To Be a Woman Is More Than Enough
Thursday, May 15, 2025
It makes sense that because white men created so much of religion, the image of God was an old white man with grey hair. However, this image needs a makeover because he’s no longer working.
—Jacqui Lewis, “She Is Love, She Is Love,” the Mendicant
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis explores how oppressive images of God lead us to limit and even exclude ourselves from the divine image.
We know, despite preaching and teaching to the contrary, that our God is not on the side of oppression but on the side of freedom and justice. We know our God is a revolutionary lover who came as one of us to teach us how to love. We know that any Christianity practicing the tools of empire is not Christian and that Christian nationalism is not about Christ but is about propping up empire with God-talk.
What I am saying is this: Some of us are walking around like the god of the oppressor is our god. Oh, we’re talking about liberation, but we have not freed ourselves…. Our pulpits preach too much about who is out. We fear questioning the way the world works because we might leave ourselves out. We’ve forgotten ubuntu—that we are inextricably connected, and that we are indeed our siblings’ keepers…. Let’s turn away from the theologies that cause us to keep others in chains.… As an act of prophetic resistance, we need to boldly reject theologies that contradict God-is-love. [1]
In her famous speech advocating for women’s right to vote, the abolitionist activist Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) emphasizes the strength and power of women, as well as the critical role of women in God’s plan for salvation:
I want to say a few words about this matter. I am a woman’s rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?… I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now…. I can’t read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. Well if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again…. How came Jesus into the world? Through God who created him and woman who bore him. Man, where is your part? But the women are coming up blessed be God and a few of the men are coming up with them. [2]
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Sarah Young
As you sit quietly in My Presence, remember that I am a God of abundance. I will never run out of resources. My capacity to bless you is unlimited. You live in a world of supply and demand, where necessary things are often scarce. Even if you personally have enough, you see poverty in the world around you. It is impossible for you to comprehend the lavishness of My provisions: the fullness of My glorious riches.
Through spending time in My Presence, you gain glimpses of My overflowing vastness. These glimpses are tiny foretastes of what you will experience eternally in heaven. Even now you have access to as much of Me as you have faith to receive. Rejoice in My abundance–living by faith, not by sight.
RELATED BIBLE VERSES:
Philippians 4:19 NLT
19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
Additional insight regarding Philippians 4:19: We can trust that God will always meet our needs. Whatever we need on earth, he will always supply, even if it is the courage to face death as Paul did. Whatever we need in Heaven, he will supply. We must remember, however, the difference between our wants and our needs. Most people want to feel good and avoid discomfort or pain. We may not get all that we want. By trusting in Christ, our attitudes and appetites can change from wanting everything to accepting his provision and power to live for him.
2nd Corinthians 5:7 NLT
7 For we live by believing and not by seeing.
Additional insight regarding 2nd Corinthians 5:7: Paul was not afraid to die because he was confident of spending eternity with Christ. Of course, facing the unknown may cause us anxiety, and leaving loved ones hurts deeply, but if we believe in Jesus Christ, we can share Paul’s hope and confidence of eternal life with Christ. Death is only a prelude to eternal life with God. We will continue to live. Let this hope give you confidence and inspire you to faithful service.
Today’s Prayer: Lord, as I sit in Your presence, remind me of Your abundance. Your resources are limitless, and Your blessings overflow. In a world of scarcity, help me to grasp the richness of Your provisions. Through faith, may I rejoice in Your abundance, even as I await eternity with You. Thank You for supplying all my needs from Your glorious riches. Amen.
