tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post7123707033875119326..comments2023-05-10T23:23:48.126-05:00Comments on Submission Tyranny, in Church and Society: Frozen Pipe Churcheswww.wanetadawn.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261516374583209123noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post-13870611597175299182013-03-29T22:37:32.377-05:002013-03-29T22:37:32.377-05:00I realized this too. That many of the laws laid d...I realized this too. That many of the laws laid down by God were there to provide protection for women. Even where women were to stay virgins until they were married. Their fathers knew they needed to protect them as they were a reflection on them (the father) and so made them a valuable commodity. It also probably protected the daughters from their own fathers, as men who are abusers think that their children are their property, and without the protection of women provided by God, some men may have raped their own daughters.<br /><br />I also love in the New Testament how Jesus treated women. He treated them just like the men. He was always trying to draw out or reveal their hearts. Jesus was God so He already knew their hearts, but asked questions of them, and spoke to them so that THEY could come to this understanding of themselves. I think I read somewhere that Jesus was the first feminist. And I don't think Jesus ever told a woman that her goal was to find a man and have a baby. No. As with what he told the men, first, follow Him. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post-1751576187023956242010-12-10T20:05:55.258-06:002010-12-10T20:05:55.258-06:00Charis,
Thanks be to God there is deliverance fro...Charis, <br />Thanks be to God there is deliverance from marital abuse and oppression!<br /><br />Contrary to popular thought, and in agreement with your thought that a wife's submission is a state of being, I'd like to suggest another radical thought:<br /><br />When a wife divorces her abusive husband, she IS in fact submitting to her husband. The submission I wanted to give my husband was to ask his input on nearly every decision--even those he had no opinion about. I wanted to consult him about the blouse I was considering and also about the drapes and the picture on the wall, the classes I would sign up for and what times I would be gone from home, etc, etc. I wanted our lives to be intertwined with genuine love and caring. But the submission he required of me was to deal with his nastiness. It was a reality I had to face. The put downs, the constant griping/criticism, name calling, the occasional assault. Finally, I had to bow in submission, realizing that I needed to submit to his abusiveness by leaving. I needed to submit to who he really is and stay far away from him, separating myself and my finances for my own safety. <br /><br />I would prefer to be married to my ex, but only if he is a loving, caring husband. I submitted to him, to his driving me away, and we now live apart and are divorced. It still is not my preference; but I submitted to the reality of his behavior toward me. Both divorce and death at the hands of an abuser are the ultimate submission, in my view. He has made life very hard for both me and for our daughter and we are doing our part to "restore the years the locust has eaten." <br /><br />A correction in the comment above: "According to Jesus, the giver OF life, this (the heel grinding) is false doctrine."Waneta Dawnhttp://www.wanetadawn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post-85382060057548927232010-12-10T19:44:47.692-06:002010-12-10T19:44:47.692-06:00Mara,
I love that quote. We women, especially, ar...Mara,<br />I love that quote. We women, especially, are so pressured to serve, to submit to oppressors, to make ourselves subservient, and then the words of Jesus lift us out of that pit. He gives us rest rather than degrading servitude. he lifts us up and heals the wounds made by those who ground us under their heels and teach that we must submit to them grinding us to powder.<br /><br />According to Jesus, the giver if life, this is false doctrine.Waneta Dawnhttp://www.wanetadawn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post-7971217214569968162010-12-07T15:52:33.051-06:002010-12-07T15:52:33.051-06:00And in God's mercy, our culture has changed fr...And in God's mercy, our culture has changed from how it was in the time of Paul and Peter. Those days, they had no choice about remaining <b>subject to their own husband in everything </b> even if he was cruel, heartless, abusive. <br /><br />Nowadays, in western countries, wives do not have to remain <b>subject to</b> cruel husbands. Thankfully, by the grace and mercy of GOD, the culture has changed so that women have legal options (which they are exercising in droves).Charishttp://hupotasso.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post-44134566049072386002010-12-06T13:48:56.349-06:002010-12-06T13:48:56.349-06:00Whoo hoo!
Women rejoice that God is not made in t...Whoo hoo!<br /><br />Women rejoice that God is not made in the image of scornful men.<br />And rejoice that we have the right, privilege and even responsibility, as women, to find the true God and learn His true nature. We don't have to rely on what men say about God.<br />We must find Him for ourselves far away from the man-made filters and biases we've been told to honor.<br /><br />Men do not stand between us and God.<br />Only The Man/God, Jesus Christ, is our Mediator. He seeks our good. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. And we can cast our cares on Him because He cares for us.Mara Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385458933795539928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315768639043874540.post-43997388580861506092010-12-06T10:42:59.914-06:002010-12-06T10:42:59.914-06:00That's beautiful!That's beautiful!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.com