The songs begins, “The road is long with many a winding turn that leads to who knows where” – singlehood, marriage, pregnancy, divorce, death of parents, illness – which will test our friendships. Do you have a sistah with whom you can navigate the long road with its myriad winding turns? A sistah is:
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S – someone
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I – indelibly
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S – sewn
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T – to
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A – another’s
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H – heart
Being a sistah does not necessitate an
adjective like a good friend or a genuine person – the word itself embodies all
those adjectives. When one person is
indelibly sewn/attached to another, there is no room for gossip, pettiness, jealousy
or competition. A sistah is not afraid
to tell you what she thinks in a loving manner, and knows when to just sit and
cry with you. She knows it’s not always necessary
to say or do the right thing, but that sometimes just a hug will do. So, why do we support shows that promote
woman-on-woman crime? Some reality shows
tell us that it’s okay to cut each other down in order to build ourselves up. Recently, an African-American teenager broke a
record at the 2012 Olympics in London and her accomplishment took second place
to her hair on websites across the country.
What made me agonizingly sick is that African-American women [like
herself] were championing the onslaught.
At times like this, you need a sistah to share a good cry, a
side-splitting laugh, a heartfelt prayer, an appropriate silence or a bowl of
ice-cream (okay, that’s me); but you get the idea. Proverbs 18:24 tells us, “Friends come and
friends go, but a true friend (sistah) sticks to you like family.” (The
Message)
Do you have a group of sistahs? Are you a sistah? We are supposed to bear each other up in good and bad times - no, she ain't heavey, she's my sistah.
Become a sistah today . . . I'm just thinking.