Good day ladies,
I have a few different simple things to post here for you today. I hope they bless and edify you.
A sister shared this scripture with me this morning.
"Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me."
Job 40:1-7
And I thought how sometimes we just need to be silent and ponder things before the Lord. Reminds me of this one also...
"Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
Ecclesiastes 5:2
And this one...
"Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
Isaiah 55:6-11
Pondering God's high and holy ways has a way of making one silent.
It's not popular in this wicked age where behind many sins is this feminism. What is feminism? I'm not going to give a definition but just say to think what Eve did.
"Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
Genesis 3:11
Yes she had, though she tried to blame others.
Any woman who steps out and goes against the order of God is a feminist or has feminist ways. Just looking at history when feminism really became more widespread in our western cultures we see it affected clothing as well as the position women had had in the home and many other things of course, MANY things. Women removed their head coverings and the dresses got shorter and shorter until they turned into pants, then shorts and now worse. It's totally out of control what has little by little crept in from when in general people had more sense of decency. It's easy to see this world is plunging into total chaos and corruption.
So,
...a woman is a feminist if she does not cover her head (1 Corinthians 11).
...and if she does not dress biblical (1 Timothy 2;).
...or if she usurps authority over men/her husband (1 Timothy 2, Ephesians 5:22).
Those are just a few areas of rebellion for women.
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I thought you might like to see a glimpse into my sewing shop. I'm blessed whenever I get an order no matter how small it is. Sadly biblical dress for women is not popular...so I don't get much business but that's OK. It's not okay that people who claim Christ don't dress biblical but I understand there are only few women wanting to dress biblical in these last days...so I never expect big business anyway.
Here I am sending out a headcovering. And the gospel good news goes along too. I was blessed to be able to get some gospel cards printed (from someone offering business card printing on eBay). It's just a simple way we women can be prepared to share the good news and have resources to point seekers to for further investigation.
I'm blessed in so many ways really. Mostly of course because I can be a new creation by the Spirit and know the truth. And I have good food and clothing and so much more to be thankful for. I'm content in what the Father has blessed me with.
Here's a blessing of more juicy plums...
Also speaking of blessings, I am so blessed to know and see how the true body of Christ should work. I see the love for God and His holy ways, the love for each other, and how God's ways are so much higher than our own. It all makes the false system of man's "church" stand out more as being so corrupt.
As Paul said about Timothy...
"For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's."
Philippians 2:20-21
And it's no different today...only to be worse except when you meet truly godly saints who seek the things of God first which leads to a life of service to others.
All things will be put right one day. Good will be rewarded and the Lord's saints safe with Him. Evil shall be punished and workers of iniquity cast away. We pray that people repent before then.
Go forth to your work in peace, godly sisters. Love to you in the Lord from me.
If any of you ladies are in sin, I pray you work hard on focusing on that until you have overcome...lest you perish in them and be lost. Don't perish!