That thread was necessary, as a girl in her young 20s I'm awakened to the fact that:
1. You can always be more
2. Whatever you pursued for undergraduate doesn't have to necessarily determine your Masters or PhD
3. Black women are more than the eyes meet
4. There's no academic limit, you can keep on going and going and going
So a letter to my 10 years self from now, "represent us well, Ik you can"
The Nigerian government has done something impressive.
They have convinced millions of people that struggling to eat, struggling to pay rent and struggling to survive is a personal failure instead of an economic one.
That's genius.
29 days in captivity, almost a month and still no response from the incompetent govt... Just pain & frustration
We are NOT moving on, Bring them home
Until a man get pregnant and carries a child in his womb for 9 months, men's contribution about how women should look during pregnancy holds no weight.
Na until all of us die???? Don’t be distracted oh. 42kids are in captivity in Borno. 35 in ogbomosho. Terrorists are doing giveaway on TikTok and Tinubu is lying that they will be found. We are on our own oh. Fight back.
You don’t want to identify as a “feminist”, because you’re a christian and being Christian is enough. No problems. In fact, I hear you.
However, the responsibility is now on you to speak boldly and directly against misogyny and patriarchy using our Christian persuasion from the holistic understanding of scripture.
It should be very easy to do that. Start from the church and spread the message everywhere else.
Teach on the equality of their worth before God. Teach that the women and children department, serving puffpuff,etc is not an exclusive office for women, the women should also preach, teach, disciple God’s people and start full gospel ministries as God leads.
Teach on single men respecting the boundaries of women and not feeling intimidated by their ambition and success.
Teach how headship in a home is not for subjugation but sacrifice and a desire to die for your wife in a heartbeat.
Teach women that submission IN A MARRIAGE is NOT a relinquishing of their identity and purpose but honour for their husbands under God.
Teach women that staying in an abusive marriage and relationship is NOT scriptural—They should leave! Teach them that submission in a marriage shouldn’t cut short their destinies and diminish their worth and self esteem.
Teach women that marriage is NOT a must and if it will happen, it must be on God’s terms with a worthy male partner. Teach them that God is NOT waiting for them to be married before fulfilling purpose. Teach them not to shrink for male validation because they are both made in the image and likeness of God.
Teach men how God never said the husband must be richer/bigger/more famous than the wife. Teach men to not just allow their women shine but support and deeply encourage it because that is what being a husband is about.
Teach how men should be able to cook because it is a survival skill. Teach on how men should be actively involved in their children’s lives without seeking brownie points because that is what normal parenting is. I could go on.
There is also a conversation we need to have with Christian men.
Because some of you speak about women with an underhanded disdain that is deeply un-Christlike, then hide behind “biblical order” to justify it.
You cannot simply look at every Christian woman who resonates with feminism and dismiss her as rebellious. History has shown women have had reasons to fight. The Church is not entirely innocent in the abuse and silencing of women. We have sometimes weaponized Scripture instead of rightly dividing it.
Some women did not become angry because they hate God. They became angry because people used God against them.
There are women who have been talked down to, ignored, diminished, spiritually manipulated, and emotionally controlled in church spaces while men quoted “submission” at them like a threat.
And when women begin to push back against that, you cannot automatically label them rebellious without enough humility to ask:
“What exactly are they reacting to?”
Because even in Scripture, God did not condemn women who challenged systems.
The daughters of Zelophehad fought.
They contended.
They challenged a structure that disadvantaged them.
And God said:
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right.” (Numbers 27:7)
Not rebellious.
Not dishonorable.
Not with the spirit of Jezebel…
Right.
Some of you need to realize that being male does not automatically make your interpretation superior.
Statements like:
“Woman was created later, therefore she is lesser,”
“Eve was deceived, therefore women are inferior,”
“Men are naturally superior because Adam came first,”
do not make you sound spiritually mature. They make you sound biblically unintelligent.
Genesis 1 says:
“Male and female created he them.”
God did not create woman as an afterthought. He had both genders in mind from the beginning.
And Genesis 2 is not about superiority.
It is about order.
Order does not mean value.
Christ and the Church have order.
The Father and the Son have order.
Order is not inferiority.
In fact, biblical leadership is not domination.
Christ never used His position to belittle the Church, He died for her.
So how did some Christian men become more arrogant than Christ?
You brandish submission like a weapon.
You speak about masculinity like it is superiority.
You talk about women as though leadership means lordship.
News flash, you are not a biblical male. You are carnally minded and we all know what that means.
To lead in our Kingdom is to serve. Where is your service?!
And if creation order is your argument for superiority, then goats should be greater than men because animals were created before Adam.
The logic collapses immediately.
The truth is many women are angry because they encountered distortion disguised as doctrine.
Male ego preached as theology.
Misogyny defended with proof texts.
And instead of constantly rushing to call women rebellious, maybe Christian men need enough self-awareness to ask:
“Have we represented Christ properly?”
Because many women are not rejecting Christ.
They are reacting to men who looked nothing like Him.
Love and Light… with a sprinkle of Holy Ghost Fire.
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