Break the Box

 Mark 14:3 -  While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

Somethings have become rhetorical more than they have become anything of substance and value concerning the things of God.  And though there is no new thing under the sun, there should be new revelations or understandings that as man kind grows and matures in our relationship and experiences with God that we should be able to derive from the word of God.  And not to sound pious, I have gotten a little worn with my gender being approached in the same way. 

Sermons as it relates to women tend to be geared toward the same topic, promiscuity. These sermons tend to highlight the shame one might have felt being promiscuous woman and the gratitude that should come with being delivered or even the issues/emotional baggage that come from the disappointments, hurts, infidelities, abuse and neglect that "our" gender suffer as if men don't carry this same baggage. I find there only few ministers that dare approach these topics as it pertains to men.  Never the less, I found that women kind have been placed in a box, limited in how we should be approached or remembered and all the while encouraging us to get over "it" or "forget" this shame, though we are constantly reminded of it.

The scripture carefully reminds that the older woman are to teach the young women how to be chaste, good wives and loving mothers. But we have gotten so caught up in talking about how bad we were before the Lord that no one is TEACHING! I guess it is because remembering where God has brought you from is praise worthy but if no one ever has tell you how to get beyond the gates of bondage then you will spend the rest of your liberty walking in the wilderness.

What "I" would like to see is real balance taught from the Holy desk. Show me as a woman who have experienced these things to not just have gratitude that I am free but show me what to do next with all this new found freedom, help me reach my potential don't just tell me I have it.

The scripture that the Lord gave me in reference to the subject caused me to realize that religiousity will want to keep me boxed in, boxed in to who I was and limiting my value based on who I used to be, negating to instruct me that who I used to be is reason enough to break the cycle of thinking and self imaging that has kept me not just bound, but from real worship.... worship! Breaking the box frees me to give God my best and for Him to be glorified!  So break the box!

whewww... That felt good! LOL

Now and Always...Be Blessed,

Nikki G