In the Scriptures, the concern of godly women was not discrimination in vocation but rather, the barrenness of the womb. Women were not pining away, pleading the Almighty to be priests and prophets. They were praying for the blessing of bearing children.
Non-Christians laugh at the hypocrisy and inconsistencies within Christendom. Rather than blame the culture, the selfishness of men, finance, legalism, or even "irreconcilable" differences, we Christians should put the blame where God does when He reproves His people-we should blame our own idolatry. "Wherefore should the heathen say, 'Where is their God?' .. " (Psalm 79:10).
Though the world's concerns are shifting sand (Matthew 7:27), God's Word is timeless. While children today are considered an expense and a burden, God's Word calls them a reward-a heritage. They are probably the only gift (Deuteronomy 7:13-14) that we no longer desire in abundance. Furthermore, under the leadership of a godly man, children are considered "arrows aimed against ungodliness:
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. (Psalm 127:3-5)
Taken from Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald. Pgs 41-42.
Non-Christians laugh at the hypocrisy and inconsistencies within Christendom. Rather than blame the culture, the selfishness of men, finance, legalism, or even "irreconcilable" differences, we Christians should put the blame where God does when He reproves His people-we should blame our own idolatry. "Wherefore should the heathen say, 'Where is their God?' .. " (Psalm 79:10).
Though the world's concerns are shifting sand (Matthew 7:27), God's Word is timeless. While children today are considered an expense and a burden, God's Word calls them a reward-a heritage. They are probably the only gift (Deuteronomy 7:13-14) that we no longer desire in abundance. Furthermore, under the leadership of a godly man, children are considered "arrows aimed against ungodliness:
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. (Psalm 127:3-5)
Taken from Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald. Pgs 41-42.
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