Women in Leadership. (My Convictions Paper)

Deborah, Naomi, Esther, names synonomous in the shaping of our Godly heritage. They were leaders. Many in the world today do not notice their importance, but they were great leaders just the same. "What made them great leaders?" you may ask. Past history, dominate personality traits, personal experiences, lifes circumsances? All these may be true, but one thing was in incommon with all of them. They were completely dependant on Jesus Christ for there every move. They relied on God everyday to be their strongtower and their were aware that without him, they would utterly fail.
Women in todays society have figured out that if they step out and stand on their own two feet and not let anyone get in their way, even if this includes stepping on others feet to get there, they can be powerful, strong, and be able to make a difference for the female race.
This statement is quite true, women can get many places,espeically in todays society. However, are these roles and positions really Gods will for there lives? I think that if we really look closely at what Gods word has to say about women, many people would be quite shocked. In Titus 2:5 it says that women should be "decreet, chaste keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God not be blasphemed."
This is quite the opposite of what the american society has been teaching the little girls of today. They are taught to stick up for their gender and not let anyone push them around. Society teaches us that men and women should all have equal rights and priveleges. This all started during the feminist movement, when the women decided they wanted to be able to vote. Although women voting is not wrong at all, the women of that generation did go about the process wrong. They took the situation into their own hands and told the world that both genders should be treated equally.
Many women do not realize that God made them women for a special reason and he has amazing things that he wants to do with them if they would just accept that they are different than Men. God says in the Bible that he made man, but he formed women. Does't that make women sound so special? He made women to be something beautiful and sweet. If women could just grasp what God was saying here, how special he thinks women are, then women would realize that even if they are not the most "powerful person" in the world, God had a different plan for them.
So does this mean that all the only thing women are ment to do is stay at home all the time and have a dull and boring life doing nothing but cleaning baseboards, slaving over a hot stove while pregnant, and taking care of 16 other little ones? I would say not. God brought up many women of the bible to be leaders and do extreamely hard tasks in the name of Christ. God told Deborah to lead her people into battle and that he would protect them, and he did. But did she do this becuase she wanted to become powerful? No. She did it because that is what God directly told her to do. Deborah had faith in the living God and did not fear what men could do to her. Many women of today however, have taken it apon themselves to fill the role of the leader in the home. Not only does this make the husband feel inferior, but it turns the childrens heart towards thinking that the dad is the stupid one of the family and the mom knows the right thing to do.
God made men to be the physical and spiritual leaders of the home, Ephesians 5:23-24 states, "For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to thrie own husbands in everything." I believe that to be under Gods authority women first must be under their husbands authority, or fathers in unmarried.
The topic of women in leadership is a very contoversial topic in the world today. It is often hard to decide what is right and wrong when it come to this subject. So this is what I believe, not becuase of an experience, or a personal opinion. But because the Word of God tell us to. I believe that the women should stay under the authority of God, their fathers and their husbands because this is what the Lord has commanded. If God leads a women into a leadership position, so be it. But when the when take it apon themselves to be a powerful and controling icon in the world, that is when God is not pleased and he most definaltely did not put them it that position. I will stay under the authority of my father on earth, and my Father in Heaven.
Titus 2:3 "The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."
　
　
　

My Life in pictures.

Memory: my brother Josiah and I did this when we were building our house. :)

Firetruck. I will probably have to explain this to most of you. THis is the "truck" of a skateboard..with "fire" behind it..thus producint "FIRETRUCK" ;)

Funny. well..we are.

Journey

Tool. My favorite one that is.

Weather. Yes, it is very similar to my dream picture...but the weather around here has been
dull and boring,...so I tohught this picture should be too. ;)

Music. The new thing I've taken up.. :) its big.

Green.

Broken. my nephews toy. ha :PDream. This is what I think Of when I dream :)

Making A Statement- I'd say he is. ;)

Self Portrait, Me...of course.

Passion. My Passion.

