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longhorn:
God Bless all women.  My ex told me I came a distant second to a hot bubble bath and a good Anne Rice Novel.

Love in Christ

Longhorn

Ninny:
Longhorn, I think you will find that we women are very generous, kind, and loving...after all..she at least let you be on the list...  :-* 
Kathy ;)

aqrinc:

Ladies,

I tread very carefully in these waters, swimming with sharks is much easier to do than trying to show why being a servant to all is better. See if the Scriptures below can provide a better answer than any of man's or woman's wisdom, concerning service and its ultimate purpose. I think women have by far the better deal (starting out) for storing up Treasure in Heaven. Either A: God And our Lord Christ Jesus know or b: we know better; i will go with the first (A).

Based on evidence; the point is that if we look at things from the human (short term perspective) we always feel that someone has an advantage or got a better deal. There are several other Scriptures that make it quite plain that humility and an attitude of the servant of all is a hugely Godly Trait we are to learn.

Mar 9:33-37 (EMTV)
33  Then He came to Capernaum. And being in the house He asked them, "What were you disputing about with one another on the road?"
34  But they were silent, for on the road they had discussed with one another who was greater.

35  And having sat down He called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."

36  And taking a child, He stood him in their midst. And taking him in His arms, He said to them,
37  whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but Him who sent Me."

george :).

onelovedread:
Women and men have different roles in the natural scheme of things. But should we differentiate on the positions of men and women? Are we truly all one in Christ? Isn't the important thing what God purposes for us?
Here's an excerpt from a Ray email:

Ray Replies]

.... God is SPIRIT. God is interested ONLY in spiritual things. All this physical creation is not something that God takes great pleasure in--it is but a means to an end. Well, what does He want then? He wants CHILDREN! SPIRITUAL Sons and Daughters in HIS VERY IMAGE!
But, how does He get them? Create them? Yes, CREATE them. But how does He create them. Instantly? No. To be in the IMAGE of God means that we will have the very same CHARACTER AND LOVE of God. Character and Love cannot be created instantly; it can only be developed over a period of time under severe pressure and duress.  And so God creates severe pressure and duress, which produces GODLY CHARACTER.  Imagine creating "patience," INSTANTLY?  Why the very thought is self-contradicting. Patience by its very nature means that something must be WAITED FOR even though it is desired NOW.
God knows what He is doing. Now then, there is a second part to all this. We ourselves would never ever really appreciate the qualities of character, virtue, and love, that we will possess if we did not have to "sweat blood" to get them. There is no virtue that you can name that is not the result of overcoming some form of evil.  And so this physical, human, temporal existence is as beneficial for US, and it is to GOD.
Hope this helps your understanding a little better.
God be with you,
Ray

EKnight:
It is an honor, privilege and a blessing to be the gender that God chose to be the givers of the miracle of life.  With all it's laborious pain, I would give birth again in a heartbeat.  :)

Eileen

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