Lost Women… Introduction

Two quotes which I highlighted in my book, struck me as rather profound. Not that they ARE, but that I hadn’t really thought about it this way before.

“Certainly, if we take seriously New Testament statements about the Holy Spirit giving spiritual gifts to each member of the body of Christ, then every believer who crosses the church’s threshold is bearing vital gifts for our spiritual welfare.”

“Their stories (the women of the Bible) have been buried under layers of low expectations and the belief that God is doing his most important work through men.”

I won’t spend time writing about these, I just thought that they were interesting. In the discussion questions, we are asked about a time when we struggled and felt lost, and what questions that brought up about ourselves and about God. Part of what I journaled:

“I questioned the validity of my life– as if what I had lived before Christ really was meaningless. I second-guessed my faith in Jesus; I even began examining the Mormon doctrines, wondering if I was even following God the right way.
I went through such a deep struggle, and I just couldn’t put it into words at the time. I prayed the Lord would show me where He wanted me– because I certainly couldn’t DECIDE! I never spoke with anyone but Jesus about it. I was ashamed that I was questioning what I had felt so deeply was true.”

I think that at one time, everyone asks “Why am I here?” Just because we surrender our lives to Christ, it does not mean we won’t have questions. I simply means that when we seek Him, we will find the answers we are looking for. I went through this struggle 5-8 years ago. It was a very dry time in my life. I thank God I had Christians around me who never let me fall away completely. I was in church, I was in the Word, and the Lord answered me.

~ by Momma Knows on September 17, 2008.