Date. My Graduation.

Shoe. my fav. too.

Love. My mom and dads wedding rings.. :)

Time. This one is probably my favorite. It took me quite a bit of thinking.. :)

Coffee. Yum....

Fear. poison oak. Yes..i fear this a lot.

Leap. This is my nephew Lyric. :) he's ah-dorable

Refections. I like this one a lot.

Stapler. pretty self explanitory. :)

I love my crazy Life.

This is my brother Josiah and me. :)

Holy. Cow.
This week has been a crazy one.
Let me retract that. This whole month has been a crazy one.
First off, My nephew and his mom moved in, so that has made things a little bit crazy. FUN!..but crazy!
Next off, I had a ton of assignments to do for not only AE, but for finishing up High school too.
Graduation Pictures had to be made.
Family situations.
Friends.
And many more things were buzzing around in my head and I felt so overwhelmed.
I felt like I was slipping. Like I fell off the edge of a ginormous cliff and was holding on for dear life. I didn't quite know how to get back up, but i knew i wasn't going to let go. "Keep holding on...keep holding on" I told my self. Something good is going to happen. I will get relief someday.
Days went on, I kept hanging on..weeks went on.. nothing happen. Except that my fingers got awfully tired of hangning on to that ledge. I started getting weak. But I determined I would not give up.
Then it happen. Just how it always does. When I think I'm about to fall off and fade into oblivion. dead. He rasies me up off the edge and puts me on solid ground.
God is amazing, let me just tell you that. Right now I have so much going on in my life, but i have such peace. If you asked me why, the only thing i would know to tell you is "God did it" becuae seriously, thats all I know. He gave me this peace. Thats what I love most about Him. That I can't explain how He does it and i can't understand how big he really is. That fact makes it all the more awesome. :). Now, with my heart at peace and not worried about anything, because I know he will take care of it, I am having such fun this week with my family preparing for grad, grad reception, and all that exciting stuff. I love my family so much.

All to say, I wanted to share with you a song that I am playing with my slideshow for my graduation reception. I thought is was a really cool song that makes you think about what you are doing with your life. Plus, I had to include a song, I always do ;)

Life Means So Much
-Chris Rice

Every day is a journal page
Every man holds a quill and ink
And there's plenty of room for writing in
All we do is believe and think
So will you compose a curse
Or will today bring the blessing
Fill the page with rhyming verse
Or some random sketching

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

Every day is a bank account
And time is our currency
So nobody's rich, nobody's poor
We get 24 hours each
So how are you gonna spend
Will you invest, or squander
Try to get ahead
Or help someone who's under

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

Has anybody ever lived who knew the value of a life
And don't you think giving is all
What proves the worth of yours and mine

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much

Every day is a gift you've been given
Make the most of the time every minute you're

Life means so much...what are you going to do with yours??

I'm Forgiven.

Well the past is playing with my head
And failure knocks me down again
I'm reminded of the wrong
I have said and done
and that devil just won't let me forget

But in this life, I know what I've been
But here in your love I know who I am
I am forgiven
I am forgiven
And I don't have to carry the weight of who I am
cuz I am forgive

My mistakes are running through my mind
And I relive my days in the middle of the night
When I wrestle with my pain, struggle with my pride
sometimes i feel alone and I cry

But in this life I know what I've been
But here in your love, I know who I am

When I don't fit in and I don't feel like I belong anywhere
When I don't measure up to much in this life
I'm a treasure in the arms of Christ

Wow..those are some powerful lyrics.
The first time I heard this song I said, that me.
This is my song.
Its been one of my favorite songs for a while know because the lyrics are so powerful. We are forgiven in Christ. He doesn't care what I have done. He forgives me no matter what! What an incredibly God. Of all the things I have done in my life. For all the things anyone has done in their lives. It can be the smallest, little sin, or a murderer in prison. To God, every sin is equal, and every sin is wiped away if we ask forgiveness for it.
That's an Awesome God.