Do you want a woman with a mind, with
wisdom and the power to reason? Or do you want a woman who will
simply agree with whatever you say?
Do you want a woman of strength, a
powerful person? Or do you want a woman who will bend to your every
whim, regardless of whether she feels it is wrong or not?
Do you want a woman who will challenge
you, who will keep you accountable as you keep her? Or do you want a
woman who will never call you out and will simply allow you to
continue down a wrong path?
Do you want a woman who will come
alongside you, work with you, and carry you when you need it? Or do
you want a woman who needs you to always be her strength, because she
has none herself?
Do you want a woman who reads and
studies the Bible herself in order to be a workman who is not ashamed
and rightly divides the Word of truth? Or do you want a woman who
simply stands with your interpretation because she doesn't have any
need or desire to study herself?
Do you want a woman who will fight for
you, emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually? Or do you want a
woman who cannot fight because she is leaning on you for all her
strength?
Do you want a woman who cultivates her
mind and intelligence? Or do you want a woman who has no desire for
further education because she won't need it?
Do you want a woman who can engage you
in deep and riveting debates and conversations? Or do you want a
woman who cannot disagree or debate with you because she puts aside
her own thoughts in order to agree with you in everything?
You said you wanted a woman like me.
You said you loved my spirit, my strength, my power, my passion. And
yet... you wanted to remove those same things from me in the name of
'biblical gender roles.' The woman you imagine you want to marry is
not the same sort of woman you fell in love with, and in fact you
will never meet such a woman; one who could magically meld together
two completely opposing personalities.
What you loved about me is directly
opposed to what you believe is the ideal 'biblical' woman. Don't you
know that if I'd become that woman, I would have had to change all
the reasons you were interested in me in the first place?
So, then, what kind of a woman do you
really want?
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ReplyDeleteI love this, it doesn't make sense why people think this and what God showed both my husband and I is that in Genesis 3:16 women was cursed with having to obey her husband ( he will rule over you), well you cant be cursed with something that you did not have. so apparently she was Adam's equal partner . Genesis 1:26-28 When God blessed THEM and said to THEM be fruitful multiply and fill the earth, subdue it, have dominion over it he was talking to both male and female with the very same exact words , Selah and in Christ Jesus we are all free, Galatians 3:28 there is neither Jew nor Greek neither bond nor free neither male or female for you are all ONE in Christ Jesus
ReplyDeleteAnd then it begs the question" what kind of woman doe GOD really want? Enough of the male entitlement and the way girls are socialised to always please men and to worry about what men think of them, and what men want. Men can take their "wants" and their entitlement and their privilege to the foot of the cross and lay them down, and take up their cross and follow Jesus down the road of sacrifice. And that will set women free to set their sights on Jesus and hear Him for themselves, and consider, who does JESUS say that I am? And what is HIS destiny for me, HIS will for my life? And that will be so very different to what the "Biblical Womanhood" Pharisees have planned for her.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100%!!!! That should be our goal, to be the sort of men and women that God has designed us to be. That frightens many men, to see the empowered woman God is calling me to be.
DeleteI have every confidence that as I continue in the path God is laying out for me, he will bring the right man at the right time. :)