Discernment.
With all the recent hoopla over Juanita Bynum’s beatdown, by her estranged husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks, AND the recent announcement that another TBN couple are DIVORCING, I want to share a blog post I just read: Derrick Williams wrote a letter, to Creflo Dollar a few years ago.
You betta preach, Derrick!
A Nappy Girl
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Thanksalot for your time and comment! And for sharing. Derrick.
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Derrick,
Thank YOU for taking your time to address the critical issues. I’m tired of these “teachers” getting away with madness, while the rest of us are admonished to look the other way, and not say anything — and if/when we do say something, it’s often just as crazy.
Keep bringin’ it straight, with no chaser!
God’s blessings and protection to you, and your family!
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Evidently, there’s lots going on in the blogosphere about this whole matter. Some things being written are downright vicious. Others, like Derrick Williams, yourself and a few others, are trying to use this as an occasion for honest reflection about gender and the church. Being anointed doesn’t protect you from scrutiny. I’ve even weighed in on the topic myself there on my blog: http://somethingwithin-rjweems.blogspot.com/.
Soap, nappy hair, and failed romance– what more can we say?
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Hey nappiejean!
Thanks for commenting, as always. I love talking to you! I welcome the dialogue. As one who believes that God calls married women to “submit” to their husbands, I also understand the very real dilemma that comes with Paul’s instructions — in THIS day and time. What a mess!
But, I believe Paul was inspired, by The Holy Ghost, to write what he did, and I believe that God allowed it to be part of the sacred text, for a reason. I believe that God’s divine order for the family is: husband/wife/children. The husband is the head, as Christ is the head of the church. God’s order is perfect. God’s people are sinful. That’s the problem.
The husband is to LOVE HIS WIFE, as his own body (Paul said that, too), as Christ loved the church — so much that he hung from a tree, to purchase our redemption. Trouble is, women are beat over the head, with the submission role. All men want honor and respect from their wives, but many don’t choose to live in such a way that will result in them receiving the honor and respect they desire — which makes “submission” difficult and grievous. Where’s the love that’s sacrificial?
Then, women and men are so used to covering male irresponsibility/immaturity — I was surprised at how many WOMEN came with the “Well, Bishop Weeks made a mistake. Nobody’s perfect” type response. A mistake? A slip? He chokes, stomps and kicks his wife — and threatens to kill her. A bishop. Again, some of us are so…words escape me, that we can’t see just how SICK this man truly is. It’s NOT “a mistake” — it’s a spiritual malignancy. Something foreign was allowed to grow, unchecked — and it choked out the “goodness” that should have kicked in, when the thoughts to kick Juanita, crept in.
Now, can it be fixed? Yes. God can “fix” us, if we stay on the altar, and quit jumpin’ off, when the heat gets turned up. You can’t speak in tongues, to fix this one. You can’t “shout out” personal demons, like you can a blood stain on a white shirt. It’s going to take humility, repentance and total de-pendence on God, and some WISE, godly counsel.
Where am I? I can do bad, all by myself. I can receive a beating, from a thug on the street (don’t need a beatdown from my covering). I can stay single (yay lawd!), and save myself a WHOLE lot of grief. For me, it might just be “better to remain…”
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Hmmmm….I’m not pulling rank when I say I’m a minister and a biblical scholar, and I don’t share your confidence that “submission” is the way to go, that it’s God’s intention for women, etc. If slaves shared your confidence in the bible in the way that you do, black people would still be slaves in this country. Something instinctively told them that “slaves, obey your masters” was not inspired by God. That didn’t sound like the God they knew within. It’s taken women a century later to come to the same conclusion. Stoning is not the proper way to handle adultery and neither is it right that women be silent in the church. There are lots of wonderful things in the bible to uplift the spirit and to inspire folks to their full humanity, and that’s where I prefer to “hang my weave” so to speak.:lol:
But, hey, there are plenty of other things we agree on, like the joy and beauty of nappy hair and great soap!! And that’s why I like visiting your site.
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