Java With Julie

Java With Julie

The Loss of Shame in Women

Culture Invading the Church (part 2)

I AM WOMAN...HEAR ME ROAR!

Remember that song? It reached #1 on the Billboard Charts in December 1972.

"If I have to...

I can face anything

I am strong (strong)

I am invincible (invincible)

I am woman."

Written by Helen Reddy, this song was in tribute to feminist Lillian Roxon. Reddy is quoted in Fred Bronson's The Billboard Book of Number One Hits as saying that she was looking for songs to record which reflected the positive self-image she had gained from joining the women's movement, but could not find any, so "I realized that the song I was looking for didn't exist, and I was going to have to write it myself." It was said that the song was adopted by female listeners as an anthem. (taken from Wikipedia)

Feminisn brought about a sweeping change in our culture that moved not only into our families, but our churches. While it may have been slow to generate in congregations...the seed was planted and eventually the fruit was born. And because it was slow to come to fruition, it was un-noticed until it got to where it is today.

WORKING TO FEEL IMPORTANT

Women have been working inside the home and outside the home for many, many years. Those women married to WWII soldiers worked to support the family while their husbands were gone for long periods of time. They were working to survive.
With time, work for women became more of a status symbol. The call for more women in the workplace demanded rights and respect and...role reversal. With role reversal comes an attitude. And it many times is an attitude of entitlement and rebellion. "I am WOMAN...Hear Me ROAR!"

THE ATTITUDE OF EVE

May I dare say that women have always been tempted with an attitude of entitlement? Eve was a classic example. Was she tempted by other men? No. Was she tempted with the garden next door? No. Was she tempted to buy more? No. Did she love a good gossip session? No. She was tempted by the need to know. She had to be in on whatever it was she DIDN'T have! There you have it my dear sisters...we have a problem with wanting what we can't have or shouldn't want. It boils down to attitude. It's a heart problem.

THAT'S HIS PROBLEM!

If you've ever been in a ladies Bible class discussing modesty issues, my guess is that some one said..."Well that's his problem!" Sense an "attitude in that statement? Shifting blame to excuse responsibility does not get to the "heart" of the matter. And refusal to understand the makeup of men, that God designed, only leads to more frustration for them.

Next week I want to address the man that God made. And ladies I would ask that you examine your heart and see that it is soft and open to reading how the men in our lives have been created to be visually stimulated. Do we have any responsibility in helping them keep pure thoughts? Think about it.

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A Life Lost and Found

When Peter address husbands and wives in I Peter 3, he tells the women what is of great worth in HIS sight..."our inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quite spirit." (vs.4)

It is my prayer that all of us seek HIS will for our lives.

Blessings,

Julie

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