Some get carried away with men leading
I attended a church for a while where the pastor was so hung up on a woman not being able to do anything that he ran one program after another out of his church because unless a man could lead it, it wasn't valid. We lost Awanas, our choir, lots of Bible Studies. It wasn't until he got married that he had the courage to swallow his words, and we got our choir back.
Before he married he started eliminating hymns because he found that many of the hyms had been either composed by women or the lyrics were written by women.
If someone says something that glorifies God, it doesn't matter who says it, it just proves that God is not a respecter of persons. People who write beautiful music and have the gift of composing are a blessing, it is our gift in Christ to be free and to be treated with respect and to show respect.
Jesus pointed out that the Kingdom of heaven is an inner phenomenon. The pharisees looked on the outside, they "washed the outside of the cup, not the inside", they were "whitewashed sepulchres". What happens inside is important.
It is a shame that women can save a man's life in the hospital with a scalpel, and not be allowed to bring a good word.
Is Joel no longer in the Bible, does it still not say that in the latter days God would pour forth His spirit upon all flesh and that His sons and daughters would prophesy? To have the gift of prophecy was the ablity and still is the ability to preach.
I have known many good Christian women, so loving who would give you the shirt off their backs, knew all about acts of kindness, never even allowed to read the scripture aloud, I am not talking preaching. And yet some men who did read from the lecturn were some of the worst examples I have also seen during the week.
I have also seen churches when the majority of those sitting in the pews were women.
When something needs to be done, it is usually the women who get up and do it, raise funds, do what is necessary. And for this they get very little credit, they don't ask for any.
Jesus told us to do like He did and He got up and washed the disciples feet. He spoke out of the fulness of His heart, the relationship He has with the Father. There are many who preach who could take a lesson from those who serve and have done so faithfully. And why? Because Jesus said "follow me" and He did that, He also was obedient until death.
I find it hurtful when a man preaches to those actually putting it into effect, how to really be a servant. Those that faithfully serve, where is the credit they get? In glory.
We take so many of the dear saints for granted. And not to say that it isn't a glorious thing when you see a man really serving God, you know it is the working of God, because this is not a man walking after the flesh. And it is awesome.
I would imagine that all the great things Mary, the mother of Jesus, told the disciples about how the angel had visited her when she learned she was carrying Jesus, and then how they had come to the inn and found no room, I am sure the disciples wanted to hear all she had to say. How else did it get into the New Testament? She could not contain herself. And I am glad she did tell these things, they are inspirational for all time.
The first believers that took no thought of how they might be harmed by the Romans guarding the tomb, were the first to see the risen Lord. Yes, it was traditional for women to annoint the bodies, but they also did it out of love. They couldn't contain themselves for what they saw and experienced.
The men had to see for themselves. Thomas wouldn't believe the men or the women. I guess it was natural not to believe the women. After all, what does a woman know? She knows when something is spilled to get up without asking to clean it up, even if it isn't her house. But this doesn't make her a fool, just kind hearted.
But, there are women who have really half a brain, and you know what, there are men like that too.
Do you suppose that the woman who gets up to preach feels "comfortable"? Women don't want her there and neither do the men. If she is there it is because she believes that God has really called her and that the prophecy in Joel is being fulfilled. Rather a terrible thing to be a Jonah, and end up going to answer your call after being reprimanded.
Whether male of female, if you have a call on your life, do it, like Mary told the servants, "Whatever He says to do, do it", she had faith, but she also wasn't mute. And the water turned into wine and I am glad that miracle is there in the Bible recorded for us. Being a Christian woman is not the gag order some would make it out to be.
You don't know how many times in my life, not being taken seriously has really hurt my feelings. "But women don't have egos", yes they do. And we aren't supposed to hurt "these little ones". Aren't we all children of God?
A woman who dresses like a lady and not in ways to make herself alluring, but it is obvious from her demeanor, that she has a purity about herself, should have something to say to this generation. In case you haven't been to your local mall lately, she has a LOT to say to this generation. How will the upcoming generation learn to be Christian ladies? Many never go to Sunday School.