SUBMISSION: AN ETERNAL REWARD......

Rewards of submission are eternal, not just earthly and temporal...

We see that submission is a blessing and a great thing once we have come to understanding and application of submission in our lives, but to some women who dwell with husbands who are lukewarm or even non-believing (if she came to conversion after being married) we have to remind ourselves and such sisters that their reward of submitting to their lukewarm or non-believing husband is not his conversion. His conversion is not the reward for submission. Eternal life is.

Submission is a salvation issue that God has ordained to be the testing of the woman’s flesh. That she crucify every part of herself that seeks control and independence.

Don’t get me wrong, a lukewarm/non-believing man coming to salvation by his wife’s conduct with chaste conversation is a beautiful thing and a great reward to the woman to know that her husband has salvation and to dwell peacefully being equally yoked, but if she submits for years and years and years to no avail of her husband surrendering his will to the Lord. What then is her reward?

Our goal as Christians is to help lead as many people to salvation as possible, and for women, 1 Peter 3:1-2 tells us how, as well as 1 Corinthians 7:14-17. But our husband’s have their own will, everyone has their own will and if they will not come to the Lord and you can die on your bed knowing you stayed in your marriage until the end of your life, submitting yourself fully to your husband aligning with 1 Peter 3, Ephesians 5, Titus 2, Proverbs 31, etc. then enter into eternal life, dear sister. And know that you passed YOUR testing as a woman and know that your reward is eternal. Not just in your earthly marriage that is only for a season until death.

You will be judged according to your deeds. Were you a wife that endured until the end with all submission and honor given to your husband? Or did you cheat in your testing, were you not always submissive, and patient and not praying for God to do a work in your husband? Be honest with yourself as you ask these questions within the corner of your own mind. Examine yourselves this day.

What I notice from a lot of women who are more righteous than their own husbands is that they try to correct and guide their husbands in the ways of righteousness, to end up playing God in their husband’s life. We are not our husband’s headship, God is. 1 Corinthians 11. It is not a woman’s role to lead her husband. It is her job to wait and pray and convict with conduct, not words.

This is a concept that many women of God have yet to grasp. We are to build up our husbands, not nag and tear them down with our words. Proverbs 14:1. Wait on the ways of her husband.

Your husband is your lord, wait for him and serve him as you serve your Heavenly Father. Ephesians 5:22. And wait on your Heavenly Father to work in your husband, if your husband stays in rebellion even though you can say you honestly submitted with all effort and application… Know that your reward for passing your test as a woman of God is eternal, not temporal. Do not see your husband’s conversion as a reward of your submission lest you be discouraged, for eternal life is a reward for your submission as your testing. Do your work and role and may the Lord bless you for such.

Psalm 27:13-14 ~ "13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

Isaiah 40:31 ~ "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

Romans 2:7 ~ "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:"

Be blessed & stay sanctified, 

ENCOURAGEMENT OR PATRONIZATION?

Many sisters have themselves fooled, even those who say they practice submission to their husbands. Do not be easily convinced if a woman says, "Yes and Amen" to certain Biblical questions about submission that therefore she is a submitted woman.

The same goes for the brethren, all Christians. As Paris Reidhead said in one of my favorite sermons...

"And so it wasn't long until it got to our generation, where the whole plan of salvation was to give intellectual assent to a few statements of doctrine. And a person was considered a Christian because he could say, "Ah hah" at four or five places that he was asked. If he knew where to say "Ah hah", someone would pat him on the back, shake his hand, smile broadly, and say, "Brother, you're saved!" so it had gotten down to the place where salvation was nothing more than an assent to a scheme or a formula, and the end of this was that salvation was the happiness of man, because humanism has penetrated." -Ten Shekels And A Shirt

Just as Humanism has penetrated The Church, Feminism has also penetrated The Church. Aren't we supposed to test the spirits? 1 John 4:1. Aren't we to judge them by their fruit/actions? Matthew 7:16.

Why I say... Beware of covert rebellious women! Even if this rebellious woman is your own self. As I speak to my own shame I have been guilty before of trying to be my husband's conscience. And he lives righteously! Even if I fail my test as a wife, my prayer for you dear sister reading this would be that you would succeed in your test. 2 Peter 1:10, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, 1 Corinthians 9:27. May we stand in agreement upon God's standards for us as wives for we have no excuse.

