Every woman wants to be a "True Woman". Oh how often do we sell ourselves short in our estimation of what it takes to become a REAL WOMAN! We have tried to practically become men to be a true woman, and then on the opposite end of the spectrum we have tried to become so helpless that we can't hardly breathe for ourselves to be a true woman!
John Piper says in the book voices of the true woman movement that, "...true womanhood is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of His Son in ways that would not be displayed if there were no womanhood." There are in fact differences between man and woman - we are very much equal but we were created to be different. Some aspects of God's glory couldn't be revealed without womanhood.
There are many women in the Bible that display true womanhood, these women are not wimpy, they are strong and courageous. These women are strong and courageous because they have good solid theology! Piper also says that, "Wimpy theology makes wimply women!" How true is that? We don't know what we believe, so we don't know how to act. When that is the case we are blown around like a ship at sea. We need to know what it is we actually believe and why we believe what we believe! Now that is what makes for a true woman.
She knows that she is created equal, but there are complemenatry differences that man and woman have! Not only do we not know what we are to be and do - we diminish who God is with our wimpy theology! Let's face it, with wimpy theology we have a wimpy God, and our God is not at all wimpy! He is big enough to handle all of lifes twists and turns and it is time that we give Him the credit He is due for being big enough and strong enough!
God created us with one purpose in mind - that is to display the fullness of the glory of His son! When we reduce womanhood to looks or sexuality we not only do not understand true womanhood, we don't understand God and we diminish the glory of Christ in our lives!
Let's grow in knowledge of the Lord and not be wimpy women (or men) with wimpy theology! After all it is who we are - and we can do what we are created to do when we come to know and be familiar with our Creator.
Growing in Him to be a True Woman!!!
Jennifer
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Is it time for "Spring Cleaning"?
I have been Spring Cleaning my house and while doing so I have been reminded of something I wrote some months back, bear with me while I share it with you!
How many of our lives and houses are just ONE BIG MESS? I am going to use the illustration of our houses and compare it to our lives!
If you come over to my house (especially if I know that you are coming) it seems as though my house is well kept and everything in order and mostly free of clutter, and clean! For the most part the clean is true, but I can stack and hide junk with the best of them! To the eye it looks pleasing and orderly - it looks like I have it all together as far as keeping house goes! Oh there are cobwebs and dust on the hard to read places that get dusted every great once in a while, but that is normal, right?
What about my life, WOW - same scenario as my house! It looks like I have it all together down the the smile on my face! But it can look orderly, but just like in my house - I and only I know (well and of course my all knowing Heavenly Father knows too) where my stacks of junk and clutter are! We have a way of hiding those, and sometimes we are so good at hiding them - we even hide them from ourselves!
Those stacks of clutter or junk are the things we really don't know what to do with, and even if we do we don't want to do it! Am I alone here, or are you with me? Sometimes we'll run up on them and realize they're there, but we leave it because we don't want to deal with it and plus no one even knows they're there!
Sometimes some more of that same type of junk comes in our lives - you know what we do? Grab it and run it over to the respectful stack and let it grow even larger!
We have cobwebs and dust in our lives too. In those hard to reach places that take a lot of time and effort to reach. We allow them to get that way and remain that way because just getting to them is hard enough, not to mention cleaning them! What is it in your life? The "stacks" or the "cobwebs" - you know what they are: bitterness, unforgiveness, childhood hurts, betrayal, selfishness, laziness, immorality - the list could go on and on. Just think about it!
Oh our bodies are clean because of the blood of Jesus on the cross - just like our houses may be clean! But are we free of clutter and cobwebs?
Just like cleaning a house so it is with fixing our lives - tackle the clutter - one stack at a time, get to those cobwebs in the hard to reach places - then remember it is easier to constantly work to keep something in order that to have to reorganize and deep clean every once in a while.
Our God is a God of order and to be a useful tool for Him we have to have our lives in working order for Him! He is ready to tackle those hard to reach places with you and those "stacks" you have! Are you ready to make a difference in the world? You have to start by making a difference right now with yourself!
Like I said God is ready, and I know that you will not be disappointed in the outcome! It may be hard to deal with issues you have been ignoring, but dear friends so worth it! Spend some time with God in prayer and in His Word. Ask Him to reveal to you those places that could use some "Spring Cleaning"!!!
I wonder if our lives would be just like my house, in way more need of the cleaning and organizing that I thought!
With Much Love,
Jennifer
How many of our lives and houses are just ONE BIG MESS? I am going to use the illustration of our houses and compare it to our lives!
If you come over to my house (especially if I know that you are coming) it seems as though my house is well kept and everything in order and mostly free of clutter, and clean! For the most part the clean is true, but I can stack and hide junk with the best of them! To the eye it looks pleasing and orderly - it looks like I have it all together as far as keeping house goes! Oh there are cobwebs and dust on the hard to read places that get dusted every great once in a while, but that is normal, right?
What about my life, WOW - same scenario as my house! It looks like I have it all together down the the smile on my face! But it can look orderly, but just like in my house - I and only I know (well and of course my all knowing Heavenly Father knows too) where my stacks of junk and clutter are! We have a way of hiding those, and sometimes we are so good at hiding them - we even hide them from ourselves!
Those stacks of clutter or junk are the things we really don't know what to do with, and even if we do we don't want to do it! Am I alone here, or are you with me? Sometimes we'll run up on them and realize they're there, but we leave it because we don't want to deal with it and plus no one even knows they're there!
Sometimes some more of that same type of junk comes in our lives - you know what we do? Grab it and run it over to the respectful stack and let it grow even larger!
We have cobwebs and dust in our lives too. In those hard to reach places that take a lot of time and effort to reach. We allow them to get that way and remain that way because just getting to them is hard enough, not to mention cleaning them! What is it in your life? The "stacks" or the "cobwebs" - you know what they are: bitterness, unforgiveness, childhood hurts, betrayal, selfishness, laziness, immorality - the list could go on and on. Just think about it!
Oh our bodies are clean because of the blood of Jesus on the cross - just like our houses may be clean! But are we free of clutter and cobwebs?
Just like cleaning a house so it is with fixing our lives - tackle the clutter - one stack at a time, get to those cobwebs in the hard to reach places - then remember it is easier to constantly work to keep something in order that to have to reorganize and deep clean every once in a while.
Our God is a God of order and to be a useful tool for Him we have to have our lives in working order for Him! He is ready to tackle those hard to reach places with you and those "stacks" you have! Are you ready to make a difference in the world? You have to start by making a difference right now with yourself!
Like I said God is ready, and I know that you will not be disappointed in the outcome! It may be hard to deal with issues you have been ignoring, but dear friends so worth it! Spend some time with God in prayer and in His Word. Ask Him to reveal to you those places that could use some "Spring Cleaning"!!!
I wonder if our lives would be just like my house, in way more need of the cleaning and organizing that I thought!
With Much Love,
Jennifer
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