With the start of a brand New Year I would like to start a small serious on feminine-ness! (that’s my own word) I believe that true feminine-ness is true beauty. There is such a need today for real women (and men but we won’t go there right now). I hope this series will help you really think Biblically about who God has created you to be. We will start with one of the most importnant parts of femininess though outward femininity is so very important as well.

A Spirit of Femininity
Here I will list the topics that we will be going over in the next few weeks~

1. Submissive & Strong
2. Gentle & Bold
3. A Quiet Spirit –Trusting & Humble
4. The Law of Kindness – Gracious & Loving

Submissive & Strong

There was once a beautiful woman. She was truly beautiful on the inside and on the outside. She was a strong woman. She was very loving yet she had to be unyielding because she had such a strong loyalty and love. She was a Queen her name was Esther.

Outward femininity is extremely important. Yet, the topic of femininity definitely gets a little deeper and more complex when we talk about having a spirit of femininity on the inside. Yet this is what Jesus talks about and what is “in His sight of great price”.

It’s vital that we learn one of the most important aspects of femininity and that is to be submissive right now to the authorities in our lives.

When and if the Lord has you marry one day it will be the key to unlocking the heart of what God intended marriage to be. If you don’t have this under Christ’s control it would be best to not get married until you do. If you can’t be obedient to your parent’s wishes now you will have major problems in marriage later. Being submissive to our authorities is God’s idea. We also see here in God’s Word that we do it in the Lord and as unto the Lord.

We also need to see the need for strong woman who will stand up against the tide of really rather weak women in today’s world. The definition of the word “Strong” is: decisively unyielding; firm or un compromising. It doesn’t take that much effort or a very strong woman to give in to her own way and to be strong willed. Yet it takes a very strong woman to take her own natural inclinations in hand and submit to her authority. Any woman can naturally be independent, strong willed and disobedient to her authorities but it takes a strong woman in the Lord to go beyond this and lovingly submit with a gracious spirit.

Hannah in the Bible is a good modal of strength in a beautiful way. You really should read about her in 1 Sam. 1 & 2 if you haven’t recently. She wanted a baby. She wanted to be a mother. She fasted, prayed and wept for God’s blessing. She was strong yet she was submissive to God’s will for her life. I love it that she didn’t give up! Her submission to the Lord was shown when she made a vow to God that if He would grant her desires and give her a baby she would give it right back to Him (1 Sam.1:11). Women who won’t give up, women who are strong “decisively unyielding, firm and uncompromising” this is what a weak world needs. Who actually do believe in something!

If you’re single it’s important that you have a clear understanding and biblical basis for femininity. You will be questioned, yes you will. You also may need to have sound advice for your married friends.

It is very important to realize before you get married that this is the man you will submit to. This is the man that you will be under and who will lead. It’s pretty important to think of questions as you go into marriage. Is this the kind of man that I would want to be obedient to and be under his authority and direction for life? Will he be a loving listener? (Of course this is something your mom and dad would be able to figure a lot better than you when your emotions are involved)

Don’t you see this is something that reaches not to just our outward selves but deeply into who we are? It will affect our future as well as the present. This is something that is if not declining almost totally lost in our day. We, as Christian woman, need to gain back and keep a standard of femininity that is pleasing to the Lord.

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