I know that even though women are the weaker vessel spiritually, there are Christian couples where the wife has come to the narrow road of sanctification while her husband remains spiritually indifferent; whether he be lukewarm or outright sinful. This variant doesn't really matter, as I am speaking to sisters to correct themselves of patronization of their man whether he be lukewarm or outright sinful. It doesn't matter. He is disobedient either way before God. Your husband may even be living righteously and works hard, but you still persist to patronize him.

Many women who do genuinely come out of lukewarmness to repentance and sanctification by grace are quickly once again snared up by their flesh and spiritual superficiality. A woman soon becomes puffed up by pride and superiority. She may not even realize it. She can say, "Yes and Amen" to submission in everything to her husband, yet she subtly undermines him.

She honestly thinks she is helping him. After all, she is his help meet. That is what you tell yourself, don't you? You justify your own self by your own genuine concern for your husband's salvation. I do not question your concern. I know you love your husband. I sympathize, I truly do, but please hear me when I tell you that you are chasing your own tail and you are chasing your husband away. Your greatest heart's desire is to have your husband be a righteous, zealous man of God that leads you and your children.

I have seen so many women in tears for their husband's salvation and those with genuine urgency. When people come to the narrow road... They quickly learn that "Thou shall not judge" is a cop out taken out of context of Matthew 7:1-5 and that warning a sinner of their sin is true love. Ezekiel 3:18-19. Rebuke is love. Proverbs 27:5. It is the love we are to have towards our neighbor. Leviticus 19:17-18. So wives try to love their husbands with rebuke. This is where things go wrong.

I do not take away from this glorious and timeless truth that rebuke is love. What I want to bring to light though, is the women who suffer and are being led astray by this truth being twisted. These women are souls who are growing, they understand sanctification and they have spiritual eyes to see their husband's lukewarmness. What these women cannot see though because they are the weaker vessel is that in her unbridled zeal she goes forth and takes the role of spiritual headship in her home. This is the snare of the devil.

After all, Satan convinced Eve to chase after bettering her own self spiritually and she then went to convince her husband Adam.

She thinks she is helping her husband by "encouraging" him to be better. She thinks she is "convicting" him and planting seeds by her subtle rebuke. She thinks she is being his help meet by "motivating" him to read his Bible more, to pray more, worship more, attend church, etc. etc. etc. She probably even says how she wants him to lead her and their children.

Please do not continue to fool yourself. You are not loving your husband with your subtle rebuke. You are not convicting him. You cannot force him to believe and be disciplined. You are and will end up chasing him away. Stop right now from thinking that him leaving is you being hated for Christ's sake. Matthew 10:22.

You can not be hated for Christ's sake if you haven't done God's will by being you a "spiritual" nagging wife. You are not encouraging him to be better; you are tearing your husband down. Instead of his trusted wife... Proverbs 31:11-12. You are his greatest critic. You are belittling him. You are patronizing him.

1 Peter 3:1-2 ~ "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear."

Why do you effortlessly try and toil to win your husband to salvation by your words? Fear the Lord. Proverbs 8:13. He has directed your steps and told you what to do to win your husband. Yet you doubt and do not trust God, ye of little faith.

Because of your lack of faith you try to take matters into your own hands. You are trying to take control... Even worse in all seriousness you are trying to take over God's role and be your husband's headship. You're trying to be your husband's conscience. You're trying to be his Holy Ghost.

Who in the Bible wanted the role of the Most High? Satan Himself. Isaiah 14:14. The father of lies... The father of rebellion. Do not follow in the footsteps of rebellion. Follow the footsteps of your Heavenly Father Who's feet were pierced for you.

You are making your husband feel worthless, hopeless, discouraged, unmotivated, not good enough, not needed, not appreciated, out of place, insecure, inept, incompetent, etc. etc. etc. I do not justify his own sin/lukewarmness, but sister, you need to love your husband how God has instructed you as a wife to love him. If you expect your husband to be the husband God wants him to be than I suggest you stop being a hypocrite and start being the wife God wants you to be.

Stop patronizing and attacking your man's ego. A man will do great things with a wife that supports and respects him. Build up your husband. That is how you are a great help meet and have faith God will do the rest. John 16:8, 1 Corinthians 3:6.

