Angels, you all are too much
Oh Dear !
Lady K (Bragg) ... "sissy-fied' - Girl, you are too much
Senimoni... I do 'see' your point if he has not been ordained as Pastor. BTW, what does 'HUD" mean? (I drew a huge blank. I'm already confused enough with this "First Man" issue, now 'HUD' has been added to my question box...
) Please clue me ...
I'm still learning 'stuff'...
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Pebbles and Enchantment... thanks for coming in...'clueless'
just like me. (Love and Hugs to both of you).
Browndilocks and ladydee36330... "Oh No
--- you did not say it sounds 'gay'
too cute, both of you. But Hillary ran the office when Bill was president...
Uh-huh...
Somebody told me.
victorious... Your reply is what I have been thinking all along. In the 25 years that I've been 'churched' the husband was either Senior Pastor and Founder, Bishop or Apostle. That's why "First Man" threw me for such a loop. It does sound like a demontion to the man.
Pastor 'Nice and Wavy' and Pastor Alexstin... You make excellent points about the use of titles taken too literally.
Relaxer Rehab... I agree, we have taken on too much of the world in the church...way too much.
I'm hoping to hear from our brother BMWSS. He will surely give us a credible as well as a thought provoking response, for sure.
In the meantime, for me personally, I feel that while it is honorable and powerful to see us as women on fire and in leadership in ministry, it is still a smoking gun, aimed at 'further' demoting our men in their authority in the Church and in the family where God has called and ordained them to be.
Men lead and I don't believe that we should fall on the "Deborah' theory as justification. No matter where God has called and placed, we (proverbial 'we') must allow our men to lead.
Power is intoxicating... oh yes! And to women just as much as it is to men. And it becomes addictive. Something else, it can also become competitive in marriages and it can even lead to high-mindedness which is a mindset that woman fall easily into....Especially when they feel threatened in a relationship, or neglected by their husbands.
I'm not speaking of any one here...I'm speaking of the Church where women are bypassing their men and leaving them to lose their grip on the helm. God has called them to be
His co-captains, at the 'Helm' -- not ours.
For we are beautifully designed to be
their helpmeet beyond suitable. It is I woman, who meets his needs as he steers the vessel which carries our lives as one. I am the neck who supports his head.
Example... (In respect). I often feel badly for Pastor Randy White, for his wife Paula is a loose cannon. Granted, she is needed, her fire and all, but all too often she leaves Pastor Randy hanging in the wind.
On the other hand, I have noticed how Juanita Bynum, 'steps back' and allows her husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks to lead. She holds her fire and allows him to be the smoking gun. It's no longer just her, it's both of them as one. Yet he allows her to flow in her annointing as the Holy Spirit wants to use her.
They have an awesome book entitled, "Teach Me How to Love You". I received a message CD with the book and the testimony is one of the best that I've ever heard as to how brought these two and has KEPT them together. I want only the best for the two of them.
Their marriage is one that I refuse to allow the enemy to destroy. My prayer is for each of your marriages as well...full of life eternal. Yes, for those of you yet single, even more yet, single you will not be for long. These marriage prayers are for you too...indeed.
That's my ministry angels....'Marriage'. It's odd for a ministry gift such as this to be given to a 'single' woman, yet it's a burden and a ministry that God has given me. And I treasure it...for I treasure the love between man and wife. Honoring and respecting our men. To lift them up far above anyone and anything else, putting God first and foremost.
Husbands are simply 'First' in our hearts and lives and our ONLY Man.
Wives, as he sleeps...tonight and into the morning, kiss his eyes and love him. Love him for who and all that he is. Just love him and let him be the head that God has called him to be. Just love him. Man...yes his...but in our hearts, he will always be 'my baby'...
This is my gift that I extend to each of you...Eternal Marriage Blessings to Wives and Wives-to-be. With all of my heart...