tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post4182291980460987302..comments2024-02-22T15:59:54.435-08:00Comments on Herding Grasshoppers: On MotherhoodHerding Grasshoppershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-49295063531287987532014-02-26T14:40:33.234-08:002014-02-26T14:40:33.234-08:00Yes!
I think what always got me hung up was that ...Yes!<br /><br />I think what always got me hung up was that grammatically, at least the way it sounds in English, <i>if you read that verse alone</i> it appears that salvation for women is contingent on childbearing - obviously not the case.<br /><br />And I love the analogy. Mmmmm, <i>ice cream</i>...Herding Grasshoppershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668974245505544238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307114766025313443.post-54585536285266620462014-02-26T14:25:36.675-08:002014-02-26T14:25:36.675-08:00Sounds reasonable, but I think too that God uses t...Sounds reasonable, but I think too that God uses the circumstances of people's lives to draw them to Him, and for many women a large part of their lives is childbearing, so of course he will use that circumstance. <br /><br />I also think of it like this - we go through things as we are saved. (are saved, being saved, will be saved - I believe all of these are true simultaneously) So we go through childbearing and we are saved. Like saying I ate ice cream through all of June, except much better! sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372272007182679464noreply@blogger.com