It should come as no huge surprise that the secular world is confused and off-base about the identity and calling of women. But what I find distressing is the extent to which (this) has taken hold even within the evangelical world. We see the fruit of that revolution as prominent Christian speakers, authors, and leaders promote an agenda, whether subtly or overtly, that encourages women to define and discover their worth in the workplace, in society, or at church, while minimizing (or even at the expense of) their distinctive roles in the home as daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers – as bearers and nurturers of life, caregivers, as those privileged and responsible to shape the heart and character of the next generation. The feminist revolution was supposed to bring women greater fulfillment and freedom. It was supposed to make us feel better about ourselves; after all, “You’ve come a long way, baby!” But we see the poisoned fruit of the revolution in the eyes and pitiable cries of women who are drowning in the quagmire of serial divorce and remarriage and wayward children; women who are utterly exhausted from the demands of trying to juggle one or more jobs, function as single parents and be active in church; women who are disoriented and confused, who lack sense of mission, vision, and purpose for their lives and who are perpetually, pathetically shrouded in woundedness, self-doubt, resentment, and guilt.
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Word for Today, Fri, 09 Nov 2001: Becoming The Person God Wants

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#1 · November 9, 2001, 10:43 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

My continual passion is to align my goals with God's purpose for
my life. Unless I continually allow God to shape and refine who
I am, it is I who prevent this from happening. Today's message
from Neil Anderson deals with becoming the person that God
intends for me to be. I pray that His will becomes mine and that
my own desires do not, in any way, interfere with God's plans for
me. I pray that each of us embraces what God is doing in each of
our loves.

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian

Reply-to: Neil Anderson <neilanderson@lists.crosswalk.com>
Subject: Neil Anderson Devotional for Friday, November 9, 2001
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 04:02:46 -0500

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N E I L A N D E R S O N D A I L Y D E V O T I O N A L
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November 9

BECOMING THE PERSON GOD WANTS

But we all... are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit (2 Corinthians
3:18).

When you begin to align your goals with God's goals and your
desires with God's desires, you will rid your life of a lot of
anger, anxiety and depression. The homemaker who wants a happy,
harmonious family is expressing a godly desire, but she cannot
guarantee that it will happen. So she'd better not base her
identity and sense of worth on it or she will be a basket case of
anger or resentment toward her sometimes less-than-harmonious
family.

Instead she could decide, "I'm going to be the wife and mother
God wants me to be." That's a great goal! Is it impossible or
uncertain? No, because it's also God's goal for her and nothing
is impossible with God. Who can block her goal? She's the only
one who can. As long as she cooperates with God's goal for her,
her success is assured.

"But what if my husband has a mid-life crisis or my kids rebel?"
she may object. Problems like that aren't blocking her goal of
being the wife and mother God wants her to be, but they will put
her goal to a serious test. If her husband ever needs a godly
wife, and if her children ever need a godly mother, it's in times
of trouble. Family difficulties are merely new opportunities for
her to fulfill her goal of being the woman God wants her to be.

The pastor whose worth is based on his goal to win his community
for Christ, have the best youth ministry in town, or increase
giving to missions by 50 percent is headed for a fall. These are
worthwhile desires, but they are poor goals by which to determine
his worth because they can be blocked by people or circumstances.
Rather he could say, "I'm going to be the pastor God wants me to
be." That's a great goal because nothing can block him from
achieving it.

God's basic goal for your life is character development: becoming
the person God wants you to be. Because it's a godly goal, no one
can block it except you.

Lord, I want to be the person You called me to be today. Thank
You that by Your grace I can be that person.

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