See Him waiting for you with arms opened wide, His eyes filled with loved, His smile beaming with delight. He is waiting to offer grace, not judgment. Acceptance never rejection. Let His mercy kiss you today.
Women, Know Your Place!
The fight was never intended to be man vs. woman. The fight was intended to be man AND woman vs. the darkness.
Fashioned
She was fashioned.
Not from his head to rule over him.
Not from his foot to rule under him
But from his rib to rule beside him.
HerStory
We all, whether black or white, Jew or Gentile, male or female are where we are today because of strong women. Women who endured hardships, persecution and being considered second class citizens. Women who were denied opportunities simply because of their gender. Women who sacrificed for their children, submitted to their husbands while stifling their own dreams. Strong women. Beautiful women. Devalued women. The History of man is incomplete without...
A Woman’s Place
Radical thought this morning: When God fashioned woman, he called her a “help meet”. The word in Hebrew is Ezer and it means helper or succor. Now we have watered that word down but is is the same word used to describe God Himself. This morning I was reading the New Testament where Jesus said, “I will send you a Comforter or Helper.” I looked up the word “Comforter” in...
Mothers
We all, whether black or white, Jew or Gentile, male or female are where we are today because of strong women. Women who endured hardships, persecution and being considered second class citizens. Women who were denied opportunities simply because of their gender. Women who sacrificed for their children, submitted to their husbands while stifling their own dreams. Strong women. Beautiful women. Devalued women. This poem by Langston Hughes speaks to...
Girl Power
Dear Church, If we are to be the glorious, powerful, relevant, life-altering force God has called us to be, we must allow women to lead, teach, pastor, prophesy, evangelize, and walk completely in their giftings. We must stop this nonsense theology that says somehow Eve’s act of disobedience was not fully redeemed on the cross for women. What about Paul’s letters? I am not a bible scholar but I if...