It’s a phrase developed by the liberal crowd to identify the agenda of  conservatives to prohibit abortion.  And let me tell you, there is a war. But, it’s not what they say it is.

The war on women in our society is asking them to be like men. I’m not talking about equal pay for equal work; that’s obvious. And I’m also not talking about the fundamentalist Christian view that a woman’s place is only in the home. I am a full-time working mom. In this country, we refuse to celebrate and embrace what makes us women. Uniquely created.  One major thing that sets us apart is our ability to  support life. Instead of embracing that gift, what the mainstream tells us is that we should destroy that life any time we want, for any reason, or no reason at all.  The war is on.  It strips women of the most precious gift that makes a woman a woman and mistakes that thievery for freedom. It makes us choose between making career advancements and families.  It’s bosses that ask, “Are you having another?”  and unpaid maternity leaves.

I know it’s complicated. I’m a high school teacher and have seen plenty of teenage girls make mistakes that have huge impacts on their futures. But the child doesn’t destroy life, he or she is a life.

I am a woman. I don’t want to be treated like a man. I want better than that!

I’m not who I was.  And I am grateful to God for His regenerative work in my life.  I can barely identify with the person I used to be which is generally a source of joy, peace, and fulfillment.

However.  I’ve found in working in ministry it is important to remember my sin state.  As Ephesians 2:8-9 states that it is by grace I’ve been saved and not by works. It’s all of God’s work so I cannot take credit for the person I am becoming.  And so it is with people that frustrate me when the truth is clear and they don’t cling to it. When it’s obvious what the next step in their faith should be, but they don’t take it.

It is by grace that I am who I am. It is by grace that those who frustrate me will become who they will be in Christ. Because I am changed, I believe others will be changed. But the frustration is just a mis-remembering of how I got to where I am. I cannot boast. And I cannot be impatient with the work of grace in others, nor expect their journey to look like mine. I can rejoice in the grace continually given to me and keep moving on.

Philippians 1:6…