FOR WOMEN (2)

"So that they will wisely train the young women to be sane and sober of mind (temperate, disciplined) and to love their husbands and their children, to be self-controlled, chaste, home-makers, good-natured (kindhearted), adapting themselves to their husbands, that the word of God may not be exposed to reproach (blasphemed or discredited)"

Titus 2: 4-5

Before I start my 'sermon', let me say that nothing here supports domestic violence/abuse. If a man is abusing his wife, he is walking in disobedience already...Woman, seek help...

Seriously, I wonder if some young women are sane (I question the sanity of some older women too, but let's leave them for now). You'll see a young woman that has it all going for her and there she is sabotaging all the efforts of the good people that God has placed in her life...I am passionate about women empowerment so it baffles me when I see/hear some things that some women do to make one wonder where they came from. I sincerely wonder when I read about the "liberalism" some women are advocating for. I think some women won't mind displacing God and running the lives of everyone around them...

Manipulation...Check
Lies...Check
Adultery...Check

WOMAN! Hmmmm...Let me continue my sermon before I get lost in a rant...

Dear young wife, you are to love your husband and your children. As passionate as I am about women empowerment, I don't believe your career/business should be more important than your home (I feel the same way about a man too, so this isn't about asking a woman not to work). There is this thing called "Work-Life" balance. I made a personal decision a long time ago that if I ever had to choose between my family andmy job, my job is the one to go. I have a long story of how I had to remind myself of that choice and make life altering decisions. I'll share it in a separate post later. There are many other things that will compete with your love for your husband and kids...Be wise enough to maintain balance...

Self-Control is a fruit of the spirit. It is required of us all as believers. We can't just do as we like because our flesh wants it. We are to die to self and be alive to the Spirit. This is the realm that if we're not careful, we can easily allow abuse without knowing it. I'll digress a bit and talk about a husband that asked his wife to replace every reference to God in the Bible to "husband" and essentially give him all the reverence that is due to the Lord...Sister, proceed at your own risk....That's idolatory and God is not glorified. If your 'self-control' does not bring glory to the Lord, it is idolatry. Staying silent in the face of abuse doesn't glorify God...Self-control is when you really want to give MIL tribal marks for giving your child tribal marks without checking with you but you hold yourself in and let her son handle it instead (Erm, I don't know if shooting arrows with your eyes means you don't have self-control though, lol). Wisdom is keeping your child away from MIL if she has been hinting stuff like that since forever...

Young women, we are required by the scriptures to be chaste...I know there is a spirit that abounds in this age that tells us ‪#‎YOLO‬...It is NOT the Spirit of God...Chastity is still the standard. Chastity and frigidity are not the same, though...You can still maintain pure thoughts in this perverse generation...

I know some will not like this o but I still need to say it. Sisthren, we have been tasked to be home-makers. Do what you can to make your home a place that everyone wants to come to. I know it takes two to tango...Please do your bit to make the home inviting (Yeah, I agree he also needs to share in the chores...While he's learning, please show him the ropes...Remember his people told him that men don't do house chores so he is just learning...Please patiently help him...Thanks).

I also wish I didn't have to say this - Some women are just downright unkind...I mean everything coming from them is just bitter...Yeah, it's possible that a man caused it as I've been informed that all women's problems have MEN at the root - MENstruation, MENopause (add your own). Still, you can't go around spreading "NASTY" everywhere then whine about how no one wants to help you...If there are issues to be addressed, please get help (You can send me a message and let's remove the root of nastiness, okay?).

Eh ehn, the one that I'm sure some women don't even want to hear AT ALL, considering all the terrible things that have been attributed to it...I'll put on my bullet proof and brave it...You are actually required to subordinate yourself to your husband so that the word of the Lord is not exposed to reproach.

You can read my post on "Love and Submission here -http://hephzibahmusings.blogspot.com.ng/…/love-and-submissi…

Your submission is IN THE LORD...Don't join your husband to commit sin in the name of "submission" o; God did not send you on THAT errand....

Ehn ehn, the gist about daughters-in-law...Some daughters-in-law have learnt how to use manipulation to their advantage. You'll tell Sis A that is doing all she can to make you feel at home tales about Sis B and MIL. I'm even hearing now of one that is trying to turn her SIL that sends her things/money into her human ATM...Kontiniu oooo...God is watching you...No ma, you're not being good natured or kind-hearted when you do that...

So, on that submission matter, if my submission is still offensive (pun intended), please read this...
http://hephzibahmusings.blogspot.com.ng/…/marriage-musings.…

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