It has just now occurred to me why I am so very defensive about being a woman gifted in teaching, in a man’s world. I’m being told that because I’m a woman, my gifting is put in a box - controlled by men.
I remember as a child thinking, “if I was a boy, this wouldn’t be happening to me.” (CSE). I was abused because I was a girl.
I know now that isn’t true. CSE happens to boys too.
But - that inner morsel has been a seed of resentment my whole life. From a small abused girl, to a young woman who believed her only worth to men was seks*, to a grown woman who resents still being told that because she is a woman - she cannot teach or witness or testify to any man the Good News of Christ.
Should a woman shut up to keep any ONE from Hell?!!
Jesus saved me - and I’m a woman.
That NONE should perish.