If a Woman is to Nurture

If a woman is to nurture
And recognize a need
Pain can be her tutor
That her inner light might lead

Like a baby chick
Breaking from a shell
Life's test, long and thick
Is one to live and tell

Each to find alone
Midst surroundings hard to bear
That the Lord did atone
And suffer because He cared

The promise of new life
Is what keeps us going
Working through each strife
Experiencing and growing

Every woman has a story
Individually... of how hard this is
On Christ's path towards glory
We light our lamp from His

Thus we find our purpose
And share what we have learned
Through Him we've light for service
As from His oil it is discerned