Our Sunday school class has recently gone through an extensive look at God's ordained roles for men and women especially focusing on what the Bible says regarding marriage.Then comes Sarah.
One of my sons bounced the question off of another son that the media has yet to pick up on. If Christians (Bible-believing, Bible-adhering, born-agains) recognize the biblical direction for male leadership within the church, is Sarah Palin as the Veep verboten? The last post even had a couple of comments dancing on that topic.
The Biblical design, generally, is male leadership. Within the church, that is specific. Within the home, when the husband is present, that is specific. Outside those two God-ordained institutions, not so much.
Interesting that God raised up Esther to be the queen in a pagan land. So, also, as referenced in a recent comment, Deborah to lead Israel for a time. Would God's raising up a small-town wife and mother to the second highest position in the free world be contrary to His word and His nature? I don't think so. Non-standard, out of the ordinary, rattling our John 6 cage?
Could an immense God do something so odd, so unexpected, so confounding and surprising? So wonderful? Yes.
Senors Obama and Biden best lace up their skates and suit up with full-pads if they're going to skate with this inspired woman. She hits hard.
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Queen Esther was the "wife" of the king.
No evidence that QE was a national leader or exercised "de jure" authority over anyone.
No evidence she abandoned her wifely/motherly duties.
She DID do exactly what every wife should do. Advise/influence her husband to act in consonance with God's Word/Will.
It may be anecdotal, but I've known many families with strong, dominant women and passive men. What I've observed is not encouraging and matches, to some degree, what the Palin family has shown us thus far.
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