Comments on: Unmet Needs

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:42:49 +0000

I’m preparing to lead a seminar on Biblical Femininity and came back to this post. I’m looking for something to put submission in context, that “your husband is not a replacement for your first love” and “husbands make lousy idols” leading into the notion that submission does not mean we follow them into sin. This is perfect food for thought and just what I needed. Thank you!

By: Elizabeth Snow

Elizabeth Snow — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:54:38 +0000

Thank you, Mrs. Wilson.

You’re welcome, Valerie. and Happy Birthday!

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:42:59 +0000

Thanks, Elizabeth, for your kind encouragement. We are very much in agreement…except for the implication by “other” that I am also a “young lady.” Turnin’ 40 next month, AAMOF, so I’ve been practicing referring to myself as middle aged.

By: nancyann

nancyann — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:36:04 +0000

Please feel free!

By: Elizabeth Snow

Elizabeth Snow — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:25:57 +0000

This is exactly what most young women need to hear.

And for Valerie, (if I may) I would say that when those listening accuse or jump on your desire remember two things:
1.) it is a godly desire to long to be a fruitful vine
2.) God has a very distinct purpose during the time that you are not bound to a husband also: and in that His purpose for you stands, take great joy, for “what is man that Thou art mindful of him?”

Mrs. Wilson if permissible, I would like to bless other young ladies by linking to this post also.

By: Molly Phillips

Molly Phillips — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:09:10 +0000

Hi dear this is great.. just wanted to share

By: nancyann

nancyann — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:29:20 +0000

Brandi, thanks for all your good comments. Every calling has its temptations, married or unmarried, doctors or nurses, men or women. That’s the way it is. The Genesis passage you refer to, I believe is referring to woman’s desire to have mastery over her husband. But a subset of this is what you describe. Yep, it’s all a result of the fall. A woman’s relationship with her husband is obviously affected by sin.

By: Brandi H.

Brandi H. — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:07:40 +0000

Nancy, do you think this is what God is referring to in Genesis 3 when He says to Eve, “Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you”? Is this verse about our constant, almost pathological desire for more, more, more of these male creatures we married? Maybe since the Fall, when our fellowship with God became hindered, we women tend to seek fulfillment in our men, and our men seek it in their work? Just thinking out loud… What does everyone else think?

By: nancyann

nancyann — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:50:23 +0000

Barbara, by all means feel free. Thank you for checking.

By: Barbara H.

Barbara H. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:02:51 +0000

Mrs. Wilson,

I write a monthly newsletter for our ladies’ group at church, and one regular section in it is called “Christian Womanhood.” Would you mind if I copied this post and used it for that, with your name and the url to this post?

Thanks,
Barbara H.