Our Place

"And YAHWAH Elohym said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make an help meet for him." Genesis 2:18 
 
 

My Beloved Sisters,

Here we are; a woman's place. You all had to know we had one, right? I guess most of us didn't because we have been so busy occupying the brothers/man's place for so long we thought it was ours, so we began to think/feel that we were equal to him.
 
We wanted (and maybe still want) to be "the man" so much so that we want to work like a man, dress like a man, curse like a man, spit like a man, drink like a man, stink like a man, play like a man, smoke like a man, chew like a man, fight like a man, boss like a man, swear like a man, etc. To be like a man is our highest goal and achievement. The pursuit of masculinity seems to be our highest calling. Anything that man can do, we want to do. There's one big problem with this: YAH did not create us to be a man nor to do the things man was created for.
 
So sisters, let us take our place with confidence and pleasure. Let us be first class women and not second rate men!

YAH has a beautiful plan for womanhood that will bring order and fulfillment if it is followed in obedience. YAH's plan is that one man and one woman, both standing before Him but with that of different roles, should be bonded together as one. 

To woman has been given one of the greatest privileges in the world, that of molding and nurturing a living soul.

Her influence, especially in the realm of motherhood, affects her children's eternal destination. The woman's role is not insignificant!
 
In the Garden of Eden, YAH said, "It is not good that the man should be alone," and He made a help meet for him-a companion, someone to help him do the work created for him to do. (Genesis 2:18).
 
Proverbs 31:10-31 tells in detail what kind of helpmeet the woman is to be. The supportive role of the wife to the husband is very evident in this description of the ideal woman. She "will do him good and not evil." Because of her honesty, modesty and chastity, "her husband does safely trust in her." By her efficiency and diligence she would look well to her household. The basis for her virtue is found in verse 30: "a woman that fears YAH." This is a reverential fear that gives meaning and purpose to her being. Only as YAH lives in our being can we be the women we were meant to be.
 
Marriage is to be a harmonious relationship similar to that of Yahoshua and his Body. Yahoshua is subject to YAH, man is subject to Yahoshua, and woman is subject to man. Why would any woman rebel at her position in the framework of authority when even Yahoshua, the Son, is subject to the Father (unless we of course are demon possessed)? As the wife reverences her husband, she is obedient to the scripture (Ephesians 5:33), and her husband is then able to bear the responsibility that YAH has laid on his shoulders.
 
The Liberation/Feminist movement has challenged YAH's blueprint for womanhood. Women are clamoring for freedom and fulfillment by asking for total equality. This puts them into a power struggle- into a competitive role instead of a complementary partnership. The woman's quest for so-called freedom only leads us into bondage.  Ironically, the very thing that many women are rejecting is YAH's way of establishing the woman in a way that fully satisfies.
 
If a woman moves aggressively into the man's world and there seeks independence and equality, she loses her femininity, that reserved modest sweetness that men respect and YAH approves.
 
Fulfillment comes as we cultivate those gifts for which we was created. Our submission to our husbands liberates us from a multitude of frustrating problems, and our submission to YAH's order frees us from guilt. Submission is a blessing, not a curse!
 
The pattern of men taking the leadership and women following will bring a blessing to single women as well as married women, to daughters as well as wives.
 
Love in marriage is to be pure and is given for pleasure as well as for propagation. We were uniquely created for the special task of bearing children, a creative fulfillment. YAH said, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28). To purposely choose not to have children is sidestepping YAH's principle and forfeiting one of the most rewarding experiences in a woman's life.
 
Our first duty is the making and keeping of our home. Many a modern woman chooses a career, hires a baby-sitter, and rushes her children through childhood so that she can be free to pursue her selfish interests. The Bible teaches that women are to be "keepers at home" (Titus 2:5). This means a woman is to be there, loving her husband, teaching and enjoying her children, and applying the homemaking arts with joy in her heart. This mother is the heartbeat of the home. She helps lay the foundation of moral standards there. The warmth of her spirit quietly establishes security in the lives of little children-confidence, that in spite of their problems and fears, all will be right. Why would any woman trade this noble place for some dollars earned or for some coveted position, (again, unless we are demon possessed)? This Bible way is not just being old-fashioned; it is YAH's order. The women, who wholeheartedly accept YAH's plan will be blessed, believe it sisters!
 
In certain instances, a woman's role extends beyond her home. Examples are given in both the Old and New Testaments of righteous women who had responsibilities in YAH's Kingdom. Also today there is a place for the righteous woman to serve within the congregation. As we exercise our inborn attributes of love, gentleness, and compassion, we are a living example of that which becomes holiness. Older women are exhorted to teach the young women, "that the word of Elohym is not blasphemed" (Titus 2:4, 5). Single women, who do not have the cares of a home and a family, are able to fill a special place (1 Corinthians 7:34).
 
There are definite guidelines for women's behavior in the congregation. They are not to usurp authority over men. Shaul instructs, "Let your women keep silence in the churches" (1 Corinthians 14:34, 35; 1 Timothy 2:11-15). The order that YAH has planned for women excludes them from preaching to men. Faithful women find places for active participation in the congregation where we can humbly and consistently fellowship with each other.
 
May each of us fill our role with the grace of YAH in our being, live in submissive obedience to His will, and humbly give of ourselves in the daily practices of life. As each person fills his/her respective place in YAH's plan, there is beautiful harmony that emerges in the mind, the home, and the congregation.
 
Let us return back sisters to The Genesis, the Original Plan of YAHWAH. Let us return back and become the women we were supposed to be before "The Fall."

Love in Messiah,

Emah AnaYah