Showing posts with label Biblical womanhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biblical womanhood. Show all posts

Friday, December 17, 2010

Me Obey Him?

The scripture commands wives to see that they respect their own husbands. God knows how He made men to need respect. God is NOT giving women a lot to be oppressed, but a ticket to honor and love as the queen of their homes.


However, scripture acknowledges tyrannical husbands. Abigail saved the lives of her household by bribing David and appealing to him. She said her husband was a fool as his name was. Abigail did not stand with Nabal in his sin. The Bible calls her a wise woman.


Abigail clearly acted against her husband's intentions. There is a place for that.

Life is so much better when there is honor both ways, but some have overreacted to feminism and swung the other direction "Obey him and God will hold him accountable." It should be balanced with what God calls wise.


Thursday, May 21, 2009

How God Describes His Daughters

A friend just researched how God describes women: help meet (Ge.2:18), wife (Ge.2:24), mother (Ge.3:20), fair (gen.12:11), willing hearted (ex.35:22), wise (ex.35:25), virgin (Lev.21:14), beautiful (Deut. 21:11), blessed (Jud.5:24), virtuous (Ru.3:11), of good understanding (1Sam.25:3), great (2Kings 4:8), fruitful (Ps.128:3), gracious (Pr.11:16), a crown to her husband (Pr.12:4), prudent (Pr.19:14), companion (Mal.2:14)

He says: I'm going to be looking at the difference in godly characteristics that God describes women, in contrast to men, as. It reveals a consistent theme throughout God's word of the complimentary distinctions between masculinity and femininity in a way that just referencing one chapter can't do. Another blast at feminism's destructive influence on the family.