A great example 2

If you go to any library you´ll find thousands of books for modern women, for the ones that work, or study, or are mothers, wives or professionals. many of these books, are not useful to guide a christian woman. 

So why not going to the bible? In this sacred book you´ll find inspiring stories of women that, lived long ago before us, are not so different from women nowadays. Through wise attitudes, they can teach us how to deal with job and marriage and mainly, how to listen to God´s voice and how to have a lifestyle acording to God´will. That´s why, we started talking about the women of the bible.

Due to the fact that many women nowadays have a profession or work, our first example is Deborah, who was the only woman in the Bible that became a judge of Israel.

She is an example of woman independence in a society where women wouldn´t stand up in professional life. With wisdom, she wrote her name in biblical history when she became a judge, without leaving aside the love for her family and humility.

In the book of Judges, chapter 4, begins the story of this courageous and strong woman. "She held courtunder the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided."

We don´t know where she came from. All that the Bible says is that, unhappy to see her people falling into the hands of their enemies, she stood up to fight for them.

Judges 5:7: "Villagers in Israel would not fight; they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel."

Her story before becoming a judge, is not known, but she won people´s respect, she feared God and proceeded with wisdom and love.

She was married to a man maned Lappidoth. The Bible doesn´t say much, but she probably must have had children.

Another thing about her is that she was confident. You can see that when Barak, in charge of the army, said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.” Judges 4.8.

She had the power in her hands, she was a leader, but wasn´t pride or thought that she was more important that others. The Bible shows us that she was humble because she wouldn´t let the power she had take away her sweetness.

Judges 5.9: "My heart is with Israel’s princes, with the willing volunteers among the people."

What else can we learn from her?

She knew how to find a link between professional and personal life. She never let freedom or independence perjudice her essence as a woman full of love,humility and gentle.

Without her support, Barak wouldn´t have gone to fight; he showed that without her words of encouragement and wisdom, they wouldn´t have had victory in any aspect of their lives.

Deborah stook up and put herself at God´s disposition and she was used by Him to set His people free.

In the end she said: “But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Judges 5.3

Who loves God above everything and asks for His guidance, shines in every aspect of his/her life.