tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post2418839363880755011..comments2024-03-13T19:43:37.378-07:00Comments on From Bitter Waters to Sweet: More Bitter WatersMara Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16385458933795539928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post-5092346754961186352009-04-11T11:45:00.000-07:002009-04-11T11:45:00.000-07:00Heading over to look at the blog. Sounds very int...Heading over to look at the blog. Sounds very interesting. Have you read the latest post on mine? Just another facet of the whole Patriarchal/Complementarian damage potential.<BR/><BR/>~BettyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post-58384926039081347912009-03-20T07:54:00.000-07:002009-03-20T07:54:00.000-07:00Thanks believer333Right or wrong, you have embolde...Thanks believer333<BR/><BR/>Right or wrong, you have emboldedned me to make another comment.<BR/><BR/>(Are you the same as TL and believer3?)Mara Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385458933795539928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post-13212913713539514992009-03-19T09:24:00.000-07:002009-03-19T09:24:00.000-07:00That blog tore my heart out reading it. Some form...That blog tore my heart out reading it. Some forms of patriarchy are worse than I thought. :(<BR/><BR/>You posted the following on Complegal and I wanted to thank you for it. Very well said!<BR/><BR/><I>"I have no idea what the percentages are of good, upstanding men like the ones in my personal life and represented here vs the kinds of men who think their women, including their daughters, are there to be used. I take for granted that the higher percentage would be men like you guys. I have to believe it or I would go into a depression.<BR/><BR/>What does this have to do with the Bible and being Biblical?<BR/><BR/>I thought you’d never ask.<BR/><BR/>Girls from these families with umpteen perps do eventually grow up. And most likely they will grow up to be angry. And they have every right to be angry. And they may see God as just another man who wants to abuse them since that is their point of reference. From their point of view (pov), all men abuse. It’s not an accurate pov. And some may say it’s not a fair pov, which is also true. But it’s all they know.<BR/><BR/>In my view, what these girls need is a personal relationship with Jesus. They need to know Jehoveh Rapha, the LORD their Healer. They need to know Jehoveh Jirah, the LORD their Provider (who gives expecting no ‘favors’ for the gifts). etc.<BR/><BR/>Who they don’t need to know right now is ‘The Lord who commands them to submit to a man’. BTW, this name for God cannot be found in the Bible anywhere so I don’t really think it’s one of His names. I see good marital advice given in Ephesians 5 and other places. But I don’t see a woman’s submission to a man being made a condition for her to receive healing, forgiveness, salvation, provision, or eternal life.<BR/><BR/>I believe in keeping the first things first.<BR/>I believe the over emphasis that some have placed on a woman being submissive to a man is out of order and misses the point of what God is trying to do on earth among men and women."</I>believer333https://www.blogger.com/profile/03480546499577897857noreply@blogger.com