Growing up I was a staunch feminist, like really bad, not the placard
and riot against men type, but deep inside I had this deep entrenched desire to
be better than a man. It got so bad that I found myself saying things like “when
I am married I am going to be so rich that I won’t even ask my husband for
imali yesonka (money to buy bread), that I would rather starve, than ask him
for anything. And mind you, this is not while I still a teenager, going through
the whole I am too cool for guys stage, but in my early young adult stage, I
was determined that ALL men will have to bow to down and worship the ground I walk
on, just because I am Lerato Thipa.
Until I met Jesus, and all
of a sudden, without even being aware of it, this mindset shifted, in fact
died. I began to truly understand the power that the word carries, in that it
has the power to uproot anything that goes against the word of God. It was as
if a light bulb had been switched on, and for the first time the eyes of my
understanding were enlightened. I realized then, and am still convinced now,
that as woman our struggle as woman is not equality with men, but a lack of
identity, the inability to know who we are in Christ &what he has called us
to so on earth=Our Purpose.
In a woman’s business breakfast, that I attended recentlt, the
lady speaker said something that really amplified my notion. “That if we as
woman are still trying to be like man, trying to be better than men, then we
have missed it completely. “You see
ladies the anatomy of a woman was created in such a way, that she be the carrier
of the man (husbands) vision, hence she was given a womb. She is the birthing
cannel of his vision. According to the word, the man is the head, the leader, the
word carrier, even deeper than this God sees him as God, the shepherd pastor of
the household.
I have learning though, that as powerful as the man is, his
greatest power comes from his ability to lay down his life, and love his wife,
like Christ loves the church. As woman we have a God ordained responsibility to
nurture, love, care, protect, the seed God has given the man, until he births
all that God has given him.
In a society which is all
about woman emancipation, woman rights, woman issues, emphasis I believe, should not be placed on how woman
can occupy more job positions, but on ensuring how, beginning in the home, do
we as a society produce a caliber of
woman, whose identity and mind is to entrenched in Christ. So that when placed in positions of power,
it’s about the fulfillment of purpose ,about meeting the needs of the people, rather than about getting a competitive advantage
over men .So ladies, lets understand who we are in Christ, his Devine purpose
for our lives. Let me end by saying that true success as woman is when in your
soul you become who you already are in Christ.
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