Walking With Christ

⚓ Floatie:  The Sanitized Version We’re Taught

Proverbs 31:30  Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.(ESV)

When most churches teach about women in the Bible, they focus on quiet submission and gentle obedience.  The examples are always the same:  Sarah’s obedience, Ruth’s loyalty, Hannah’s prayers, Mary’s humility.  And yes—these are beautiful, God-honoring qualities.  But when this is all we teach, we’re telling only half the story.

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✒️ Forge:  The “Gentle Women” Lens

• Sarah — Honored for calling Abraham “lord” and following him, even when he failed (1 Peter 3:6).
• Ruth — Celebrated for her loyalty to Naomi and quiet faithfulness in Boaz’s field.
• Hannah — Remembered for her silent prayers and dedication of Samuel.
• Mary (mother of Jesus) — Praised for her humble acceptance:  “let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38)(ESV).
• Mary Magdalene — Often reduced to her tears at the tomb instead of her boldness as the first resurrection witness.

These are true stories.  But they are often presented as the blueprint for womanhood—submissive, supportive, quiet, unseen.

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⚒️ Anvil:  The Fierce Women We Skip

But that’s not the whole picture.  Scripture also celebrates women whose obedience looked like courage, defiance, and even violence:

• Deborah — Judge of Israel, prophetess, and commander.  She told generals when and where to fight (Judges 4:6–7).
• Jael — Killed Sisera with a tent peg, ending a war (Judges 4:21).
• Esther — Risked her life to confront a king and save her people (Esther 4:16).
• Abigail — Intercepted David with bold words and provision, preventing bloodshed (1 Samuel 25:23–31).
• Rahab — Defied Jericho’s rulers, hid the spies, lied to authorities, and secured her family’s survival (Joshua 2:4–6).
• Priscilla — Corrected Apollos’ theology alongside her husband, shaping the early church (Acts 18:26).

These women weren’t porcelain ornaments.  They were iron in God’s hand.  They prayed, yes—but they also fought, confronted, and redirected history.

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🔥 Ember:  My Witness

For generations, we’ve taught women to only be like Sarah, Ruth, and Mary—gentle, quiet, supportive.  But God also calls His daughters to be like Jael, Deborah, and Esther—bold, cunning, unafraid of confrontation.  To tell only half the story is to lie about the women of Scripture.  It’s time to teach the whole truth.

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🌿 Covenant Triumph:  The Fullness of Womanhood in Christ

Galatians 3:28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.(ESV)

In Christ, women are not confined to a single stereotype.  They are both gentle and fierce, nurturing and warrior-like, humble and bold.  To limit them is to misrepresent God’s design.  The same Spirit who empowered Sarah’s faith also put a hammer in Jael’s hand.

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[⚓ Floatie] [✒️ Forge] [⚒️ Anvil] [🔥 Ember] [🌿 Covenant Triumph]
This post follows the Forge Baseline Rule—layered truth for the discerning remnant.