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Dear Sister, I am very glad you are here today. This brief post is to let you know that asap I will be adding more content and diversify by adding more pages or linking to other blogs. In the meantime, please remember that though we do not know one another, in Christ we are Sisters and share a kinship that the world cant' understand.
Just a little thought... have you ever wondered why society has changed their ideal of women, and what is attractive? My husband was saying just the other day that he doesn't understand how these little skinny gals survive. Our daughter, around is the same size as they are, but she is still a wee girl. His take on this is that it is all part of creating a gender neutral society. A sort of "if we all look alike, dress alike, act alike population, then what does biological gender matter". That is the way things are headed. Even in the local church you see this happening. More and more often women are being put into leadership roles over men; the taboo of wearing pants to church looks to be but a dim memory of "legalism" to many of the brethren, and the donning of masculine cut suit jackets and high and tight haircuts are becoming the norm. This will sound terribly judgmental, but it bothers me when I get invitations to attend women's conferences from prominent and large churches and all the women are in business suits and have short hair. Am I missing something? It puts me off terribly. Perhaps I am just a narrowminded hypocrite, but if they are proposing to obey Titus 2 and teach good things, shouldn't they model that by dressing as feminine as possible, letting their hair grow long (if possible) and arranging in an attractive way, if it won't grow long-perhaps tie a ribbon on or clip a flower into their hair. Honestly, I do not want to offend anyone. As much as we want to say: "I don't think anyone should be judged by what they wear" we ALL do it everyday. Don't tell me that if some large burly looking man wearing a leather jacket with a gruff voice, you wouldn't be at least a little cautious in opening the door to him. I remember when we lived in NYC. There were times when we had to drive up to Harlem, or the Lower East Side, and on occassion we ventured into Brooklyn and the Bronx. Parking in the city is horrid, and my husband would leave us in the car in case it had to be moved. There are many many times when a man or woman came walking down the block and I reached slowly for the lock,just in case. If I had been parked on Wall Street, I probably wouldn't have thought twice, even at night. But in HARLEM or the Bronx, everyone knows they are the rough areas, especially at night, right?? The poor person walking down the block was judged without a trial or a question being asked. Simply because of where we were and how they were dressed or acted, I was intimidated enough to be extra careful. There are people who truly don't see these things. They are much more heavenly minded and Godly than I. They are the type of people I need to learn from. God is still working on me, instilling more grace into my heart and mind than I ever thought I would need. At least I am honest about my judgmental attitude.
On the other hand Jesus told us by their fruit ye shall know them. I don't expect to SEE oranges on grapevines. Which is why I don't expect to see the Pastor go into a bar or exit one in a drunken state, nor do I expect to see a Christian Lady running around dressed like all the women of the world, and taking on the role of a man. It is pitiful that even in the church, many women when seated could easily be mistaken for men by the cut of their hair. She is forsaking her GLORY....cutting it off becaue it is too hard to take care of...do you know that many men see their wives as their glory, and wouldn't dream of "cutting them off" ie separating or divorcing.
I realize I am rambling, but I wanted to give you some food for thought. Our foremothers were taught that women had a place, a role to fill, and certain things were suitible for a man to do and not a woman and vice versa.
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