You plant seeds by your conduct, not your rebukes. You're husband is lukewarm, but he is not stupid. He has seen your spiritual growth and he doesn't need to be intimidated by you anymore than he already is. Do not lose your humility! Practice fruits of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23. Stop patronizing and deceiving yourself that your patronization is encouragement. A wife's encouragement is not tearing down! It is building up!

Proverbs 14:1 ~ "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."

Are you a wise woman or a fool? Repent! You are tearing down your husband with what you think is spiritual encouragement for him to be better. You make him not even want to try because you patronize and look down on him with your spiritual superiority that you understand sanctification and Bible verses and you pray a lot and worship a lot all while he works overtime to provide for you and your children. Then you get caught up in personal convictions of spiritual superficiality to make yourself feel even more superior. Repent of your pride.

It's embarrassing and shameful for a woman to be stronger than her husband. Don't think that it is sexist for your husband to feel this way. If you think so that proves your underlining feminism that is still in your heart. Deborah was a judge and this was to the shame of the men of Israel. What did Deborah do? She built up the men! Not nag them to death.

"Why don't you ever read your Bible to teach me and the children?"

"You're supposed to be my headship."

"You should worship and pray more, honey."

"You used to be zealous or at least I thought you wanted to serve God."

"Why don't you spend more time with God, me and the children? Don't love money. It doesn't matter."

"We should forsake everything and become missionaries by faith."

"Have you ever thought about loving me spiritually instead of just carnally with the flesh and temporal things? I'm thirsty for spiritual things!"

"I've decided to give up makeup, jewelry, everything to please God. How has your walk with the Lord been doing?

"You never talk about God with me."

"Why won't you pray or read with me? I want you to lead us. The Bible says you're supposed to lead me."

"It's time for church. We'll be late if you don't get dressed. You're supposed to be zealous."

Let me convict you... Have you said or thought these things? I ask because if you have said them you really have been tearing down your husband. If you have thought them, I worry that your husband notices your prideful look of how you know better than he does. You disrespect him by looking down on him, even if just in your heart. You are what you are by grace, so I pray you not forget that. 1 Corinthians 15:10. Be humbled in fear that you are blaspheming God by trying to do God's role in your husband's life. Titus 2:5.

Please stop undermining your husband. You know better than to usurp authority in correcting him. Trying to change him. Trying to control him. You are not his headship.

1 Timothy 2:12 ~ "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."

1 Corinthians 11:3 ~ "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."

Your prayers for your husband are in vain if you are not submitting, referencing and truly encouraging your husband by building him in all appreciation of him as your man. I say this all in love, dear sisters. I pray you apply yourself.

Proverbs 11:22 ~ "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion."

Be blessed & stay sanctified, 

BUILDING HIM UP WITH HER TONE......

Proverbs 14:1 ~ "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."

To my sisters who are married, plan to marry, or are courting, I’d like to give a little teaching and advice…

As women, we have a lot of power in our hands to make our household harmonious or toxic… Proverbs 31:11 or Proverbs 25:24. Encouraging our men or emasculating our men, that wicked Genesis 3:16 nature to control that needs to be crucified to be a Godly woman.

It is a daily dying to be crucified to our flesh. Galatians 2:20-21. To be submissive, to be meek, to be discreet, to be quiet, to be modest, but I assure you, if you just bear through the pain of being crucified and accept the verses about women’s submission you will eventually become dead, completely dead to the flesh. Romans 6. Transformed into a new creature. 2 Corinthians 5:7.

It is so important that we daily evaluate our own hearts… Especially our speech as women, speech is one of the most important things, dear sisters. Why? Always in the verses pertaining to women it references our speech… A meek and quiet spirit. Why is this? We as women were made to cater to our husband’s emotional needs, our children’s emotional needs.

This is why women are emotional creatures. It is a weakness to deal with logical/spiritual things and why we are called the weaker vessel. 1 Peter 3:7. Though it is also our strength… A good strength if used to encourage our husbands and not emasculate them.

A meek and quiet spirit… Be silent… Be submissive… Crushing to read, isn’t it? It is without Godly understanding to why this is. You may feel voiceless; yet know that it takes strength to remain silent. Self-control to hold the tongue is a hard thing to do…

James 3:5-6 ~ "5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell."

