FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE
At our women’s study group, we are currently reading Lisa Bevere’s book ‘Fight like a girl’. We’ve been having a blast reading that book. The book is centered on loving yourself for who God made you. Satan has been working very hard on our generation trying to get as many as he can confused about their gender and wanting to be something else. Have the saints helped him accomplish his goals? Yes, at least to some extent and mostly ignorantly.
Lisa reminded me of something I was taught in 9th grade – what makes one male or female? Is it just the hormones and the organs of the body? No, much more than that, it is our chromosomes, our genes! A male is one with an XY chromosome and a female is one with an XX chromosome. To the best of my knowledge there is no scientific procedure that can change that. Meaning you don’t become male or female simply by altering your organs and hormonal composition.
Why are some people deceived, thinking they are in the wrong body? It is partly because our society and culture has defined the characteristics of the male and female outside what the word of God says. E.g. the society defines males as aggressive, loves football, hates shopping, uses about 70% less words than the female, not emotional, must not cry, can’t stand cooking, not designed to do house chores, definitely not ‘touchy feely’, hates to give details of how his day went, designed to be stubborn, must be able to make all the decisions all the time, he is the boss at home, must have all the answers all the time, must be a handyman. Unfortunately, some in the body of Christ embraces and teach these as the definition of the males. I don’t see anywhere in the bible that defines the characteristics of the male as any of the above.
When God created human kind, He made them male and female (Genesis 1:27). God did not ‘mass produce’ mankind, we are all uniquely made. Even scientists have testified that no two people share the same finger prints. God did not create us and then decided a purpose for our lives rather He had a purpose for our lives before creating us. It is that specific purpose that determined whether we are going to be male or female, our biological parents, how long we’d live, the exact places we’d grow up and our personality types.
Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be (Psalms 139:16 NIV)
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV)
From one man he made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us (Acts 17:26-27 NIV)
My husband and I always laugh when we read a book or watch a program on TV especially marriage seminars where the presenter defines the males with the attributes I listed above because it is not true of us and I can count several other males who don’t fit those description. When my husband gets into a shop, he wants to stay there all day. I am the type that goes to a shop, get what’s on my list and get out. When my husband talks about his day, he wants to tell you everything that happened. I am the opposite. My typical response to a ‘how was your day’ question is ‘Oh… it was ok’ and I’m done, I’m learning to talk more now because I know he wants to hear more. I love football and my husband does not care about it. My husband and I have so many things in common but I listed these differences to establish you are not male or female based on your likes, dislikes, or your personality type. God in His infinite mercy had to create men like my husband, for women like me and vice versa.
Words like ‘tomboy’ for girls and ‘sissy’ for boys are from the pits of hell, to mislead people into thinking something is wrong with them because they don’t fit into man made description of male and female. My suggestion will be to rid our vocabulary of those words. If a girl is determined, adventurous and likes getting things done, tell her so. If a boy is nurturing, tell him so and encourage them to discover why God designed them like that.
Our personality types – extroverts or introverts, adventurous or cautious, are gifts from God. We have the responsibility of learning how to manage our weaknesses so they don’t sabotage our strengths bearing in mind that we house these precious gifts in fragile earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7)
If my husband and I were not secure in who we are in Christ, we’d probably think we are in the wrong body based the secular definition of the genders. I am the right mix of character traits for the call of God on my life and so are you. You are not a biological accident, you were fearfully and wonderfully made, designed to fit your destiny. Rejoice in who you are in Him – your joy is an act of worship unto God.
To your success!
With Love,
Angela
Lisa reminded me of something I was taught in 9th grade – what makes one male or female? Is it just the hormones and the organs of the body? No, much more than that, it is our chromosomes, our genes! A male is one with an XY chromosome and a female is one with an XX chromosome. To the best of my knowledge there is no scientific procedure that can change that. Meaning you don’t become male or female simply by altering your organs and hormonal composition.
Why are some people deceived, thinking they are in the wrong body? It is partly because our society and culture has defined the characteristics of the male and female outside what the word of God says. E.g. the society defines males as aggressive, loves football, hates shopping, uses about 70% less words than the female, not emotional, must not cry, can’t stand cooking, not designed to do house chores, definitely not ‘touchy feely’, hates to give details of how his day went, designed to be stubborn, must be able to make all the decisions all the time, he is the boss at home, must have all the answers all the time, must be a handyman. Unfortunately, some in the body of Christ embraces and teach these as the definition of the males. I don’t see anywhere in the bible that defines the characteristics of the male as any of the above.
When God created human kind, He made them male and female (Genesis 1:27). God did not ‘mass produce’ mankind, we are all uniquely made. Even scientists have testified that no two people share the same finger prints. God did not create us and then decided a purpose for our lives rather He had a purpose for our lives before creating us. It is that specific purpose that determined whether we are going to be male or female, our biological parents, how long we’d live, the exact places we’d grow up and our personality types.
Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be (Psalms 139:16 NIV)
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV)
From one man he made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us (Acts 17:26-27 NIV)
My husband and I always laugh when we read a book or watch a program on TV especially marriage seminars where the presenter defines the males with the attributes I listed above because it is not true of us and I can count several other males who don’t fit those description. When my husband gets into a shop, he wants to stay there all day. I am the type that goes to a shop, get what’s on my list and get out. When my husband talks about his day, he wants to tell you everything that happened. I am the opposite. My typical response to a ‘how was your day’ question is ‘Oh… it was ok’ and I’m done, I’m learning to talk more now because I know he wants to hear more. I love football and my husband does not care about it. My husband and I have so many things in common but I listed these differences to establish you are not male or female based on your likes, dislikes, or your personality type. God in His infinite mercy had to create men like my husband, for women like me and vice versa.
Words like ‘tomboy’ for girls and ‘sissy’ for boys are from the pits of hell, to mislead people into thinking something is wrong with them because they don’t fit into man made description of male and female. My suggestion will be to rid our vocabulary of those words. If a girl is determined, adventurous and likes getting things done, tell her so. If a boy is nurturing, tell him so and encourage them to discover why God designed them like that.
Our personality types – extroverts or introverts, adventurous or cautious, are gifts from God. We have the responsibility of learning how to manage our weaknesses so they don’t sabotage our strengths bearing in mind that we house these precious gifts in fragile earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7)
If my husband and I were not secure in who we are in Christ, we’d probably think we are in the wrong body based the secular definition of the genders. I am the right mix of character traits for the call of God on my life and so are you. You are not a biological accident, you were fearfully and wonderfully made, designed to fit your destiny. Rejoice in who you are in Him – your joy is an act of worship unto God.
To your success!
With Love,
Angela
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