As I walked the streets of my small midwest town praying for the people and the churches of the town, the words came to me, "Make bitter waters sweet." Those words made no sense at the time. Surely if those words actually came from God they weren't about me. I, the pastor's wife, had a life that other women in my church envied. Shortly after that, my life fell apart and the bitterness that lurked beneath the surface came to the top. But God did not leave me there. Just as He can make crooked paths straight, raise valleys, and lower mountains, so also could He make bitter waters sweet. This blog contains bits and pieces and large chunks of my ongoing journey from bitter waters to sweet.
That's an excellent article. I love that it was written by a man-- a man who presented a balanced view but neither bought into the "feminization" myth nor went along with blaming women just for being women.
I'm so tired of the "feminization" myth and tired of my sex being blamed for things we can't control. It's like a witch hunt without the burning. Too many men buy into it because it's easy, as easy as Adam blaming Eve. And it keeps them from having to examine their own hearts.
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That's an excellent article. I love that it was written by a man-- a man who presented a balanced view but neither bought into the "feminization" myth nor went along with blaming women just for being women.
I know, right?
I'm so tired of the "feminization" myth and tired of my sex being blamed for things we can't control. It's like a witch hunt without the burning.
Too many men buy into it because it's easy, as easy as Adam blaming Eve. And it keeps them from having to examine their own hearts.
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