Nothing so impresses me as to see a woman who, as Louis L’Amour, the Western writer says, “you can ride the river with.” That is, one who will stay the course, who has sinew of soul. Or as old Dr.Bob Jones Sr. used to say of such, “They have intestinal fortitude.”
The Bible writes of “Women Warriors,” not whiney women. It records for us the mighty feats of such heroines as: Jael, her only weapon being a hammer and nail against the enemy; Deborah, the prophetess and judge of Israel, who was at the forefront of their army because a man refused to go-it-alone; and who does not highly regard those courageous women Saul hauled off to prison; also, let us not forget Priscilla, along with her husband Aquila, who was willing to lay down her neck for Paul.
These women all had a “meek and quiet spirit,” as their blessed Lord, who was “meek and lowly in heart.” Notice, it was an inner quality, it did not change the women’s outward temperament and personality. How beautiful they are, these women warriors adorned in the whole armour of their Captain, the Lover of their souls. Look at some of them with me: Madam Guyon, as she lies in a filthy prison for her testimony; Elisabeth Elliot, who stayed on ministering to the Auca Indians after they killed her beloved husband; Amy Carmichael, fighting her battles from a sickbed, with just her mighty pen in hand; and my most blessed friend, Tina Green, who is a true warrior in a wheelchair!
“Let her sleep for when she wakes she will move mountains.”
The Bible writes of “Women Warriors,” not whiney women. It records for us the mighty feats of such heroines as: Jael, her only weapon being a hammer and nail against the enemy; Deborah, the prophetess and judge of Israel, who was at the forefront of their army because a man refused to go-it-alone; and who does not highly regard those courageous women Saul hauled off to prison; also, let us not forget Priscilla, along with her husband Aquila, who was willing to lay down her neck for Paul.
These women all had a “meek and quiet spirit,” as their blessed Lord, who was “meek and lowly in heart.” Notice, it was an inner quality, it did not change the women’s outward temperament and personality. How beautiful they are, these women warriors adorned in the whole armour of their Captain, the Lover of their souls. Look at some of them with me: Madam Guyon, as she lies in a filthy prison for her testimony; Elisabeth Elliot, who stayed on ministering to the Auca Indians after they killed her beloved husband; Amy Carmichael, fighting her battles from a sickbed, with just her mighty pen in hand; and my most blessed friend, Tina Green, who is a true warrior in a wheelchair!
“Let her sleep for when she wakes she will move mountains.”
(Napoleon)
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