What we are doing isn’t working
Women weren’t created to be like men; rather to be like Jesus. We are all equal before God, but in this world, men and women are different. That is a fact!

Genesis
In Genesis we learn that woman was created to be a helper for man. To complete him. NOT to compete against him. That also is a fact. Whether you like it or not, that was God’s plan from the beginning.

Still, in Genesis, we learn about when the first woman tried to compete, and handle things her own way. She experienced pain and separation from God. Things didn’t go well.

Who are WE trying to please?
I heard a story about a girl that was unhappy with her brother. She tried to correct and “mother” him but she said that she knows she is NOT the mother. She was angry with her brother. He would not listen. She could not make him listen. It just wasn’t working trying to control him. Was she trying to please God or herself? She absolutely was not trying to please her brother.

Women today are angry at men
Men are the enemy keeping them from their full potential. Keeping them from what they deserve. (Like Eve with the apple. She believed that Creator God was keeping her from her full potential.) So, women even today try to grab the “apple” of control. They try to force the change through anger, blame, and public humiliation of men in general. They want to be in charge and rise above man and God, like Eve did in the Garden. She was angry with everyone and blamed everyone else too. She might have looked like the woman in the picture I’ve included here!

Men react
Since God created men with a need to be respected and admired for their strengths, they react back with anger and try to grab back the control that was originally God-given in Genesis. Of course, that doesn’t work well for them either.

Then, women react more specifically
Women then blame and try to ruin individual men for ruining their lives. Everyone is mad at everyone else and all are trying to get their own way. All are emotionally and spiritually injured.

It is just simply not working. None of this is working. I pray that one day soon, women will realize (like the young girl realized that one evening), that their job is not to mother or control men. What if there is a different way?

Mark 9:29
This kind can come forth by nothing but prayer and fasting.

In Matthew 5
We observe that while Jesus is the epitome of mercy, he didn’t heal everyone in the stories recorded in Scripture;

In Matthew 8:16
We are told he healed all who came to him. But that’s the qualification—they came to Him. He healed all who admitted their need of something only He could provide.

A little child shall lead them
What if Eve had back then, and the women of today stopped trying to force change and rather be more like the girl with her brother that evening. She knew she was not acting appropriately, so she made a conscious decision to go to her room. She then turned to God and praised her Creator. The One who created the PLAN.  We go there to find help to follow God’s plan to be helpers and encouragers who complete rather than compete with men. (Rather than getting angry, why not turn to praise, seeking God’s plan for resolution. Asking for His help.)

Who are we trying to please?
God or man? God or our own selfish desires? Our own plans? God says that “in acceptance lies peace”. Accepting his plan brings peace. Asking for His help gives us spiritual strength and wisdom.

Peace. One household at a time
That is what the young girl said she received when she stopped fighting her brother. Peace. When she stopped trying to rule her brother, and turned instead to God. Peace was restored to the household. Of course, we all know it is a continuous process. Unfortunately, it is not just a one time decision. It is daily. Moment by moment. Can we start with one household at a time? Our own first? Because what we are doing is not working.

Isaiah 19:3
“…wise counselors are all at their wit’s ends to know what to do; they plead with their idols for wisdom, and call upon mediums, wizards, and witches to show them what to do.” :11 “what fools these counselors are.”

Isaiah 19:20
“This will be a sign of loyalty to the Lord of Hosts; then when they cry to the Lord for help against those who oppress them, He will send them a Savior—He shall deliver them.”

Ephesians 5:17
Ephesians 5:17 “Don’t act thoughtlessly but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to.”

We are created to BE a blessing…

Disclaimer:
This is currently a hot button issue. I am passionate about this subject.  I have been abused by men multiple times and multiple ways throughout my many years of life.(And actually taking an abuser to court.) So don’t accuse me of not understanding the real issues. Or of being unkind to women. Don’t accuse me of bashing on women or defending men who abuse women. But please also see I am calling women out who abuse men as well. I just want us to take a step back and see this through the eyes of faith and God’s original plan. When we deviate from God’s plan, all “hell” breaks loose and we suffer consequences of making an idol of our own prejudices. Our own wants. Our own opinions. We can change. One person at a time. One household at a time. So, let’s get back to “Innocent until PROVEN guilty.” Facts are facts and if there are no provable facts, we must assume innocence. We must!

Jesus had a plan for the woman caught in adultery. He knew we all (men AND women) need a Savior for our own personal sins. None of us want our younger years being the judge of our older years. So, as Jesus taught: Let he who is without sin cast the first stones…Go and sin no more. Let’s start THERE!

I’m praying for you! Until next time…

God bless you bunches!
Thank you for all you do!
Awaiting His shout,


The MomCourager™