You Can't Stop a Woman When She's Out of Control

The title of this blog is also the title of a Rodney Crowell song. It was intended as a tongue in cheek assessment of a relationship gone sour from the man's point of view. It offended a lot of people but I always thought it was funny. It doesn't seem quite so funny anymore. Like most of satire it has A LOT of truth in it. A woman who is out of control can wreak havoc wherever she is. First of all she is out of the will of God. Out of that disobedience comes all sorts of trouble. She has flouted her husband's authority and she likes the taste of that so she begins to flout all male authority. She questions all of the decisions made by the pastor and elders of her church. She questions whether the pastor has enough knowledge to preach to HER. Maybe her knowledge is above his. She begins to whisper to her close friends. If they have no strong head of household to rein them in they are joining in with the first woman, causing strife among the widows and the unequally yoked to begin with. Then they will try to rope in others and the whispering campaign begins. There is really nothing for the pastor to do because he didn't really cause an offense to begin with. He offended just by being who he is; an authority figure. He really can't apologize because the reasons for the offense do not exist. He can do a blanket apology but then the requirements are raised, he didn't apologize for the specific offenses. We really don't care that he has no earthly idea what he did to offend these women so deeply. They are right and he is wrong and there is NOTHING he can ever do to make it right. (No, a woman out of control is not required to forgive as the Bible commands, in case you are wondering.)

What an example for the young women of this society! I am seeing it played out in the public school at which I work. These young girls have no modesty. They are ready for anything and will chase a boy with sexual innuendo and flirtation, etc. until he throws up his hands and says that he might as well give in to temptation. What happens next? The girl reports him for sexual harrassment and he is facing charges before he can count to three. Parents, if your children are in a public school situation, you MUST warn them. I have told my son that he is never to be alone with a girl in this school. He must ALWAYS be above reproach. There is no accountability on the part of the girls to be modest, to behave in a respectful and respectable manner. Anything goes. They can wear whatever they want and no boy is supposed to think the less of them. They are allowed to touch a boy in a disrespectful manner and it is okay.

I guess that the reason I equate these is that we are certainly seeing the effects of rampant feminism playing out everywhere. In church, in public life and in the home. Jesus tells us to lay down our yoke and rest in Him. Part of our yoke as women is the desire to usurp our husband's authority. True freedom comes in submitting to his headship over you. Thank you, my dear husband for your care of me!

Till next time...