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Women. Today I want to talk about how women have shaped history–election is coming up closeby and this is making me think about the women who fought for the right to vote. We ought to thank them for their work. We also ought to thank their mother for delivering them into this world. We ought to thank their mother’s mother for delivering her into this world. We ought to thank their mother’s mother’s mother’s mother for delivering her into this world. We ought to thank their mother’s mother’s mother’s and so on all the way through the Scriptures and to Day number 5. Why day number 5, you ask? Because it is the day that God created a woman. This v-log may be a connection to my recent v-log titled, “I Am Crying Because I Am A Woman”. You know, a lawyer at the court house always prepare his/her case with many evidences to show proof that their foundation is true and honest.  I want to thank a couple of women for sharing their thoughts with me. Again, I am not talking about liberal women who despise men or womanpride where women grab their breasts. I do not want to make men feel inferior.

The Scriptures has over 200 names that belongs to a woman. I want to bring up the issue again how God sees women—priceless.

The Scriptures mentions a lot of stories and I cannot mention them all to you so I will share some of them. There is a famous quote saying, “Actions speaks louder than words.” Chapter and verses of the stories will be displayed and you can read them yourself. I will paraphrase the story (for the sake of ASL).

We will see, in action, how God uses women and even bother to have her mentioned in the Scriptures.

Genesis 2:18-24

God created the earth and it was still not good enough without a woman on it. God has acted and created a woman. Women exist because of God’s action.   

Judge 4 and 5.

Israel was under oppression of another country and God wanted to see the country become a free nation. He wanted men to begin fighting for their freedom, but the men in Israel was afraid. They did not want to fight against another country. When God saw that there was no one to actually stand up, God chose Deborah. She became like a commander in chief. She was a judge. Now, in the country of Israel, I would assume there were about 2 million males (I guess, I don’t know) but we know that there were many. And still, God saw that none of these males were good enough and He picked Deborah. She was a strong woman.

1 Samuels 25:3-39

We have Abigail. She was married to a very wealthy man. King David wanted some things from her husband. Abigail’s husband didn’t agree and began to say foolish things to King David. Because of his stupidity, King David became angry and threatened to destroy his things. Abigail recognized that her husband was a fool and she did not want her properties to be destroyed so she came up with several items and went up to King David and talked with him. She displayed great wisdom, knowledge, and beauty. This impressed King David and he applauded her of her wisdom, intelligence, and beauty and withdrew his threats. King David is known to be a man after God’s heart and with that being said, God saw Abigail as wise, smart, and knowledgable. Let alone that there was an effort to mention this story in the Scriptures.

Genesis 21:14-20

Hagar, mother of Ishmael. Ishmael’s descendants are currently in the Middle-East part. Many of them are Muslims. Abraham sent Hagar and her son, Ishmael out into the desert to die. Hagar was grieved by that and God saw her pain. He sent an angel to provide for her and He made a promise with Hagar saying that out of her, God would make a great nation. He had given her honor.

The Book of Esther

Esther, oh, we cannot forget her. If not for her, there would be no jewish people on the face of earth. Her husband, a king, was decieved by another man to wipe Jewish people off the face of Earth. This is like another holocaust and the king would be like Hitler. By God’s timing, Esther was placed in the right place and time for the King to want to marry her. She became a queen and was the very one that saved a nation. She had wisdom and planned a stragety to convince the king not to kill Jews. We see that God, in action, picked a woman to save a nation. If the king had wiped all Jews off the face of earth, we would not have a Savior, a Messiah. 

Luke 2:36-38

Anna. she was an old lady, a widow, who was a prophetess and annoited by God. She was the first person to begin telling people that the Messiah has arrived–the baby was the son of God. It required a woman to tell the world that the time of salvation is here.

Philippians 4:2-3

Eudoia and Suntche both had a disagreement. Paul encouraged them to resolve their issues and become likeminded. The point here is that Paul did not condemn these women for talking by saying that they ought to be quiet and not to speak a word. Instead, Paul tells them to resolve which means that these women had brains.

Luke 10:38-42

Mary and Martha are sisters. Jesus and his disciples came to their house and wanted to visit them.  One sister became concerned on how to please her guests. She was busy cooking, cleaning, and making sure all was well. The other sister just sat down and spent time talking with Jesus. The hard working sister complained to Jesus saying that her sister ought to be helping her. Jesus answered by saying that the sister who was sitting by him was doing a good thing. The point here, Jesus, Son of God, tells a woman to relax and chill and for her join her sister. Another point here, Jesus is considered a wise person, many other religions recognize Jesus as a wise man, wise teacher, or a wise prophet. They do not consider him to be the Son of God. The issue here is wise. Jesus went to a female’s house and chatted with them. The sisters were obviously intelligent enough to be able to have a conversation with Jesus, who is a wise man. And this story was mentioned in the Scriptures.

2 Timothy 1:5, 3:14

Lois and Eunice. Lois is a grandmother of Timothy and Eunice is the mother of Timothy Who is Timothy? He was a pastor who grew up learning about God through his mother and grandmother. Paul wrote several letters to different churches and one of his letters were to Timothy, a pastor. Paul encourages Timothy to continue listening and learning from these ladies; Lois and Eunice. The point here is that Paul had encoruaged a pastor to continue learning from a female. The scripture uses the word “continue”.

Matthew 28:1-10

We have Mary Magaledine. She was the first person Jesus walked to and told her to go ahead and tell others that He had come back alive from the dead. Mary saw Jesus alive and went ahead to tell others that Jesus had risen. It is a honor to be able to do that. Now everyone knows her. She’s famous because she was the first person Jesus saw when He was risen. If God was about degarading women, He would have wanted Jesus to find a male and then give this certain male the honor to spread the word But no, it was a woman.

Paul wrote many letters to many different churches. He wrote 2/3 of the Bible. In his letters he mentions many names. Less than 50% of these names belong to a woman. This is less than half. He praises women for their wisdom, work, dedication, service, and intelligence in talking to others about the Scriptures. Again, read the Bible in God’s view and in context. God *smack fist* women. Also, don’t forget that these women also suffered pain and some death for continuing to spread the word about God’s unconditional love.

Women, you are far more valuable than r..u..b..i…e…s.

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