James 3 is talking to both men and women of the faith… However, I encourage you ladies to read it as it is very convicting of how much strife can be created by our tongues, and how much harmony our home can have if we just can stop, wait, have the self-control to hold our tongue and really ask ourselves… “Will this issue matter tomorrow? Will it matter a week from now? Will it matter a month from now?”

All petty issues that we are just whined up about in the moment of our flesh can sometimes come out of our mouths so quickly to talk back to our husbands, as women we can speak passionately, even if we are not angry, our emotions are very strong even over the smallest of matters… This is good, but it also can be bad because from a man’s view we can easily be perceived as disrespectful which creates a misunderstanding.

When you are speaking to your husband you must, must, must set your tone to be engulfed with respect and honor. Men are to be protectors so they can be easily set to go into a fight or flight mode if they feel attacked or disrespected… It makes it very difficult for a man to listen to you when your tone is not engulfed with honor and respect, and so he doesn’t hear you and then you are angry for him not listening to you. Toxic cycle.

Make sure you do not have a nagging or strong tone. Of course a man must learn to be slow to anger, but everything has to start somewhere. Communication is key, but communication with the wrong tone can destroy marriages quickly. Do not allow the enemy or your own flesh put your marriage asunder. Matthew 19:6. Be the first to take action.

Again, women’s emotions are much more intense and complex than a man’s emotions are. You never want to send your husband’s mind into a fight or flight mentality where he feels he needs to defend himself, his honor. You want him to trust in you that you are only out to encourage him and not emasculate him.

You may not use disrespectful words and you may not think your tone is disrespectful, you may think you are just being passionate and headstrong… Sadly feminism has taught women to speak this way along with the underlining Genesis 3:16 nature so you must train yourself sisters to the way God meant us to be… A helpmeet. Genesis 2:18.

Men interrupt things differently, and they are looking for the helpmeet that God ordained for them. Fulfill this role, sisters. This is how you can keep your marriage harmonious. Be the bigger person; take the first step towards healing in your marriage. A meek, quiet, respectful, encouraging tone is a huge key when talking to your man.

Proverbs 31:11-12 ~ "11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life."

Proverbs 31:26 ~ "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness."

Be blessed and stay sanctified, 

SPIRITUAL SUPERFICIALITY EXPOSED...

This is a topic that I have swayed with for some time now. I may be repetitive as I have mentioned similar things in my Messianic Exposé, Sinless Perfection Exposé, as well as my Makeup, Jewelry, Head-Covering articles. Mostly because I will be talking about women's superficial spirituality... Those who are legalistic Pharisees. 

Now, of course I have been called, "legalistic" by lukewarm Christians who do not want to give up their sin, those of you modern-day Pharisees reading this will make the same point that I am lukewarm because I call you a legalist. Allow me to make my case as I know I have sought God's Face on these matters and can now be strong in saying that. I've given this testimony before, as I stated I may be repetitive, but I want to give you the full testimony. 

July 25th, 2012 I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Spring of 2013 I accepted the narrow road realizing I had to forsake sin; mostly idolatry at the time. My husband and I got married July 7th, 2013. We were long-distance when he proposed to me, he sent me a necklace instead of an engagement ring. I was never materialistic so it didn't matter at all to me to not have a ring. 

Spring of 2014, The Lord convicted me of submission to my husband first, secondly convicting me of modesty (skirts/dresses past the knee) and thirdly convicting me of covering my head for prayer and prophesying. Even after dressing modestly all Spring and Summer I was surprised to have men coming up to me and asking me out. One man in a Wal-mart I remember, because it was the last time a man tried to pick me up.

I was looking at Sunglasses and he walked over from the Jewelry section. At first, I thought he was an employee the way he asked me, "Can I help you find something."

I politely discarded him and walked away to the next section of glasses. He followed. Now my small-town country self thought he was just a downright creep. Here I am in a flowly, ankle-length skirt with a modest blouse, hair in a messy bun, and yet he's following me when there's plenty of dolled-up, immodest women over in the Apparel section across from me. He asked me, "Are you Russian?" 

I looked up into this tall man's eyes annoyed, "No, Irish." 

He replied, "I've never met an Irish woman before." 

I just smiled. Holding my tongue from saying that I had never met someone so creepily persistent. I was learning to hold my tongue at the time as I can be too quick-witted for my own good sometimes. The man then pushed me by asking, "Can I buy you something?"

