Does God care about the accomplishments of the feminist
movement? I googled what the feminist movement accomplished and this is what I
found ~
More women started
careers instead of staying home with their children. In 1970, 8 percent of all
medical school graduates and 5 percent of law school graduates were women. By 1998,
those numbers had risen to 42 and 44 percent respectively. Women also made
political gains as many ran for and were elected to office. {source}
I also know they helped abortion become legal, gave women
the right to vote, and equal pay for equal work. Are these things important to
God?
No, I think some of them are completely contrary to what God
wants of women. He WANTS them staying home with their children. I doubt He
cares about wives and mothers having careers and running for political office since
almost all of the leadership positions held in the Bible were by men. I can't
believe He would change His mind over the years because of the new {???}
enlightenment.
I know He hates abortion. He hates the killing of the
innocent. There is NO chance He supports abortion. What about equal pay for
equal work? I am not sure about that since it is simply a result of women
leaving their homes for careers and usually neglecting their husbands and
homes. The right to vote? Not sure about that either since a wife's vote may
cancel out her husband's vote who God has ordained as the head and leader of
the home. {Please don't worry, feminists. I promise I will not try to take away your right to vote. Yes, I always vote and I vote exactly the same way that Ken does so I don't cancel out his vote.}
So does God care much about women? YES! He wants them to know how
absolutely and completely loved they are by Him. He wants them to know He finds
them worthy: worthy enough to send His only begotten Son to die for them; worthy enough to spend eternity with Him; worthy enough to be called His child; worthy enough to live mightily within them giving them power to live godly
lives. He LOVES women. He knows the best place for the majority of women is in
the home ministering to their husbands and children. He knows this has eternal
significance.
I tried the career path. I tried ruling over my husband. I didn't like it at all. It produced chaos and turmoil in my life. I am thankful I get to be home. I am thankful I was the one who raised my children. I am so thankful I have learned to be a godly, submissive help meet to my husband. Life is SO much better God's ways. Try it. You may find the abundant blessings flowing from doing things God's ways also!
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men;
and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
I Corinthians 1:25
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sheworksretail 36p · 552 weeks ago
Linda · 552 weeks ago
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upwithmarriage 25p · 552 weeks ago
MrsMike · 552 weeks ago
But I also believe that while you have a supportive, leading husband, you should indeed be the SAHM and wife to your family. That is biblical. But always be prepared to fill the voids that come up in life. My husband has severe medical issues and as much as I love him and our family, I am planning to further educate myself so that, should the worst happen and I am left to be the provider, I will not be stuck in a horrible situation without the education and skills I need.
Gently Led · 552 weeks ago
Just got an email from a friend w/ 3 kids (5th - 8th grade) saying she's thinking about reentering the workforce b/c better sooner than later when she's older. She's a Bible-believing pastor's wife. I am always so sad when my friends (some of them) don't understand the value of a woman staying home with her family. So appreciate your words of wisdom! You help me get/stay centered on the truth.
Victoria · 552 weeks ago
Susan · 552 weeks ago
Amanda · 552 weeks ago
As for voting, how is it wrong to vote differently than your husband? God gave women brains, we have wisdom, and that doesn't always mean piggy-backing on everything our husband believes. I love my husband dearly and we actually DO vote the same, simply because we have the respect for life, our family and our country. If my husband thought differently than the Word, I would NOT VOTE LIKE HIM. As a believer, my allegiance stands with God, not solely to my husband. That does not mean I am rebelling against him.
As for education or working outside the home, I have 2 dear friends who both didn't work, didn't have an education past high school. The first one became a young widow with 6 children to raise. Even with life insurance, it is not enough to live on. She HAS to work. She is actually getting a degree that she can use in order to get a better paying job. And before anyone says, "well, the church should be taking care of her." WE are the church, are you forking money over to a family you know needs it or are you giving it to pastor and a 'church' so that THEY can take care of it? Are we willing to provide a decent lifestyle for these women and their children so that they don't have to work outside the home?
