Wednesday, June 23, 2010

"Hey Women"

"To Call Out Women" is the purpose of my blog and:  Ecclesiastic Eve the title of my blog. I am only writing this blog as my personal notes of what I think, learn, and feel as I read the Scriptures on the key words: woman, wife, mother, virgin, and possibly going on to study each woman named in the Bible. Obviously this has been done before in so many ways, however this is a work that cannot be humanly completed, and is already divinely completed. The Lord and Father of All, the Creator who made all, knows His exact intention and purpose for each and every woman that He created. My desire is to find out what the Bible says in order to learn those purposes and intentions. I believe that I need to change in many areas as a human, woman, wife, and mother. I want to read from the Bible what I should be as a human, woman, wife, and mother . I want to pattern my life after those traits and instructions given in the Bible. I don't intend to make a check-list to follow. And I know that my righteousnesses are only filthy rags. This is not a blog to call women to try harder. This isn't a "How To" course. I just love the Lord so much that I want to know what He thinks about these topics, and I see my need for change, and I am ready and willing to change, to be conformed to His will. To be transformed by the renewing of my mind. To open my hearts door to whatever the Lord will cleanse from me, or add to me. I am not trying to teach anyone or to set myself up as a teacher, but I am happy to share what I think and learn. So don't take my word for it, don't think what I think, don't pattern yourself after me, I assure you, I am fallible. What is it to be a human, woman, wife, and mother? I expect the Biblical answers to be counter-cultural, painful, and a call to repentance. I have long prayed, "Lord, change my mind, change my heart, change my thinking."  Further I pray, "I know that You say that you will give me the desires of my heart (Psalm 37:4) and so to You I surrender all of my desires that You may give me the desires that You have for me, since You (Ephesians 1:3-9) have blessed me, chosen me, and adopted me." And further still, "Lord, I commit this effort to blog to You." (Proverbs 16:3) This woman is ready to be Ecclesiastic Eve.

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