1. She is at peace with herself and God.
2. She is committed to God's headship order. (1 Cor.11:1-16)
3. She has a meek and quiet spirit.
4. She has a servant's heart.
5. She does not call attention to her physical beauty.
6. She considers homemaking a high and noble call.
7. She is a joyful person.
8. She is a woman of prayer and devotion to God.
9. She has learned the secret of Isaiah 26:3.
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Isaiah 26:3 states "The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.
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In 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 we find the order of headship:
1Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. 2Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. 3But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. 4Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. 5But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. 6For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head. 7For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; 9for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake. 10Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God. 13Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, 15but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 16But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.
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Love and A Godly Woman
"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." [1 John 4:16]
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." [1 John 4:8]
God does not just posess love and share it with us, He is love itself! God's love is expressed as mercy in forgiving sinners, and in rescuing or blessing those who do not deserve it.
If we will take a moment to examine our hearts, can we say that we are loving? I don't mean lovely to look at or so externally sweet that people find us loveable. I mean loving and merciful towards people who do not deserve it -- that Supernatural God-kind of love.
Can you show love to people who have wronged you or caused you so much pain that you didn't know whether or not you were going to make it?
Will you offer your help to someone who is not an appreciative person? Someone who may not even say thank you or lift a finger to ever help you when you're in need?
When you evaluate the activities performed in your day, can you list one or more times that you sacrificed yourself (your time, assistance, money, etc ...) to perform a service, unrelated to your employment duties, that would benefit someone other than a family member or a friend?
Do you posess the ability to do for others without having to receive credit for it? Or must you publicize what you do to get a pat on the back from other people?
God's love is freely given to all even though we did nothing to deserve it; even though we sometimes ignore Him; even when we put Him on the backburner and fail to acknowledge the things He's done for us.
His love extends beyond the barriers of hurt, pain, and anger. It is unconditional, unchanging, everlasting, unselfish and abundant regardless of how we respond or behave.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. [John 13:34]
Jesus does not request that we love one another, but He commands it! What's more, He tells us to love as He loves, and we know that He loved us enough to sacrifice His own life for us.
Wow, when you think of having to love folks who have dogged you out or done unthinkable, painful things to you, it makes you wonder if it is humanly possible to love as He loves.
I don't know that it's "humanly" possible for *me*, but I know that when we receive God's Holy Spirit, we receive the indwelling of His love. It is in this way that we can love as He loves. It's not us ourselves ... but Him in us.
Will it require an enormous amount of self-sacrifice on our part? Yes. It will. We have to die to our own emotions, thoughts and feelings to let Him be the loving, forgiving and merciful God that He is through us. Loving as He loves is not natural ... it's Supernatural.
As Godly Women we must love God more than we love ourselves and let Him use us to extend His love to everyone that we come in contact with: The people we like, and those who are less than our favorites; the ungrateful as well as the grateful; our enemies as well as our friends; the undeserving as well as the deserving; the people who always do right by us as well as those who wrong us; the people who bring us joy as well as the ones who cause us pain ... everyone.
