Showing posts with label Femininity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Femininity. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Independence

Perhaps the most significant thing you will sacrifice is the spirit of independence which is destroying women. There is no room for the independent spirit in a woman’s life: we simply cannot love a man, children, or others well if we are entangled in this popular mentality that we are the center of the universe and we should have everything our way and we should be able to accomplish everything we desire and we shouldn’t have to answer to anyone but ourselves.

If you want to be great in God’s kingdom, learn to be the servant of all.

In the world’s eyes, you will be sacrificing so much, but in God’s eyes, you will be the lifeblood of His next generation, a generation who will praise His name.

Monday, August 04, 2008

On Femininity [mostly]


" We may be fallen, but we are redeemed by the good Savior to glorify Him and fulfill His purposes.

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Woman was that helper made just for man, and the Lord blessed them and called it very good. Man was ultimately given the leadership of their union and the responsibility for creation. Woman was made to be his helper. When they sinned, Adam, not Eve, was the one God first addressed and called to account for their disobedience. Adam, not Eve was held responsible. Biblical femininity follows this precedent set in Eden—women are made to follow, to submit, to nurture, to affirm and to receive. Men are the leaders, the initiators, the protectors and the providers.
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Men and women were designed to work together as in a dance, complimenting each other with joy and equally partners in the dance.
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God has designed us to desire these things [to be beautiful, to love and be loved], and through His Son’s redeeming work on our behalf, we have access to the joy of seeing these good desires
fulfilled in Him. "