Women Reaching Out
Greetings sisters in Christ.
I pray you are all doing well during this cold season that seems to be starting. The cycles of life that come upon us, we must endure through them and press on as some day our rest from the weariness of this world, will be rewarded to us!
I just wanted to share a bit about women wanting to reach out and encourage other saints. We just had a situation that I thought would be a good teaching point and I'm sure the one being referenced would not mind as she seems to have a humble heart and is wise enough to want others to learn as well.
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalm 34:18
A woman (married to a professed believer) emailed and greatly encouraged us, thanking us for encouraging her. (She was very kind to do so and we pray for her situation.) It wasn't long when she mentioned that her husband preferred her not to have discourse with others and obediently backed off the communication. We were greatly encouraged and I wanted to rejoice in this act of obedience as it is a rare gem today and I thought you all might be encouraged by that story as well.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13
We hear from women (with husbands who are either unbelievers, professed believers doing very little or believers who are new and not very fast at learning, whatever the situation may be) that reach out to us to the dismay of their husbands. As much as we would like to help and encourage them, they must obey their husbands in this area, unless it's in sin. In years past, if a woman wanted to talk to someone she had to go to their house (or potentially send a letter) and how did she even know about this person unless someone told her, right? Her husband would never let her just wander through a town and go inside various people's houses that they didn't know. But today, a woman can be sitting at home going into the houses of all different people while her husband sits and watches her, seeing that he is not her authority as she wanders house to house (ministry to ministry).
Another area where women need to be careful in reaching out is if there is a disagreement between brothers that does not seem to be able to be resolved, so the wives must follow the husbands in this area. (Unless one is leading the wife into sin of course.)
Wives must respect, submit and obey their husbands as unto the Lord, as we see in Ephesians 5, Colossians 3, 1 Peter 3 (see Sarah's example) and not fear the outcome but instead, trust in God for it all. Our obedience must come first to the Father and then all else will fall into place, in His will (not ours). Feel free to read an article on feminism vs submission from brother Jim's teaching blog <HERE>
If any of us have done such things, we need to repent and do better going forward, regardless of how much encouragement we would like to send out or how much our flesh wants to have fellowship or communication.
We love you all and therefore continue to pour ourselves out on the blogs for the edification of the saints worldwide.
I consider it my form of long distance fellowship (since we can't all be in communication) with the scattered sisters of Christ, my offering of love and encouragement and a glimpse into the life of a simple godly woman.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
I pray you all stand strong and I stand with you, from afar, yet close in spirit.
March on fellow sister soldiers:-)
In godly affection,
Sister Deb
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