Yielding Rights

Feb 28, 2008

This week in our study we discussed lies women believe about themselves.  One truth we learned is that yielding our rights to Christ, rather than demanding our rights from God and others, is the pathway to contentment and freedom.

Nancy Leigh Demoss says, "Women have been told that demanding their rights was the ticket to happiness and freedom.  After all, 'If you don't stand up for your rights, no one else will!'  However, I am convinced that the claiming of rights has produced much, if not most, of the unhappiness women experience today."  (Lies Women Believe, pg. 74)

In light of those words and the discussions we have had this week, read this article written by Rev. Thomas F. Dailey, O.S.F.S. who is director of the Salesian Center for Faith & Culture at DeSales University in Center Valley.  If you get a chance, comment on how this article ties into what we learned in our study this week and the quote from NLD above. 

Here are some further questions to provoke your thoughts:

1- Why does the author claim that the "classic parental cliché that she could grow up "to be anything you want to be" not true?  How does that tie into the NLD quote above?

2- How could the subject in the article (Sophie) have reacted differently to her situation if she was relying on the truth we studied?

3- How does the author's argument that choices are not disablities tie in with what he calls the greatest disability: "a false belief that we can or should have everything we want"?  And does that reflect the sentiment of NLD and what we discussed this week?  If so, how?

You don't need to use these questions if you have other thoughts to express.  Also, feel free to share what God has been teaching you this week through the study. 

Please remeber to not use slander, crude language or offensive thoughts in your comments!  We would like this blog to uplift the women of Cornerstone!

***The article in this post does not necessarily reflect the beliefs and/or sentiments of Cornerstone and the Women's Ministry.  It was used here to provoke further thought about our biblestudy.***

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