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Photos by Guy Gerrard. This International Women’s Day, you can know that God sees, honors and values women. He has designed a special place for women in His plan to restore and redeem humanity. God’s love for women is radically different from the world’s.
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Mar 8, 2024 · Women were viewed as inferior and secondary in society. And yet, Jesus valued women when the culture didn’t. He saw them, invited them, and included them in His daily life and ministry. A woman was entrusted to carry the Son of God in her womb for nine months and to nurture and raise Him as He grew.
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- Hagar
- Rebekah
- Rachel
- Leah
- Tamar
- Miriam
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She's there in the beginning. In the earliest chapters of Genesis, we read about God creating her to be a companion for man. Together, Adam and Eve get themselves kicked out of the Garden of Eden. Then they suffer through the loss of Abel, and the exile of Cain. Eve gave birth to Abel, Cain, Seth, and other sons and daughters (Genesis 5). And we're...
Along with her father-in-law, Terah, husband, Abraham, and nephew, Lot, Sarah moved far away from home. Twice. She was also one of several women who suffered from infertility in the Bible. After suggesting Abraham go to her handmaid, Hagar, Sarah turned pretty bitter about how things turned out. That is, until she was 90, when "God did for Sarah as...
She has the honor of being the mother to Abraham's first-born son, Ishmael. Reading her story in Genesis 16, 17 and 21 will break a reader's heart. Did she have a voice in her circumstances at all? After Abraham took her and their son out into the wilderness for good, could she hear the sound of wild animals there? What must it have been like for h...
When their son was old enough to take a wife, Abraham made his servant promise he wouldn't get a wife for Isaac from the Canaanite women. He wanted a young maiden from his own kin. So, the servant back home, and he returned with Rebekah, who had shown him great kindness. However, she also turned out to be a crafty one, a trait she likely learned fr...
For the fourteen-plus years Jacob was in Haran, he took on two wives who were sisters. In all, he would father twelve sons and one daughter, with the two wives and their servants. Life in the Jacob-Leah-Rachel household was a lot. Throw in a move back to Canaan, where Rachel died giving birth to Jacob's last son, Benjamin. She was buried there, sti...
The other half of the sister combo married to Jacob. Although she gave Jacob many sons and a daughter, the Bible makes it clear she wasn't loved by Jacob in the same way he loved Rachel. How that must have devastated her. You can trace Leah's emotional journey through the names she selected for her four sons. From Reuben (See, A Son), to Simeon (He...
There are a few chapters toward the end of Genesis that focus on Judah, who is Jacob's fourth son. One verse in the ancestry of Jesus, found in Matthew 1 shed light on this time in patriarchal history: "Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram" (Matthew 1:3). We're sometimes quick t...
Two images of Miriam show her to be a woman of leadership and strength. First, when her brother, Moses, was put in the Nile River, hidden away from those who would carry out the Pharaoh's edict to kill all Hebrew baby boys, Miriam stood nearby. When the baby in a basket was discovered by the Pharaoh's daughter, Miriam showed great bravery and wisdo...
Here we have another one of the women listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1. The Israelites have made it out of Egypt, and through the wilderness, and are in the Promised Land. Specifically, Jericho. Without knowing the full context of the culture of the times, the second chapter of Joshua tells us Rahab was a prostitute. Rahab assists the ...
In the midst of the chaos we read about in the book of Judges, there are two heroic women who emerge victorious over their enemies. Deborah has credentials; prophetess, wife and judge (think chieftain, not court-of-law judge). She led Barak and thousands of Israelite warriors into battle against King Jabin, a Canaanite king. They were victorious (s...
May 30, 2023 · Discover these women and so many others scattered throughout Scripture and grow (and gleam) from their stories. All the while, invite Jesus into that intimate time, allowing Him to reveal a message He has just for you.
Sep 3, 2020 · The first book, “Women in the Bible on the Golan Landscape”, has 41 striking photographs including Eve, Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, as well as the lesser-known but still recognizable names like Miriam, Abigail, Dina, Ruth, and the Queen of Sheba.
May 4, 2022 · Judges, prophets, doctors...there are plenty of examples of women in the Bible who stepped out of the norms of society and became remarkable leaders. Let’s take a look at 10 women in the Bible whose stories teach what it means to lead, serve, and love.
Mar 16, 2023 · Read about 20 Christian women in church history who served God throughout Church history—compelling examples of God’s love, grace, and mercy.
