my age who wanted to be an explorer. She wanted to be the Jack London of women and travel to Alaska. She wanted to stretch the status quo that men can be warriors.
As I was reading, I was thinking about my own story. I grew up as an adventurer. I love to travel, I get curious about nature and research things, shout out to my obsession with outer space when I was younger and that time that I wanted to be an environmental engineer because I could be in nature while I worked.
Going back to my low after the high that I had in Haiti, I found passages in this novel regarding nature and the connection between the ocean and the places that this young woman went to on her way to Alaska. I felt the familiar pull that I get when I think about nature. I feel drawn to the ocean, trees, mountains, and anything that God has created.
I am a soldier in the battle for my own soul, but God has gently reminded me of His love for me through a few paragraphs in a book. He created the nature that I constantly crave. He is the reason why I am doing everything that I am doing.
None of this really makes sense, but it is a compilation of my thoughts as I get out of the lull that I am in. It makes my day when I see that people have read my blogs, and if you got through this whole post without getting completely lost in my thoughts, comment below or on my Facebook post!
-Jo
