Dear women of power
In the month of January and February, I didn’t blog about anything. So many things crossed my mind and I have been battling a few issues on my own. I really appreciate everyone who keeps me company and the Holy Spirit who continues to minister to my soul through different people, different sermons and a whole lot of books and zoom sessions. Just last month, I got a book recommendation from a friend and I haven’t been able to let go of it. March is considered to be Women’s month so I just thought it wise for me to share with you a few nuggets from this life transforming book. The book is entitled Spiritual Dangers by Bishop Dag Heward Mills and he shares about what he termed the “Strange woman.” I have not only read this book once but I have been reading it for the third time now (That’s just how much I love it).
The author describesstrangepeople as those whose behaviour sows the seed of fornication, adultery and homosexuality in others. He goes on to share four types of strange women which he termed the calculating strange woman, the unintentional strange woman, the professional strange woman and the spiritual strange woman. I share a bit about each type of woman below.
- The calculating strange woman.
This type of strange woman is the one who knows exactly what she is doing. She is conscious of who she is and what she is doing. Her aim is to entice men, and to lead people into sexual affairs. She may look innocent and harmless but she is calculating and moving closer, step by step.
- The unintentional strange woman.
This strange woman is not aware that she behaves like a strange woman. She has many of the symptoms and signs of “strangeness”. Sometimes people grow up in a culture of lewdness and immorality. They inadvertently take on the characteristics of strange women. They dress in a half-naked way and do not think twice of it. Indeed, your culture can turn you into a strange woman without your knowing what you are doing.
- The professional strange woman.
The people in this group are known all over the world as prostitutes.. Prostitutes are usually seen on dark streets and corners trying to entice people. Apart from the women who call themselves prostitutes, there are many ladies who would sleep with a man in exchange for a dinner, a pair of shoes or a nice outing. There are people who get promoted in their jobs by sleeping with their bosses. In other words, they sleep their way to the top. Watch out for informal prostitutes. They abound in our modern world.
- The spiritual strange woman
Many churches are full of strange women. Women are naturally spiritual and they love to seek God for the security He provides. They speak in tongues, they read their Bibles but they also readily have sex with everyone. The church is full of precious lives. The Bible says she hunts for precious lives (Proverbs6:26). These precious lives are men and women who love God and who would serve Him with all their hearts. Satan is not just going to sit around and allow people to serve God. Through a strange woman, a precious life will become an irrelevant life as far as the ministry is concerned.
Having read and done a bit of analysis on each of the strange women listed above, I figured out that most are times that we become strange women unknowingly or rather unconsciously but our behaviours the fall under the “strange women categories.” I have figured out that our spheres of influence are the ones that describe what kind of people (women) we are.
We know the proverb, “Birds of the same feather flock together”, and “Show me your friend and I will show you your character.” Another proverb says that you are a product of your five closest friends. These sayings are not in the Bible, but they have been proven to be true. It all bows down to the priorities we have set as different individuals in life and thus we choose our sphere of influences. I just really want to encourage us to not be found to be strange women and to choose our circles wisely. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills goes on to write about the signs of a strange woman and among these are; dressing in a particular way and by that he meant dressing in a revealing and suggestive way, “ Proverbs 7:10 …there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot…” We may term it as fashion but a woman of valour oughts to dress modestly. A strange woman is a man hunter, a woman who strikes and always seeks to be noticed (attention seekers). He also noted that a strange woman is attracted to great men and I do hereby quote “As a pastor, if you cannot identify the strange women you can easily fall prey to them.” I therefore concluded that men of influence also need to be on the look-out for such women.
He gave examples of strange women in the Bible and these included Tamar, Delilah, Michal and the strange women of Babylon. He went on to give characteristics of the different women and how they contributed to the fall of great men. He concluded by advising men to understand the keys to their attraction in women as well as dangers of living a dual life.
I won’t do much justice to the book, it’s really power-packed and I encourage all of us to grab a copy and have deeper understanding of what he shares. My prayer for all of us is that we may all be Proverbs 31 type of women and seek the face of God more than anything in this world. That being said I also encourage you all to be empowered women, to follow your dreams, to live a life that will leave a legacy and to be examples to the generations that will come after us.
I am currently reading “The confident woman” by Joyce Meyer and I also recommend it. God bless you all, stay strong in the faith and never get tired of praying.
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