Howdy, Yall!
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! Last night my Aunt and I went to the Ethiopian restaurant for dinner. Dad had changed his hours for these past two weeks so that we could get things done in the garden in the morning since it's been so hot here and that is why I was able to go for dinner to the Ethiopian Restaurant.
We have had so many projects going on. Looks like he has pretty much gotten the rain barrels done but I think he is going to paint them with a uv paint for protection from the sun so the sun doesn't break the plastic down. The barrels are food grade but aren't uv protected on the outside. He also, has to run a test on them to see if they leak or not. We have gotten the shade cloth up over two sections of our raised garden beds. We still have to lay the bricks around the beds so I can plant more things in the holes that are in the bricks.
My herbs are doing wonderful! My Catnip is looking good. I will plant more seeds of the Catnip and Stevia. I have 4 stinging nettles growing and I look forward to drying them along with my other herbs so that I can make more nourishing herbal infusions(I am an herbalist in training:). I actually got stung by the nettle yesterday but the sting didn't last too long and it might be because the plants are still small. You can actually harvest them without gloves if you harvest them by using your fingers to bend the top of the leaf into a upside down u shape. The sting is from the prickles from underneath the leaf. You can even it them raw if you use the same principle when go to put it in your mouth. Nettle is so good for you. It is high in vitamin c and a. It is high in several minerals as well. It's nutritive and is great for the thyroid among other things.
Okay, I will now get to part 4 of my stance. Bare with me here. I know it takes me awhile to post all of my stance on it but it's important that others know where I stand so there is no assuming or pretenses.
6. Marriage
Before I get into the subject of marriage I would like to point out something that I did not mention in part 5 on betrothal. I did not mention the bride price. The bride price is a picture of the price the Lord Jesus Christ paid on calvary. In different countries they bride price varies. I believe that if a woman is worth her salt and her price truly is far above rubies that man should be (and want to/there be a willingness in) asking her father if there is a bride price and if there is, what the father has in mind. It may not be money. It could be a variety of things. Could be reading a certain list of books or time invested with the father. Who knows.A real woman after God's own heart is very hard to find these days even in so called churches(they think churches are a building instead of the christian).Okay, that all I have to say about that.
Marriage is a picture of the relationship with Christ. God uses marriage as a ministry to minister to one another(the husband to the wife and the wife to her husband) and it cna also be a blessing to others if they see two people marry in the Lord and have allowed their marriage to be Christ centered. That He alone is their foundation in the marriage. Marriage is also for well, there's a biblical term her but I can't seem to think of it at the moment but marriage is also for the purpose for having children. Marriage is to be a beautiful relationship. Pure,holy and the bed undefiled. It is where your spouse is your best friend besides the Lord.
The Bible says in Proverbs 18:22,"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD." So, obviously it is a good thing.
The Bible also says that we should not be unequally yoked-2Corinthians 6:14," Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" It is a bad idea to marry an unbeliever. One who does not know the Lord Jesus Christ as his or her personal Saviour. If they are truly born again they will have a testimony of God dealing with them about their need of a Saviour which would then lead them to admitting to an holy and righteous God their a sinner, repenting, and asking the Lord to save them. The marks of a believer are if their prayers are answered, if they have been chastened by the Lord otherwise they are bastards according to Scripture because they aren't sons of God, and also that there was a change after they made a profession of faith. Along with that there should be some kind of manifestation of the fruits of the Spirit.
Now, that we established that I will now mention this since I didn't stress this in the betrothal post that just because one is a believer does not make Teddy right for Susie who is a believer. It's more than that. One needs to pray for their future spouse whoever they might be and that when they do come across someone that they are impressed with and that that person could possibly the one for them that they pray and seek His will first to see if the Lord has that person for you.
Onto marriage. The Bible says in Ephesians 5:22,"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.
As you can see the Scripture is plain. It shows us what the husband is to do and what the wife is to do in regards to one another.
Husband the provider- The husband is to be the main bread. That is how God established it to be. As you can see that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and many more examples are given of them leading their families and providing for their families.
The Bible says that a man is worse than an infidel if he provide not for his own.
Woman, Keeper at Home, etc.-Titus 2:4&5,"That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Psalm 113:9,"He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."
The Bible also in 1Timothy 5:14," I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Well, we see where the woman belongs. She belongs in her home. It's not to say she can't make thins at home and then sell them to a business or through the internet or catalog or those who know may phone her and come by to buy a specific item kind of like if you live on a farm they stop buy to buy fresh eggs or milk.
Most people use the Proverbs 31 woman as an example and they act like she does this all at one time. She didn't sell out in the market place. She went to the merchant and sold to that person but didn't go out to where everyone was and sell for hours away from home. She had a house to guide while her husband was away during the day.
But, it was a prophecy as King Lemuel's mother said. It may be that over a period of time she does those things. It may be prophesying of the Christian woman in the NT who has the Spirit living inside. A christian woman who has the Lord helping her to be that woman.
Husband loses job-
If a man/husband loses his job or his business goes under what should he do? Should he trust God or in his flesh by sending his wife out to work for another man under that other man's authority and to advance that man's business/making him successful and not her own husband? The answer to that is trust God! Haven't yall ever heard of George Mueller? He and his sweet wife had an orphanage. They were pretty poor. There were a lot of times that they didn't have any food. He didn't tell anyone the needs they had. He just got on his knees and prayed to the Lord many times and the Lord almost if not always answered every single one. He had prayed one time for food or they needed money or something like that and he got a knock at the door and a person handed him that need because they Lord had impressed upon them to give without them having been told by George or anyone else that there was a need. It's called, 'stand still and let God move.'
Women preachers/teachers- 1 Timothy 2:12,"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
No woman unmarried or married has any right to usurp the authority of a man!
Here's a post I did back in January of 2010 on women: http://southern-maiden.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20clothing%20silence
It is on clothing, being chaste, and women being silent in the church.
I feel like there is something else I was going to add to this but I can't remember at the moment but don't worry if I remember i will mention it in my next post that I hope to do on the home and children. I have many more post to do on my stance like on pagan/catholic holidays that Christians observe, doctrinal stuff...I know I will have those that will disagree because I am not the lock stock and barrel kind of person who believes everything that is taught. I actually read my Bible and study for myself. I don't read the Bible through any man's eyes but I ask God to show if what I have been taught by man is wrong or not.
Oh, now I remember what I was going to say. I was going to say that a lot of christians have this idea that their pastor is their authority first then the husband and so they do everything that the pastor says to do or not to do. He is not to be lifted up on a pedestal. He is only a man. He is just to shepherd the flock not rule over them or have people in subjection to them. My question for you is this: Where does pastoring really begin? Who is the first pastor/shepherd?
Another thing when a husband and his wife have problems they should NOT run back to daddy and mommy because what happens is if you run and tell them all about it then they will turn against your spouse. They will take their child's side. If you want more marriage problems then go tell your parents so that they get in between your marriage. Really, that why the older women in church are to teach the younger women to love their husbands. Everything that a husband or wife should do when problems arise are in the Bible, they should pray about the situation and ask for wisdom.
Alright, that's it for now:)
Hope yall have a wonderful-good evening!
Resting in Jesus Christ,
Karla
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