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I don't know all that much about the feminist movement, having been born too late for burning bras (wait, did they do that?) and never having developed any curiosity about the whole thing, because it just sounded...off, somehow.
What I do know is that women have changed a heck of a lot since my grandmother's time. And I don't know that it's been in particularly good ways.
Where to even begin?
A few years ago, I was watching some day-time talk show, and there was a young woman and her younger sister sitting on the stage, and the older one was upset at the younger because she was auctioning off her virginity.
What?!
She claimed that it was so "empowering" to have that kind of control over her body, her life, and over men.
Let me just say it again: Auctioning. Off. Her. Virginity. Like a prostitute. Or worse, even, because there she was, a pretty, smart college student about to embark on a career, and she was selling herself not because she had no other choice, not because she didn't have the ability/desire to make something of her life, but because it made her feel "empowered".
At that point, I changed the channel. I have no patience for all the "empowering women" bologna.
But it made me wonder, What is wrong with women/girls today?
The longer I walk with God, the more I can see that so many girls are just...lost. And really, it makes sense that they are; with all the media that encourages promiscuity, disrespect for men, and believing that we can do anything we feel like doing without repercussions, it would be strange if girls weren't lost.
Mixed message abound:
Your body is yours to do what you want with/you're beautiful as you are/you're too fat/you're not good enough/it's normal to sleep around/you're a whore if you sleep around/men are useless/you need a man/do this/don't do that/no, really, do it...
It's exhausting just to think about.
The one message that could put an end to the confusion, Christ's message, is also the one that gets ignored most often and mocked.
We need God.
Without God in our lives, we are not "empowered". Without God, we are bouncing from one bad idea to the next, trying so hard to find our place, and it's just...like I said, exhausting.
We need God.
If women are looking to be/feel "empowered", here's a place to start-
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." -Philippians 4:13
Imagine the pain, the suffering, the heart break that could be avoided if God was the first place we turn for help, comfort, and love, instead of the last resort that He usually is.
Imagine if women used the Word of God to direct their lives. There would be no confusion about what is and isn't good in our lives, our marriages, our bodies.
Imagine if women stopped listening to what the world is telling them will make them happy, and instead found contentment in Christ?
In my personal experience, the world has no permanent happiness to offer; and that's what we're looking for, isn't? We think we'll be happy if we just gain equality with men, or if we have powerful positions in the work place, or if we leave one man for another, or if...
The list goes on and on.
But if those things could fulfill us, why, why are so many women still fumbling around searching for happiness, for love, for something better?
Because without God, without accepting Christ into our lives, we don't even know what real happiness, real love is.
I'll say it again...
We need God.
In Christ, we find our place, our power in this world. The right way. The way that lasts.
What I do know is that women have changed a heck of a lot since my grandmother's time. And I don't know that it's been in particularly good ways.
Where to even begin?
A few years ago, I was watching some day-time talk show, and there was a young woman and her younger sister sitting on the stage, and the older one was upset at the younger because she was auctioning off her virginity.
What?!
She claimed that it was so "empowering" to have that kind of control over her body, her life, and over men.
Let me just say it again: Auctioning. Off. Her. Virginity. Like a prostitute. Or worse, even, because there she was, a pretty, smart college student about to embark on a career, and she was selling herself not because she had no other choice, not because she didn't have the ability/desire to make something of her life, but because it made her feel "empowered".
At that point, I changed the channel. I have no patience for all the "empowering women" bologna.
But it made me wonder, What is wrong with women/girls today?
The longer I walk with God, the more I can see that so many girls are just...lost. And really, it makes sense that they are; with all the media that encourages promiscuity, disrespect for men, and believing that we can do anything we feel like doing without repercussions, it would be strange if girls weren't lost.
Mixed message abound:
Your body is yours to do what you want with/you're beautiful as you are/you're too fat/you're not good enough/it's normal to sleep around/you're a whore if you sleep around/men are useless/you need a man/do this/don't do that/no, really, do it...
It's exhausting just to think about.
The one message that could put an end to the confusion, Christ's message, is also the one that gets ignored most often and mocked.
We need God.
Without God in our lives, we are not "empowered". Without God, we are bouncing from one bad idea to the next, trying so hard to find our place, and it's just...like I said, exhausting.
We need God.
If women are looking to be/feel "empowered", here's a place to start-
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." -Philippians 4:13
Imagine the pain, the suffering, the heart break that could be avoided if God was the first place we turn for help, comfort, and love, instead of the last resort that He usually is.
Imagine if women used the Word of God to direct their lives. There would be no confusion about what is and isn't good in our lives, our marriages, our bodies.
Imagine if women stopped listening to what the world is telling them will make them happy, and instead found contentment in Christ?
In my personal experience, the world has no permanent happiness to offer; and that's what we're looking for, isn't? We think we'll be happy if we just gain equality with men, or if we have powerful positions in the work place, or if we leave one man for another, or if...
The list goes on and on.
But if those things could fulfill us, why, why are so many women still fumbling around searching for happiness, for love, for something better?
Because without God, without accepting Christ into our lives, we don't even know what real happiness, real love is.
I'll say it again...
We need God.
In Christ, we find our place, our power in this world. The right way. The way that lasts.
) if more men stepped up and became actual loving husbands then women wouldn't need this "empowerment"