This morning, I'm listening, for a second time, through a series of messages by Joe and Paula Ehrmann titled, "Journey: from hurt to healing to wholeness."This time around, I'm taking notes and will share them here on my blog in upcoming days. These messages contain some excellent stuff! Joe Ehrmann was the central figure in the book, "Season of Life" that has been talked about around NMC much lately. Click here to visit his ministry website.
One of the things that Joe & Paula discuss are the cultural lies that men and women buy into today. Here are the ones they said women buy into:
WHAT ARE THE CULTURAL LIES THAT WOMEN BELIEVE TODAY?
(1) The Lie of Physical Beauty – the belief that only beautiful women are lovable and acceptable.
(2) The Lie of Dishonesty – The lie that women have to find subtle and manipulative ways to get their needs met.
(3) The Lie of Prince Charming - Most all little girls grow up believing that if they are good and beautiful enough that they will be rescued from this life of distress by a Knight in shining armor.
Paula shares the following insight..
“These lies all weave together how we’ve been wounded by a culture that says if you really want to be a woman you will act like this, look like this and anything short of this is inadequate, and shameful, and unlovable. And therefore we enter into relationships with much of our true-selves hidden.
The lies that lead to dishonest attempts to lie and control others, it’s living out of fear because we don’t trust God to meet our needs. As long as we compare ourselves to each other and against a cultural standard that holds a Barbie doll image of a woman in highest regard, we will be distracted by our attempts to cover and hide what we believe is not beautiful about us and we will continue to estimate our self-worth apart from who God sees us as.”
“Lastly, our belief in fairytales and the world of princes, will keep us disappointed by real life. It’s a distraction that keeps us from the things that are really important.”
The lies that lead to dishonest attempts to lie and control others, it’s living out of fear because we don’t trust God to meet our needs. As long as we compare ourselves to each other and against a cultural standard that holds a Barbie doll image of a woman in highest regard, we will be distracted by our attempts to cover and hide what we believe is not beautiful about us and we will continue to estimate our self-worth apart from who God sees us as.”
“Lastly, our belief in fairytales and the world of princes, will keep us disappointed by real life. It’s a distraction that keeps us from the things that are really important.”
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