I wittily replied, "Are you willing to buy my husband something, too?"

His facial expression changed drastically to disappointment and I walked away over to the Apparel section. Waiting by the elevator for my husband to come back from the bathroom. I told my husband as it was quite scary, annoying and funny. After this, as it wasn't long before our First Wedding Anniversary, my husband decided to get me a ring. I have not had someone ask me out on a date since.

In our culture, the wedding ring is a symbol that you are married. Not all men respect that a woman is taken, but the majority do and it prevents those who are seeking a single woman. I looked single to these men when they look at my ring finger and nothing is there. So instantly I was convicted of leading men to lust by not wearing a symbol of marriage in my culture. I was dressing modestly, but this wasn't enough because I presented myself as single by not wearing a ring.

Matthew 5:28 ~ "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her in his heart."

Fall of 2014, a sister joined my church and I honestly got close to her, we talked a lot and I admired her a bit as she was the first sister I met who also dressed modestly, covered her head, etc. She also wore no jewelry or makeup. I never wore much makeup since getting saved, but I stopped in order to show willingness to the Lord that I would give up anything for His glory. I always prayed for clarity directly from God, as I started to see self-righteousness in this sister who made me question makeup being sinful. She corrected the brothers, nit-picked to not bring our purses or wallets when evangelizing, told the other sisters that we should not be shaving our body hair because it is vanity, and she finally rebuked me directly for wearing a pagan wedding ring.

Yes, I realize that wearing a wedding ring has spiritual pagan origin. As well as makeup. Many of the things we have are made by non-believers... Should I throw out my Apple Laptop because the logo is Satanic to represent the fall of Adam and Eve? Should I throw out my Persian rug? Should I no longer go by the Gregorian calendar? The list goes on and on to get a bit ridiculous.

At the time even after this sister stopped talking to me in January of 2015, I still didn't wear makeup and sought God. I knew just because she was a Pharisee didn't mean she was wrong completely as I knew she was right about modesty, head-covering, etc. Which makes me bring up another point... Do you know that Pagans cover their heads? Yep! I was once a Wiccan so I'm quite familiar with it that many women feel led by the Divine Feminine to cover their head. So does that mean us as Christian women shouldn't cover our heads now? Of course not! We are part of the spiritual realm so there is spiritual symbolism... What matters is the Spirit we serve... Jesus Christ or satan.

Back to my timeline, I was quite hurt to lose this sister and grew cynical of ever having a trusted friend in the Lord. Not long, only a few weeks later there came a new sister into my life... I kept my walls up, so to speak. She and I became the best of friends though. She didn't wear makeup or jewelry so I continued to have an open heart before the Lord if this was the next step He needed to convict me in. I never felt convicted by God... I only questioned my heart before the Lord because of these women's convictions about makeup and jewelry. I wanted the Lord to confirm it for me as He did with submission, modesty, head-covering. He never really did so I deeply studied The Bible on the topic and from my study wrote my conclusion in my articles on makeup and jewelry in early 2016.

This sister wasn't nearly as much as a Pharisee as the first sister; she allowed the Holy Spirit to work in my life, she respected me and I really respected her. We talked everyday for hours sharing, studying, praying, crying, laughing. I truly thought I had a best friend forever, but as of recent she has not talked to me. I do not know why and it bothers me almost everyday. She has dropped off the edge of the earth. I checked with her mom, she's physically okay... She just started ignoring my messages. She was engaged and I believe she just wanted a clean slate. As much as I love her and forgive her for the hurt she has caused me... She has been unrighteous towards me to not go about this in the Matthew 18:15 order. If I have even offended her, I honestly do not know. God strike me dead if I'm lying.  

Getting a little sidetracked at this point, but in the last few months of solitude from any sistren... The Lord has taught me to stand by what I wrote about makeup and jewelry in early 2016. He has taken it a step further though to wake me up to spiritual superficiality. I questioned myself with always having this sister making me feel inferior, but now, her fruit bears witness. Looking back on it, as I see now, as I see with many women now... They lose focus on the modest spirit and focus on looking modest/spiritual on the outside. The Lord has opened my eyes to this recently so allow me to explain deeper.

The heart condition is a key factor. The heart intent. Now if you wear skulls and wickedness that reflects your heart of death... If you wear a bikini that reflect your heart of no self-respect for your body and the seeking of attention. Women are called to be modest and I will not move on this Biblical standard. Let's dive into four main topics I notice...

