Feminism's Bitter Fruit
Feminism's Scarlet Woman
You dare speak out against feminism? Why, you sexiest, oppressive, testosterone-driven, club-wielding, backward, grunting, knuckle-dragging Neanderthal…
Whoa. Hold on there, angry lady. Hold on. I am none of those things. Really. I don’t even know how to wield.
Ladies, think back to the bra burning glory days of the late 60s and early 70s before gravity triumphed. Remember donning your A Woman Needs A Man Like A Fish Needs A Bicycle tee-shirt? Remember those early editions of Cosmopolitan Magazine, the new bible for oppressed women everywhere?
In 1965, feminist role model Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmos’ queen and editor, mocked the traditional of women as a housewife declaring anyone who took this track “a parasite, a dependent, a scrounger, a sponger or a bum.”
Remember the freedom you were promised? Cast off restraint! Be liberated sexually! Who needs a husband or a family? Define yourself. You are woman. Let the world hear you roar!
OK, fair is fair. The good news is women can vote, have careers, and have a voice in government and society without the fear of reprisal or abuse. Still, if you think the Bible teaches against these things, take a jaw-dropping peek at Proverbs 31: 10-31 (edited). Here’s what Dirty Helen Gurley Brown never told you was in the Bible about the role of women:
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. She… works with eager hands… bringing her food from afar… she provides for her family.
She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. (Goodness, she buys property and runs a business! Who knew?) She sets about her work vigorously. She sees that her trading is profitable… She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.
She is clothed in fine linen and purple. She makes linen garments and sells them… She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh (with confident expectation) at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
Whew. Give her the reward she has earned? Does this really sound like oppression? God’s description of a wife and Ms. Browns stand in stark contrast.
Under the guise of “women’s rights,” feminism’s dark side led untold millions of wives and mothers to divorce their husbands and either abandon their kids or sacrifice them on the altar of material success (assuming they weren’t aborted for being inconvenient) because “She is woman hear her roar!” That roaring shattered countless families.
Are you the woman you want your daughter to become?
The anger in children of divorced parents tends to burn hotter with the passage of time. Why? Something fundamental in them has been violated and nothing but forgiveness ever heals the wounds. The ideal for a family is a mom (female) and a dad (male).
The seductive lie of feminism looked wonderful to women in their 20 and 30s. Flash forward some 40 years and suddenly old age has come calling. The beauty has faded, the shelf-life has expired and these same women now in their 60s and 70s are suddenly old and alone. And none seem to like it.
Judge things by the fruit they produce. Like Eve in the garden, many women of the past two generations bought into Cosmos’ grand lie: marriage is bondage and you don’t need to be shackled to a man. You’ve come a long way, baby. Right?
If you’re one of those women who stand naked and depressed before the mirror feeling betrayed by the unrelenting march of time, I have good news. Eve willingly believed a lie that cost her Paradise. Still, she was offered forgiveness and healing for her soul. There is ready mercy and healing for you, too.
Many women who bit into the feminist apple now actively seek surrogate husbands for companionship. Most fail to find it. The good news is that God himself offers to be your companion, your husband. He alone has the love you spurned and now long for.
For your Maker is your husband—the LORD Almighty is his name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.” Isaiah 54:5
Return, faithless people,” declares the LORD, “for I am your husband.” Jeremiah 3:14 .
The greatest lie in the world has worn many faces including feminism, but it boils down to this: You can live independently of God. Draw upon your years and experience and answer this question: has it worked?
If you seek a husband who will help you be all you were intended to be, yield your heart to Christ, confess your failures and faults to him, and ask for forgiveness and healing. He offers you himself in eternal marriage with your past fully and freely forgiven.
Still looking for someone to grow old with? “Even to your old age and grey hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4.
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” Revelation 21:2.
You now stand at another altar where Christ himself asks for your hand in marriage. The only answer that will ever satisfy your soul is, “Lord, I do.”
Bryan Hupperts © 2009>
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Comments
By Vicki Carr on February 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am
This was wonderful! A Holy romance that draws your heart closer to His; to where His heart can now be your own. I love Him so!
By Abigail on February 27th, 2009 at 8:29 am
I remember reading once about a survey that asked women if they were really happy being in control of everything. It turns out that, deep down inside, they longed for someone else to take the responsibility…to be the strong one and the leader. It is not that they wanted to be wimpy followers. It is just that being in charge is not the panacea they once thought it was.
We are designed to be a wonderful helpmate to our spouses…equal in spirit in the eyes of Yahweh…but not equal in purpose. We are uniquely different…in beautiful ways.
I don’t care if you are a man or a woman…if you are living in a role for which you are not designed by Your Creator…you will never find true peace.
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