The Duct Tape Valkyrie (Raquel)
April 17, 2009 by sharppointythings
“The Valkyries were the shield maidens who kept the halls of heaven. Odin used women warriors as his honor guard because if he’d used men, they might have been worshiped for their own strength and skill and cunning. He could glorify himself through women warriors because he was the source of their strength and power…I have found that God Himself does similar things. He transforms earthly creatures into heavenly beings. Nobody can stop Him from doing it, and nothing ever hinders him from accompishing it.” Valkyries: Some Through the Fire by Jeri Massi
I am the Duct Tape Valkyrie. This title started as a name for my BattleKnight knight, and was rooted in a Heroscape costume I made for a birthday party a couple of years ago. Alas, my BattleKnight knight has moved on and goes by the more dignified name of Silver Valkyrie now, but I myself refuse to relinquish the title of Duct Tape Valkyrie. Which got me wondering why in the world I should be so attached to this name…
Valkyries are female warriors. And honestly, that is exactly what I am. I’m not talking ‘women in the miltary’ kind of warrior here. I’m talking wrestling against the rulers of darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places. I’m talking about about the ultimate goal of taking captive for Christ every square inch of this planet, right down to every thought in our minds. As Gabrielle would say, I ‘grok’ fighting. Which isn’t to say I’m necessarily good at it.
Duct tape is the epitome of making things work when they really shouldn’t. Duct tape means, “Yeah, it’s broken, but it’s going to work anyway”.
I fail. Sometimes it seems like that’s all I do. Every once in a while I seem to actually do something right, often only to discover that in the process I messed up on something else. But in all of that, God’s grace is the duct tape that’s holding me together, and making it work when I can’t.
And someday I’ll wake up and discover that all of the little patches have changed into one whole new person and I really will be Silver Valkyrie. Until then, Duct Tape Valkyrie it is.
I like this post. I don’t have anything to say about it that you wouldn’t already know, but I like it.
Wow! Loved reading this! just what I needed today!
thanks so much for sharing it!
HUGS!
This is a very insightful post. Thank you.
I am frequently captivated by the little things of this world, such as duct tape. Pastor Ben-Ezra taught me that everything in the Bible points to Jesus, so it is vital to always consider in what ways a particular passage speaks about Him. I believe that the same principle applies to the world because God created it to make His glory evident.
Before I became a believer, my sense of wonder was not as strong. I believe that the Spirit heightens our awareness of the world beyond what can be seen before the scales that keep us from seeing Jesus have been removed from our eyes.
I am thankful that you and Gabrielle each have this sense of wonder and that each of you have been blessed to have received this at an early age. It’s neat that you see the beauty of God even in something so simple as duct tape.
BTW, your post reminds me a bit of something that Spurgeon could have written. As I’m sure you know, he was ridiculously amazing at creating an endless supply of metaphors from a single object (ex: a candle). If Spurgeon would have been alive for duct tape, each devotional meditation that he wrote probably would have been at least 700 pages long.
Alright, alright, I give. Change the name back to Duct Tape Valkyrie.
LOL
I wasn’t saying I should change the name back, just musing on why I liked the original in the first place.
And thank you everyone for the comments!