Hair cutting... Click here for full study

I touched on mentioning this in my Messianic article, but didn't dive into the topic because that article was long enough as is and as well I was just starting to have solitude with the Lord when He was showing me women's spiritual superficiality. All of these matters honestly are putting oneself under The Law... Under spiritual signs that are to symbolize a virtue. People focus more on the sign than they do on the virtue.

Many women as the weaker vessel fall into the trap of placing themselves back under The Law when it comes to not cutting their hair, (Leviticus 19:27) not even a trim of the dead ends. Women also use 1 Corinthians 11:15 that a woman's hair shouldn't be cut because it is her glory. Many women claim it's bad for hair to be trimmed... I respect your experience, testimony, personal conviction, but don't belittle sisters over this. It's superficial. Not a salvation issue.

Head-covering... Click here for full study

Whether you cover full time or part time... I respect you if you understand the symbolism of the head-covering. Time and time again I see women who come to the narrow road and get convicted about covering full time... Their husbands not understanding and missing being able to see their wife's hair throughout the day. These husbands request and/or prefer their wives not cover full time... And the women do not submit.

This deeply bothers me and confuses me. So here you are wearing a head-covering that is a SYMBOL that you accept and respect your husband as your headship, yet you aren't submitting to him as your headship. What's the point of covering if you are not obedient to your husband? You veil your head in vain. You are a hypocrite. It's superficial. Not a salvation issue. The salvation issue for you as a wife is submitting to your husband in everything, (Ephesians 5:24) even if your husband himself is disobedient to God, (1 Peter 3:1-2).

Makeup... Click here for full study 

I know I could completely deny myself of wearing makeup and feel no need to wear it ever again. So why do I wear it? To be feminine and pleasing to my husband's eyes. Many of you will say... "We blaspheme God by wearing makeup because we are telling Him that His original artwork (our face/body) isn't good enough."

I'm beautiful without makeup. I do not feel insecure without makeup. I don't want to look sexy, I want to look elegant, modest and pretty. If it's vanity to wear a little makeup of natural coloring than it must also be vanity to shower, put perfume on, shave, cut nails because we shouldn't be altering the way our bodies naturally are.

Now don't get me wrong, physical superficiality is an obsession women need to repent of, but let's not go to the other extreme of still focusing on appearance. God cares about your heart condition. Too much focus on looking sexy or looking holy isn't good, we need to BE holy. Stop focusing on makeup either way. It's superficial. Not a salvation issue.

1 Samuel 16:7 ~ "But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."

Jewelry... Click here for full study

As I opened up with my personal experience of my wedding ring being a preventative with men lusting after me. So here is the choice before me... Be in sin by wearing a piece of metal around my finger or be in sin by being a stumbling-block for a man to lust? I choose the metal around my finger. It is a symbol and my heart condition is to honor my husband that I am his and his alone. A sign to the world to not try and take me as your wife as I already belong to someone. Again, it's superficial. Not a salvation issue. My heart intent is pure before God. I focus on my heart rather than looking righteous.

Matthew 23:27 ~ "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."

Conclusion...

Now I'm not going to up and rebuke you just because you are personally convicted to not wear makeup, jewelry, perfume, etc. head-cover full time and not cut your hair whether it be all of these things, a few or one of these personal convictions. By all means, power to you. To me though, these things are not sin in moderation and pureness of heart.

James 4:17 ~ "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."

So don't let me see you going around rebuking other women when you have no Biblical basis. Many of you are operating out of deep insecurities to try and make yourself feel superior to other Christian women. I deeply sympathize, but please repent now and stop being a modern-day Pharisee with your religiosity.

There are so many women who hide their rebellion behind religiosity of modest dress, no makeup, full time head-coverings, etc. but will not submit to their husband. Not being modest at heart, a meek and quiet spirit that God is most pleased with, (1 Peter 3:4).

I will stand in support of a woman who wears pants that has a submitted modest heart towards her husband and I will stand against a woman who wears skirts and is rebellious towards her husband. As there are MANY women who are modern-day Pharisees where the outside looks holy, but the inside is dead, (Matthew 23:27).

