It may be better to sleep on the corner of the rooftop than live with
a quarrelsome woman, but friends, educate that woman and there is
hardly a limit to what she can do with her mouth and mind—for good or
evil.
God created woman as a helper knowing Adam would need help. What that
help was exactly will be up for debate for centuries; we only know that
the command to both man and woman at that point was to be fruitful,
multiply, and subdue the earth. A friend of mine confesses that at times
he fears exposing his weaknesses to women in his life for various
reasons. To which I replied that a woman was born to see a need, to come
and encompass that need, nurture it until the time is right for it to
be birthed into something more beautiful than he could imagine. We are
built to help in ways men will never be able to help. That is our good design.
Disciplers on the Rise
Another friend and I were talking recently about the droves of women
coming out of seminary in the coming years. These women have or will
have studied biblical texts, learned Hebrew and Greek proficiently,
interacted with scholars, and written theses. They have a deep and true
abiding love of God's Word, and a respect for the inerrancy of it. Women
make up more than 51 percent of seminary students, and we can probably
expect that number to grow.
These women have taken the command to be fruitful and multiply
seriously, and for many, in the absence of their own children, they have
become incubators of God's Word. They meditate on it, murmur on it,
pray it, speak it, and teach it. They are poised for a gracious
reception of hungry souls, souls weary of milk, starving for meat. They
are disciples. Continue at Lore Ferguson
