We as humans are gifted with the fact that we are so short sighted and are seldom not in awe when things happen to us that may be out of the ordinary routine, whether for good or bad. Blind sided though we are we also demonstrate remarkable resiliance. I am part of that resiliance and am here to help, through my writings and through discussions with the reader. So sit back, buckle your seat belts, and enjoy the ride.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
There are no Jews, Greeks, etc..
And for the most part, the distinctions between men and women are still that way today. Because it comes natural to do that. It’s a cliché, but it is true: men are truly hunters, simply because they go out, busy themselves with bringing home the bacon, or the money to buy the bacon. And the women are the gatherers, simply because they are the ones to pick the fruit and vegetables and get water and go down to the river to wash clothes and nurse and educate children how they are to take their roles in society. This sounds chauvinistic, and indeed most women would frown on this description. But if we are honest, then we will know this is the only true way in which we can function in a healthy manner and maintain our relationships in marriage. And it is the only way women can survive this life modestly, as Paul speaks to Timothy about in 1 Timothy 2:9,10. Women must be modest, they must realize the importance of their roles of the ones that teach the children manners and propriety, or of what their role is. Women must put the emphasis not on fashion shows but on being godly and to doing good works. This sentiment is reiterated in 11 Peter 3:3,4. Remember that women are to have hearts made of incorruptible material, like men—led by the law of the Spirit, the commandment of Jesus as spoken by Peter in 1 Peter 3:7. Men are to acknowledge and honor their wives, because they are partakers of the inheritance in God. Many times, women see themselves as being described as being the weakest of the species. Is that accurate? Probably not, but we all have our strengths and weakness and women need men just as much as men need women. We cannot make it through this life without some interaction with each other, even if there are those that do not marry. This is shown in Isaiah 19:16, Jeremiah 50:39 and Jeremiah 51:30. The women in these passages may be seen as being weak and in need of protection by men from those that would do harm. I don’t know that I would think of women who need protecting as being weak in any other way except that there are some women who cannot fend of people that would do harm, and while there are those who are police officers and soldiers, men are the ones that train various women to fend off attacks. Why? Because men know how evil other men are. In Nehemiah 3:13, women, in being women, couldn’t keep the enemy out of the walls of Jerusalem, weren’t equipped to defeat those that would tear down the walls.
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