ExodusMagMay2020

The joy of a woman
disrespecting them, and treating them like nothing.
How can we then expect a man who has no
understanding of the value of the woman to respect
her? Dowry is cultural and biblical. It is the first step to
teach a man to value his wife. It starts by him
respecting you enough to respect your family.
The world and culture pressures women so much to
marry, because of the stigma that comes with being an
unmarried woman, especially with children. But what
does God say about these daughters? After all, every
woman is a daughter of God and a wife of Christ. He is
every woman's husband?
He is the Holy God who left His heavenly throne to
come and save mankind. That is how much he cared
and loved. He didn't have to, but He did. He spent on
earth 33 years, held up in mediocre just so as to save
us. It wasn't time wasting for Him because it was love.
Then He Being God, allowed Himself to be ridiculed
and mocked by His own creation. He allowed the body
to be beaten up and crucified to save the soul of a
person. This is the price Jesus paid to have us, His life.
No man can do that. That very God calls a woman His
bride and His daughter. However, that very bride and
daughter is accepting being treated like nothing. Why?
As s a woman, you are a bride of this very Christ, a
daughter of God no matter how low or filthy or
unworthy the world sees you.
You are the daughter of the Most High God who
qualifies you as a Queen in His kingdom, no matter
your looks or status. Why do you then let man trample
over you who can never do what Christ did for you?
Woman wake up, stand up and stand out. For as long
as Christ is not your first husband, marriage is going to
be tough and being unmarried is going to be a stigma.
Every relationship of a woman should stem out of her
relationship with Christ. It should be that branch that
Christ cuts out when it doesn't produce fruit. Let your
zeal for marriage be for a marriage with Christ first.
Let Christ betroth you first. Then He will direct all
your other relationships. You are more precious than
ruby in His eyes, don't value yourself less than He
does because of world pressures. After all, He created
all mankind, even the ones setting human standards.
His standard is above the world's.
You are deeply loved, embrace that!
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