Greetings Sisters! I wish to welcome you to our new branch of ministry from Israel called “Vessels of Valor” Just for women.   This ministry was birthed from a Word the L-rd gave to me, Jennifer, on one August afternoon in 2004 while sitting on my bed in prayer, here in the Land of Israel.  G-D spoke to me that women need to be strengthened, first in faith, and also in character.  A  wonderful teacher once said, “the only thing we will take into heaven is character.”  We, as women, must work to develop the character that G-D desires for us. 

What type of character does G-D desire of His daughters?  This may shock you, but it’s not the typical proverbial picture we’re used to seeing: the woman in a long dress, apron, and maybe her head is covered.  She may have a rolling pin in one hand and many children surrounding her.  Often times, these pictures have either stimulated us to press into a more godly life, separated from the world, or, have steered us into discouragement, where many women of the 90’s just throw their hands up and say, “I’ll never be like that.”  While the above picture is a picture that is commendable, it’s not for everyone.  I lived that life, and honestly, I’m no longer living up to that frame, because my culture has changed and I feel called to be unto the people I minister to-as Amy Carmichael went against English formalist tradition and dressed as an Indian woman.  Many times these conservative views can cause the less than conservative to feel inadequate, all the while accusing our more conservative sisters with being under bondage, “religious” or prideful.  The good news Vessels has to offer is that the character G-D calls His daughters to is uniform, for ALL His daughters, and it’s not about the way we dress, how many kids we have, whether we home school or not.  The truth of the matter is, whether your conservative or liberal, Charismatic or extremely conservative, the call to be a Woman of Valor is for each and every one of you. 

 A “woman of valor” as noted in the famous Proverbs 31 passage paints a different picture in the original Hebrew than what we are most used to seeing in our Christian culture. Not that there is anything wrong with the ideas of the godly woman, but, we’ve been lacking a very important characteristic.  Most of the pictures that we receive of being the proverbial wife fall into several practical categories.  Many of the instructions we receive are industrious towards how to be more improved in our earthly jobs. What we now have to pursue is how to adorn the spiritual proverbial character, which G-D intended for each and every female in the body of Messiah.  The translation of that woman is to be a soldier: The dictionary describes a soldier as :

“1 a : one engaged in military service and especially in the army b : an enlisted man or woman c : a skilled warrior
2 : a militant leader, follower, or worker”

Another description for that character would be a ‘woman of valor‘. This requires a person to: 
be strong in their mind or spirit, 
be able to encounter danger while being steadfast,
have personal bravery. 

These characteristics are hard for us as women to identify with. Nevertheless, this is extremely important for us to maintain our roles as godly co-leaders of our homes with our husbands, or, captains of your own ship if you are in a season without a husband. It is my hope and desire to help spur you on to strength, and even find some joy in the midst of your trials. 

I’m so blessed that you stumbled onto my site.  I hope you  join along with me in this journey of building godly character. May you be blessed, and call upon the name of the L-rd each and every day!
In His love,
Jennifer Wiseman

PS-You will see I  refer to the Messiah many times as Yeshua, His Hebrew given name, and sometimes Jesus. They’re interchangeable. I hyphenate the name of G-D or title L-rd to set His name apart from any common names as His name is Holy. The Jews write His name like this, and since I live in Israel, it became for me a conviction to “be all things to all men” as Paul commands us to do. (1 Cor. 10:32,33) To learn more about our ministry in Israel, please see:  www.comemessiah.com