[Vision2020] God's Choosing

[keely emerinemix]

Excellent points, J.

keely

From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] God's Choosing
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:53:36 -0800

I think you need to look at the way women are chosen by God throughout the 
history of the Bible and humankind in His choices for their roles in His 
World; for instance, there is Eve, (mother of us all), there is Debra, Ruth, 
Esther, Rahab, Mary (Mother of Jesus), Mary Magdalene, the two women Jesus 
FIRST presented Himself to after His resurrection, etc. (Remember that the 
men, the "disciples" of Jesus doubted His resurrection even when He first 
presented Himself to them and even ate among them.)

Then there are numerous examples of women fighting beside/in place of the 
men in their society, both in war and at home (remember Rosie the Riveter or 
the women fighter pilots in WWII?  How about the women who fought beside the 
men during the Revolutionary War?)

The list is lengthy and diverse in the showing of God's use of women to 
teach, to lead and to be examples of His Way and Truth.

Are there things men can do that woman can't do?  To some extent, yes.  Just 
as there are things women can do that men can't.  But why limit women to 
submissive roles when it is clear God has always held them in high regard 
and esteem and use?  Who are you to say God is wrong in making women able to 
choose what it is they want to do?

Seems to me if CCer's truly felt women were no better than baby poppin', 
bread makin', house cleanin' servants to their men, they wouldn't allow them 
to enter their colleges or work at educating their "future leaders" - which, 
I might add, have girls as well as boys in their elementary, jr./sr. high 
schools.

J  :]

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