The second person was sentenced to the life of a single mother with 3 children to raise when her husband was sent to prison for 8 years. She regrets not being home with her children because she had to take the long hours to support her family. Had she had an education, she feels she could have gotten a better paying job that didn't require all of her energy, leaving next to nothing for her children. Amazingly, she was still able to homeschool her children most of the years. The other years, she had accepted the 'generosity' of a Christian school for giving her children scholarships...and then turned around and made them feel like a wellfare case. How sad.
I don't work outside the home, but I am productive IN my home. I make and sell things, I do child care, I save my husband money by being frugal. I do not have a higher education, simply because with 4 children and another on the way, time is an issue. We actually own our own business. If something were to happen that my husband could no longer do the work, it would be up to me to fill in. I see that as being a helpmeet. I hold to the same belief that a woman who CAN stay at home, should. Her family needs her. I teach my teenage daughter to get an education, but when you get married, your life is your family. But if she were to ever need to work, for unforeseen reasons, she should be well equipped.
The two things I get from this article is that women should vote like their husbands and they should not have a job or higher education.
The Retro Homemaker · 552 weeks ago
Mindy · 552 weeks ago
Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
He also slayed the first born males in Egypt. The king of Egypt was willing to let the Israelites go, but instead God kept hardening his heart just so he could inflict plagues and kill innocent children.
Does this sound like a God who is AGAINST abortion and slaughtering innocent children?
isabella · 552 weeks ago
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Ksdee · 552 weeks ago
I believe that God cares most that women vote for Him.
As far as voting for elections, that is all societal. As a citizen of my country, who cares about the direction it moves in, for now and future generations, I am proud of my right to vote and I take my decisions very seriously. It it took a group of women to organize this right, then I am glad that they had the passion to do so.
Deborah was an important judge in the Bible. I don't know that God frowns upon women making the choice to have a career, so long as it is morally sound. Is it wrong for a female doctor to pursue medicine and save people's lives, and to still have kids, also? I think this topic is really a lot deepr then to say God doesn't want women to have careers.
The women's lib movements, three waves of, have achieved some importants goals. However, the ideology in some respects, also swung too far in directions particularly the '50's/60's movent, that have truly strained society. It is important to understand how each wave began and why. Who was behind it? What means were used to promote it and to whom? There is some very interesting info that can be found and it's important to know because it can really help put it all in better perspective.
Interestingly, every woman I know who was "of age" in the '60's era who might have been sucked up into the lib movement has told me that they were too busy to care for their kids...it was the younger people who were pulled in, which was the agenda to spread the propaganda.
elspethbreathinggrace 46p · 552 weeks ago
I was just thinking (and talking) about this whole voting thing earlier this week.
Got a call from a lovely Christian friend. She wanted to know if I had yet voted, and to pick my brain about some of the local races. So I told her I hadn’t been following the races this year, and I wasn’t even sure I was going to vote.
She responded that as a woman (and a black woman no less!) that people had bled and died for my right to vote. I groaned a little and she asked what was up. So I told her the whole women’s suffrage thing isn’t my deal. Leaves me cold and isn’t gonna send me to the polls. She grew quiet for a second then asked what on earth I was talking about.
We’re new friends so I jokingly said to her, “When you love me enough that you won’t ditch me, I’ll buy you a cup of coffee and you can hear me out. But for the record, no one bled and died so women could get the vote.”
And I told her if I vote at all, it’ll be when the husband got off so that I could be sure to vote exactly as he does, and only as he does.
This should get interesting.
But again, you hit it out of the park with this one.
-Els
Vicki · 552 weeks ago
herecomestheLIGHT · 551 weeks ago
To what degree does Christ expect the Church to submit to him?
Where do we draw the line on the Church submitting to Christ?
We expect the Church to submit to Christ IN EVERYTHING, correct? There is no line drawn correct?
So, should it be with wifely submission. There is no line drawn in "voting" or your so called "rights". You have no rights as a "true believer". You are either a slave to the Lord or a slave unto the Evil One. there is no in between. Let that sit on your heart for a minute.
herecomestheLIGHT · 551 weeks ago
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