It's a growing trend among women in society today: feelings of inadequacy, doubt, and belief that their dreams don't matter to anyone but themselves.
However, for author Rose Clement, what she sees in women today are ladies who have lost their sense of femininity and don't realize the amazing creations they are as daughters of the Almighty God.
Her new book, Strictly Women, is to reach women who are in this position of low self-esteem and uncertainty of their capabilities. A mother of six who worked for 32 years as a social worker, Rose experienced firsthand broken women and families in social work who had been beaten down by circumstances and aftermaths of tragedies.
She realized God wanted her to help these women more when God drew Rose's eyes to notice two women at church who He told, in a still, small voice, that they needed knowing their beauty and femininity again. Feeling unqualified for this task, the stories of Moses and Jeremiah from the Bible came to her mind as individuals who also felt inadequate for their assignments from God and how they flourished when they trusted God.
Within the pages of Strictly Women, readers will find stories to inspire them to silence the naysayers in their lives and listen for God's promptings of encouragement and love for who they are. Exemplary stories from the Bible are shared as examples, combined with Rose's recounting of raising six children by herself after her husband's tragic car accident.
Her own journey with God toward renewed discovery in her femininity prompted Rose to see God leading her to awaken in women their true natures in Christ as well. This influenced her to create Strictly Women, a book so women can see the beauty God has established in every woman and various purposes He has bestowed upon them in life.