8. March 2011 by admin.

I am a pastor’s wife that has had a burden for many years to have a larger influence for the Kingdom of Christ, than just the physical presence I have in a local church.  Not so much to make a “name” for myself, but to use the gifts I feel God has given me.  I love to study history and see how God has worked out His will in the lives of men.  Biographies have always been a source I have enjoyed in this study of history, because it puts a real person in the arena, and being a woman I like to know how someone thought and felt about events that took place around them.  Having said that, I have been thinking a lot lately about  doing a study on the women in the Bible as a historian of sorts, and to see what can be learned from them that will be of benefit in the lives of women today.  As I said, I wanted to go beyond the confines of my particular church I belong to, and reach out to a broader audience.

As a student of computers and the internet, I know that there is a large audience available through this medium.  Hence the blog I hope to start.  Of course, no one may read this, or interact with it either, and if that happens then I will praise God.  He will bring those He wants to this site, and I pray use it for His glory in any lives of those who do take the time to read it.  The activity of studying and writing will be a blessing for me even if no one else reads it.

So what will this blog be? This is going to be a blog of women in the Bible from a reformed perspective. A “reformed” perspective is one that views the scriptures as the infallible Word of God (II Timothy 3: 16, 17 - All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; ¹⁷so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work).  Seeing the scriptures as the Word of God means that what He has revealed in His Word is the truth for man in how we are to worship God, how we are to live before Him, and how we are to live our lives as creatures created by a Holy God.

Being creatures, means that we do not question what He says and expects of us.  He has put us here on the earth for a purpose.  The first catechism question in the Westminster Shorter Catechism says:

What is the chief end of man?  Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever.

So what do I hope to accomplish with this blog?  I will take a woman from the Bible and look at what the Word says about her, using the verses where she is found.  I will present what godly men have written about these verses in their commentaries and how we should view them.  But I would also like to attempt to apply how we as women in the 21st century need to use these scriptural portraits to see what a godly woman is to be.

There are many both good examples and bad examples to look at, and I will start at the beginning with Eve.  As I think on Eve I find that there are many different facets of her that are presented in the Word, so I will use several of the early blogging entries to deal with her.  I welcome interaction from my readers, let’s use this as a virtual discussion as well as a time of learning about these women God has given us to study.

I don’t claim to be the expert in this area, but I do enjoy studying people and what history has to say about them.  In this case my source of history will be the Bible (supplemented with commentaries).  It is my hope and prayer that this will be of benefit in the Kingdom of Christ.  My ultimate goal in life is not just my own enjoyment of God, but to encourage others to have a godly desire to enjoy Him in their own lives.  It is with great humility that I start off on this endeavor.

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1. March 2011 by admin.

I have divided the pages of this site into the separate major topics that will be covered, by each woman.  So you will see that I will be starting with Eve.

The main page will give the Bible verses where that woman is located by name or direct inference.  This will be posted during the week before the blog will actually be started.

Each blog posting will deal with an aspect of the woman under discussion.  Those who have registered will be encouraged to comment if so led on either the main posting, or on other comments made.  Each comment will be reviewed before being posted, so it will take at the most a day to view new comments.  So check back daily to see what others have said.

I pray that this will encourage us to be in the Word of God each day, and seek to study what God has said about these women.

I am definitely not all knowing, nor am I a theologian, so I look forward to our exchanges to be edifying and educational for us all.

John Otis, as my husband and my pastor, will be overseeing the site and the content as well.  If for any reason, he rejects a comment, I will seek to contact the contributor to explain why.

God bless us all as we look to Him for growth and sanctification in His word.

Christine

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