The Incredible Privilege of BEING a Woman

The Incredible Privilege of BEING a Woman

I feel like I am treading on holy ground by addressing the subject of womanhood – for holy ground it certainly is. I feel like a privileged observer as God creates a masterpiece of life and limb to fulfill a unique and wondrous destiny.

Women were created to fill a VOID

The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.  The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:20-22 – NASB)

What a privilege it is for anyone to fill a void in the life of another human being. A woman, however is created with that special capacity to fill the void in the life of the one man God will bring into her life to be with till death parts them.

I vividly remember walking with my Dad to his place of work when I was no more than ten years old. “Son,” he said seriously, “women are God’s special gift to us men, and he has made us responsible to treat them with the love and respect they deserve. Your mother is God’s special gift to me, and to you. Don’t let me ever hear you disrespecting her in any way.”

Now I know that sin has caused a horrific abuse of women in our generation, and in many generations before. That however, does not take away from the incredible privilege every woman has of being able to fill the void of her husband, and as a mother, of the children God gives her.

Women were created to present a VISION

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:31-32 – NASB)

Every woman in the marriage bond has the privilege of presenting to the world a vision (a picture) of the relationship between Christ and his church. The apostle makes it very clear the relationship between a  man and his wife is a depiction of the spiritual union between Christ and His church. (See Ephesian 5:25-29)

Women were created to be a VESSEL

One of Webster’s definitions of the word “vessel” is: “a person into whom some quality (as grace) is infused.”

Men and women are equal insofar as their value to God is concerned, but God infuses women (if they are fulfilling their destiny) with some unique capabilities, such as the love she can bestow on her husband, and upon her children.

Sure, these can be distorted, but a woman who loves the Lord will display these qualities in a unique and God-given manner.

Being a Woman

(© 15^th September 2015 – by Christopher Shennan)

An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. (Proverbs 31:10 – NASB)

To be a woman is of such great worth,

As is seldom understood or conceived;

She is uniquely gifted from her birth,

With all of God’s blessings she has received.

If only a woman would realize

All that her God has designed her to be,

She’d gain just a glimpse of pure paradise,

And taste what it is like to be truly free.

God has not made women a lesser breed,

Though some men are sure to say it is so;

He has made them special to fill great need –

To go into places no man dare go.

A matchless grace all good women possess;

Being what they are, they have power to bless.

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Tailor-Made for Other People

Tailor-Made for Other People

Have you ever thought about what God made you for? As a born again Christian, having experienced the transforming power of Jesus Christ, for whom does he intend you to live?

Of course we must live for God, but how do we do that? Is all our attention meant to be upon ourselves and our own spiritual growth? The most practical way of advancing our own spiritual lives is to live for others – shift our focus from our own needs alone, to the needs of others. All the great men of God in the Bible, and out of it, were marked by their selflessness and service to others for the advancement of the kingdom of God.

The apostle Peter made this very clear, as did the apostle Paul in referring to a Christian brother named Epaphras:

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. (1 Peter 1:22 – KJV)

Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. (Colossians 4:12 – NASB)

God did not create us in Christ to live for ourselves alone; He tailor made us for other people.

Tailor-Made for Other People

© May 17th 1995 – by Christopher Shennan)

“Tailor-made for other people,”

Are the words that touch my mind,

When I think of all the trials

In my life — of the ugly kind.

 

I had felt as if the scissors

had snipped away some part

That was desperately needed,

To fully satisfy my heart.

 

You see, I had found the pattern

That I thought was best for me;

That I thought would suit ambitions

That my inner eye could see.

 

The pattern of my future life,

And the cloth from which it was made,

Would have to fit the image

Of the plans that I had laid.

 

But then, when the cutting started,

And the pattern soon took form,

I knew it would never fit me;

I wished that I’d never been born.

 

So I cried to God, my Tailor,

And complained that the suit He’d made

Fell sadly short of the fashion,

In colour, in shape, in grade.

 

He replied, “You’ve been mistaken

And deluded in your thoughts.

Your life was the cloth I needed —

With my own blood it was bought.

 

“You are not your own. I fashioned

Each contour, each colour, each line,

For the needs of other people —

For a purpose truly Mine.

 

“You’ve been tailor-made for others,

Not to satisfy your whim;

And I’ve made your life on purpose

So its light will ne’er grow dim.

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