Women of God
In a changing world, Christian women
hold on to an unchanging hand: God's hand.
STRUGGLES AS WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
                              by Marilyn LaStrape

We as women have a very unique place in God’s plan for the redemption of mankind. In and out of the
church we as women are being bombarded from all sides regarding our role in this world! We are
constantly being told that we need to change our God-given role as helpers to leaders in the forefront, and
to be equal in all realms with our men.

Because of this prevalent mind set, too often we want to take over where we have no God given authority
in our homes or in the church! We step into issues that God has determined is for the men as husbands
and/or leaders rather than letting Him work it out through them and not us! Some of us women are driven
by an insatiable need to control and this is a constant struggle. This need to control is one we will have to
constantly fight because it has been with us virtually since the beginning. It began with Adam and Eve and
continued through Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachel, and on and on and on!

precious in the sight of God.” Having that gentle and quiet spirit is most definitely the struggle for so many
precious in the sight of God.” Having that gentle and quiet spirit is most definitely the struggle for so many
of us women in the church!
of us women in the church!


In the church there is work to be done on every hand. Those women, who are working as hard as they
can, really struggle with the apathy of others! When announcements are made regarding areas of service
such as the need for Bible class teachers; visiting the sick; preparing the communion; nursery attendants;
preparing food for the sick/shut ins/funerals; coordinators and assistants for Ladies’ Day programs;
community outreach in benevolence and teaching the word, there is too much begging that goes on!

Jesus actually names six areas of service for all of us in the judgment scene of Matthew 25:31-46. Jesus
said, “When I was hungry, you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and
you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you
came to Me.” (Verses 35-36) Notice six times our Lord uses the personal pronoun “you” in these passages
addressing service!

Just in case we as women were wondering what God has mandated as our specific role of responsibility
and authority, it is found in Titus 2:3-5. “The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not
slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things – that they admonish the young women to
love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their
own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” We will be held accountable to these
commandments!

How do we endure in spite of all the setbacks, annoyances, and ambivalence we see in the church? Our
brother the apostle Paul gives these words of encouragement; “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in
the Lord.” (I Corinthians 15:58) “Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so
stand fast in the Lord, beloved.” (Philippians 4:1)
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