day no. 15,932: sister soldier

"Mary overcame in the way women are called to conquer—by giving birth to conquerors, or by giving birth to daughters who will give birth to conquerors. And this explains how the Magnificat can have been composed by a woman and still be so gloriously militant. Godly child-bearing is militant. The seed of the woman has crushed the dragon’s head." -- Douglas Wilson, God Rest Ye Merry

David's mother, Nitzevet, raised a lion-taming, bear-besting, giant-slaying son. She had courage and faith to let him learn and practice those skills by being placed in those types of situations. She raised a boy beloved by God and by his people. She reared a young man who had faith in God and no fear of beasts.

Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Satan is at war with mankind and women have a recruiting center at their center. They supply the infantry in this ground war. 

1 Timothy 2:15

[Women] shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

God's plan of redemption requires women to remain faithful to their post. They have been assigned the task of munition manufacturing. They cultivate beauty, nurture life, and make home by giving themselves body and soul to be a home for others.

1 Corinthians 11:12
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

Woman was made from man, but all men have been born by women ever since.

Romans 16:20
The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

We are Jesus' hands and feet and one particular task He has called us to continue is the grinding of the serpent's skull by grace through faith in Him alone. God's peace is at war with Satan's chaos and through His church Christ will reclaim His earth.