These rebellious women are led by their emotions, doing as Eve did and making decisions without headship. Listening to the voice of rebellion (Satan) that disguises as an angel of light, (2 Corinthians 11:14). These women think they are hearing from the Holy Spirit and can come out from under their husband's headship because of their "spirituality" which in truth, is superficiality. So many women have ruined their marriages by obeying their emotional convictions and rebelling against their husbands.

Submission to God-ordained order is priority. We need more women who acknowledge they are the weaker vessel, joyfully being led by their husbands regardless of the stage he is in with his walk with the Lord, (1 Peter 3:1-7). I'm not at all saying submitting to sin, but many women need to learn that not doing superficial things is not sin... What is sin is not submitting to your husband and blaspheming the Word of God, (Titus 2:5).

I fear becoming a Pharisee because I fear God... My hair is kept long, I cover for prayer, my makeup is minimal, as well as perfume and jewelry. My priority is being a meek and quiet spirit, (1 Peter 3:4). Please pray for me as I honestly keep a heart open to the Lord to convict me in all things always, but as I said, I know He is the one who has taught me and opened my eyes to spiritual superficiality. I invite your prayers nonetheless as I pray for you.

Be blessed & stay sanctified, 

CREATED TO BE HIS HELP MEET

I know it has been quite some time since I last had a blog entry... My priority is first to my husband, home and then to my church. My, oh my! I have learned and matured a lot through pure experience. It has been a stressful time to have had to deal with two Delilah's, Pharisees and women that do not accept they are the weaker vessel. They profess with their mouth they are a weaker vessel but when it comes to respecting authority they think they are the discerning one in their own self-righteousness, whether it be sin or thrown around with every wind of doctrine creating chaos. No headship or desire for headship. I've truly been grieved to where the women of God are? Men of God as well, of course... Though, I as a woman want to have a sister to say a zealous, "Amen!" to submission with. I've grown even more cynical and cautious with my heart at this point in my life though.

Feminism is a poison that has sunk into the veins of the majority of Christian women that I am meeting. More than I ever thought how deeply ingrained Feminism is in the minds of women not only in our society, (that is to be expected) but women in The Church... Which proves they are not part of The Church. You cannot be a Feminist and a Christian. I am righteously angry and zealous to step-up to write more directly to women to bring this refinement and understanding that needs to come to Christian women. In my future posts I will be writing to women. I am a young, Christian wife... I know I'm not an elder that has the right, and I count myself the least of many elder sisters in the Lord that I look to, but I want to be a young example in my generation that a young woman can and needs to reject feminism and submit. Standing upon God's timeless truths. This is my heart.

With that said, though the enemy has come against me, I was amazingly blessed to be encouraged by reading, "Created To Be His Help Meet" by Debi Pearl for the first time. This book has lifted discouragement and doubt off of me. I was zealous about submission before I read this book, but now I feel even more zealous, if that is possible. This book is an essential to every wife, if you are a wife than you need to read this book. Now, I don't agree with the Pearl's on doctrines such as the Godhead and other things, but when it comes to a woman's role, I cannot agree more. Everything is spot on timeless, fundamental, Biblical truth.

Not to mention the balance in dealing with any type of husband in many situations; it really proved to me that no one can speak against such wisdom; there is nothing no Christian woman can say against this book when it comes to arguing Biblically. Giving women the pure heart of submission to have discretion, with no room for the flesh, just pure discretion and wisdom to understanding the order of authority.

With all honestly, whether you are a woman with a marriage on the rocks or you are a wife that wants to understand submission or a woman that understands and applies submission in your life... No matter who you are... You need to read this book as a wife. When I picked up this book I was the wife who understood and applied submission, even I, got hit with conviction to be better a few times. Happily accepting conviction, amazed, blown away with such truth that couldn't be denied. No room for the flesh if you are a woman of God truly seeking His Will for your life.

With that said, I will leave 50 quotes, yes 50, from this book that you need to read and you need to go buy this book for your own collection. Fifty quotes doesn't touch the surface; the testimonies and long teachings of dissecting Scripture that you will receive. It truly is a blessing as you cannot find these teachings in our Feministic Society easily. I'd honestly buy you the book if you are a sister with a heart that is truly seeking for God to be glorified with you and your marriage. This book will convict you and set you on God's narrow road for a Christian wife. Do not hesitate and please read it!

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Be blessed & stay sanctified,