I am a 'people watcher' by nature...this calling has caused me more than once to view some married folks, and wonder, "How in the world did they ever hook up?!"
I mean, they didn't look like they fit together at all...she was tall and he was short...his head looked too big for his body or whatever...you get the idea.
Yet they did fit in ways that couldn't be readily seen...God has His way of hooking folks up to perform His will and it goes beyond outward appearance.
I am a 'people watcher' by nature...this calling has caused me more than once to view some married folks, and wonder, "How in the world did they ever hook up?!"
I mean, they didn't look like they fit together at all...she was tall and he was short...his head looked too big for his body or whatever...you get the idea.
Yet they did fit in ways that couldn't be readily seen...God has His way of hooking folks up to perform His will and it goes beyond outward appearance.
My sister is overweight and has been most of her life. She once had two young men vieing for her love.....she choose one and remained best friends with the other.
Well, the one she chose turned out to be using her to quelch rumors among those who knew him that he was gay (and he was), and the other later dated and married another overweight woman (who coincidentally shares my sister's name) and they are happily married with two children.
My sister has never been married (she's 32) and is so sorry that she missed the boat she was offered so long ago. She hasn't dated anyone since.....and it's been about ten years ago.
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
Talk is cheap. How many young men date fat women? Few and far between.
What do you mean by "Talk is cheap"?
So you don't know any fat married women? I know many women who were fat when they got married. I will be performing a wedding on Easter Sunday for a woman who is fat.
I think what young girls should be encouraged to do is to seek God, to consecrate their lives to Him and seek God for HIs will in regard to a mate. That's the best advice of all.
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__________________ Smiles & Blessings.... ~Felicity Welsh~ (surname courtesy of Jim Yohe)
So you don't know any fat married women? I know many women who were fat when they got married. I will be performing a wedding on Easter Sunday for a woman who is fat.
I'm fat. I don't know if I'd date a fat woman. I've always thought that the woman should be a few inches shorter, and weigh less than the man. Maybe that's too idealistic.
My wife, who is very active in District Ladies ministry, tells me that more and more she sees women speakers who's mannerisms and demeanor seem to be quite masculine. They scream, pound the pulpit, line everybody out on standards and such.
Recently, I had a chance to watch a lady preacher from TBN. Her first name was Paula (I can't remember the last name). She exhibited what my wife told me she keeps seeing at some of our "ladies" conferences.
It was revolting. I can't stand to see male preachers who priss around like fairies, and I can't stand to see women preachers/speakers who stomp around like lumberjacks.
Does feminism have a place in the Apostolic movement?
Getting back on topic overlooking hidden innuendo and putdowns (not you Pastor P) ....... to your original post and question........
What's happening in the world sooner or later finds a resting place in the church so .... feminism in its negative connotation and effect is in the church. However I don't think that a certain style of speaking nor certain types of personality and how that's expressed behind a pulpit have to do so much with feminism. But certainly some of the messages coming across reek of something that sounds foreign to me and would no doubt to many of the women of this and previous generations.
Women can use intelligence "power" manipulatively (yep .... uh huh) as much as what they feel they lose in regard to physical attractiveness "power".
As for the style of some of these lady preachers, like everything else it's open for opinion. Some have no problem with it. Some do.
__________________ Smiles & Blessings.... ~Felicity Welsh~ (surname courtesy of Jim Yohe)
The bottom line is that it is not uncommon for men who are married to very attractive and bright women to end up having affairs with women who are not nearly as attractive nor as bright as their wives.
I do agree that teenage girls need to have someone come along and give them a reality check when it comes to buying into the ungodly fashions and trends of this world that are presented as what will make them popular and "hot" with the opposite sex.
In thinking back to some of my high school friends, I recall them coming to school on Monday and discussing the girls they had got in on with over the weekend. These were the girls who would have been considered "hot". However, one only needed to listen to the comments these guys made to know they didn't respect these girls. These certainly weren't the girls they ended up marrying!
The bottom line is that it is not uncommon for men who are married to very attractive and bright women to end up having affairs with women who are not nearly as attractive nor as bright as their wives.
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Why do you think this is?
I do agree that teenage girls need to have someone come along and give them a reality check when it comes to buying into the ungodly fashions and trends of this world that are presented as what will make them popular and "hot" with the opposite sex.
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I think that most Apostolic girls have good leadership in their churches as Pastor's wives, Sunday School teachers, and youth directors that are there to teach and train the young people what is modest and Godly apparrel.
In thinking back to some of my high school friends, I recall them coming to school on Monday and discussing the girls they had got in on with over the weekend. These were the girls who would have been considered "hot". However, one only needed to listen to the comments these guys made to know they didn't respect these girls. These certainly weren't the girls they ended up marrying!
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Men don't marry women, boys don't marry girls that they sleep with/ have sex with before they are married...when will women/girls catch on to this very easy concept?
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