I am so excited to be linking up with Lindsay today! I love the lesson she has shared on her blog and I hope that you find that same encouragement in this post.
I want to share with you ladies a few things I have learned recently about Biblical womanhood.
My church is doing a series on Biblical manhood but they also hosted an event last night for all the single ladies (and also all the married ladies, but I just like to sing Beyonce whenever I get the chance) and taught us what Biblical womanhood really means.
Before this event, if you would have asked me what I thought Biblical womanhood meant, I would have probably said things like:
A woman who serves her husband well
A woman who is nurturing with her children
A women who tends to her home
A women who hosts church events at her house and greets people at the door in her apron- Susie Homemaker style
Ya know, Proverbs 31 type stuff.
So how does a single twenty-something year old like me achieve Biblical womanhood when none of the things above apply to me?
I don't have a husband
I don't have children
My home is a one-bedroom apartment in a "Keep Austin Weird" kinda neighborhood
But I do have an apron...so I mean, I have that going for me.
How do I embrace Biblical womanhood when I feel like the Proverbs 31 woman inside of me is being held captive by a pair of Spanx and some fake eyelashes?
I run to these truths:
(These truths are ones shared with me last night by great women leaders in my church)
1. Women uniquely express the affection and kindness of God
At any stage in our life, a woman can be kind and gentle to those around her.
2. Women can still display the image of Christ unmarried
In the role of marriage a husband loves his wife like Christ loves the church. So if we are not married, and we are to be like Christ, then we are called to love our church. And we can do so by serving our church body well.
3. Single women can still make disciples
Without the commitments of marriage and children, we have more free time for The Great Commision. After all is there anything more Biblical than making disciples?
The good news is God doesn't use us based on our relationship status, He uses us based on our personal relationship with Him.
Biblical womanhood doesn't happen when I get married, or have children or cook barefoot in the kitchen (kidding) but Biblical womanhood happens when I live my life in the image of Christ. In His image is where I find my identity and my womanhood.
The only way for a lady to find her real role as a woman is to seek for it in the heart of her Savior.
