Chris' Christian Blog

February 21, 2020

"February 21, 2020" 

Prompt: "What does it mean to you to empower women?"

You certainly know how to pick a topic that could set of a powder keg don't you? Here goes: Empowering women means giving them the freedom they need to live rich, fulfilling lives, Many women I know are under the thumbs of their husbands and the husbands act kike their wives are less than human. They treat them as incapable and set them up for failure. They won't give them room ti=o grow as human beings. Sure mistakes will be made. Mistakes are part of learning. Allow a woman to grow and she will be set for life. What really irritates me is when a man acts like he owns a woman or acts like she is a little child or helpless. I have saw that happen a lot. My second wife was treated like a child. She was virtually helpless when we first met. I taught her to cook, to clean, to do most of the elementary stuff. I had to balance the checkbook and make the financial decisions because she had been taught that it was "the man's place" to do all that. I surprised her once by handing her the finances and basically asking "What do we do with this mess?"

The sink or swim method is learning the hard way but she learned. I taught her a lot and would love to hear her complain today about having to be responsible. She passed in 2016. At least I know she was a Christian when she passed.

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I could have sworn this was yesterday's prompt because I just saw my response to this on yesterday's blog entry. Anyway, my ideal friend is Jesus Christ or anybody who is Christ-like. I say this because Christ-like people don't sugar coat things for me. They just tell me the way it is. Yes, it may make me angry in the beginning but after I think about it a while I will admit it if they are correct. Some people are just plain liars and jerks, but I have found that even they can be honest if I allow them to be. Growth comes when one is able to take criticism, whether it is constructive or just plain rude. You must be able to accept it, choose the parts you agree with and ignore the rest. My biggest problem is that I have a huge heart. In fact, my co-workers tell me they are proud of me if I call somebody out on their crap. I need to quit wearing my heart on my sleeve as much as I do. Love should compel me to be completely honest with people, even when I know it will "offend" them. To be completely honest, I wish more people had offended me in my lifetime!

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