Lessons From the First TEOTWAWKI- Part 3, by Sarah Latimer

The Core Lessons For Survival (continued)

2. Know who you are. Know your identity as a women within God’s framework of His Kingdom, within your family, and within society.

There are many things that can create uncertainty, fear, division, and hate. When these emotions take control, they lead to actions that can spiral the world toward a violent TEOTWAWKI situation. A single bit of news can generate everything from extreme stock market volatility and terrorist attacks. The news may or may not be accurate.

However, if you confidently embrace your role within your family, you will be able to work together in unity. You can confront whatever challenges you face most efficiently and effectively. In the meantime, you will know joy and contentment. Your cooperative work on preparations and projects of all kinds will come together. Life will be rich and fulfilling if you respect one another and look to serve one another. Give rather than fight each other for your share.

There are many examples of couples in the Bible.  The husbands and wives looked out for the well-being of one another. They even submitted and sacrificed for each other. It just works! But you must guard against the deceptions within our culture. These are targeting women’s minds and drawing you away from your husband and your family.

If you are looking for a resource to help you walk through this transition, I strongly recommend Choices by Mary Farrar. Many years ago, I began a study on this book. I walked away because it didn’t match with the things I believed at that time. Now, I look in the mirror and realize how foolish I was to postpone that transition! Please make the choice to make your husband, family, and home your top priority. It is the priority God gave you as a wife.

Feminism’s Role in Progressive Agenda

In the preparedness community, we are seeing a variety of powers at play simultaneous right now. One of those is specific to women. A significant number of North American women are driving the progressive, liberal agenda. In an effort to promote the feminist agenda, progressive women are aligning with other groups who have objectives that are counterproductive with their own. Many of these organizations oppose the well-being and personal rights and liberties of women (and men and children). I’m going to share quite a bit about the dangers of feminism and then I will share some of how this feminism/progressivism is affecting your conservative news outlets, too.

NOW’s Counterproductive Agenda

Just one example of a counterproductive women’s organization is the National Organization of Women (NOW). NOW states their purpose as follows:

“to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.”

In their endeavors they have been significant proponents of abortion, gun control, and  ideologies. These endeavors violate basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Their arguments seem to be that women’s definitions of happiness supersede everyone else’s, including even the unborn female’s. I don’t accept this!

In just a cursory review of some of NOW’s activities in their alignment with the United Nations (U.N.) on various human rights issues, I found some documentation on their promotion of gun control. Their skewed premise for promoting gun control is based upon their objective to protect women from violence. I find it ironic that the organization that stands behind the most violent and gruesome treatment of unborn children (abortion) justifies anything with this argument.

The Irony of Using “Infanticide” to Justify Gun Control

Beyond NOW, there are a number of feminist organizations pushing for increased gun control, but NOW’s 2010 report produced for the UN serves as a good example of the hypocrisy of this particular organization’s actions. The report, which was funded and submitted to the U.N. by this extremely pro-choice organization (promoting the mother’s right to commit infanticide of the unborn or newly born), requested tighter gun control in order to reduce “infanticide”. Isn’t that ironic? The wording in the 2010 report said:

“We are asking the U.S. Government to conduct further research into gun violence and to restrict the sale of guns congruent to the Brady Center Policies in order to reduce the number of overall fatalities with specific focus on those resulting in femicide, familicide and infanticide.” I submit that this organization is skewed to not be as concerned with infanticide or familicide as femicide, particularly of those women who share in their feminist viewpoints. They have, however, not been willing to defend my female friends who are “feminine” rather than “feminists”.

Feminist Don’t Treat All Women Equally.

Their organizations have not been willing to defend our rights to freedom of speech but have worked diligently to infringe upon this right and have, at times, been violent towards us. This occurs even though we are the gender they aim to protect and for which they say they seek equality. Apparently, in their eyes, not all women are equal. The feminine and the unborn women don’t get the same protections. Their statement of pursuit for fairness and equality sound good. However, their actions are extremely prejudiced. Yet, that is what they say they are retaliating against. Hmm. Again, I say it is counterproductive. This is merely one example.

This feminist agenda along with the atheists are responsible for propelling the pro-choice legislation and Planned Parenthood funding. Abortion has led to the deaths of multitudes of innocents. The feminist movement has left generations of children without stable home lives. The women believe they can dominate and lead their homes and their men, driving conflict and divorce. It has divided women against men to a much greater degree than ever before, thus dividing the family and teaching girls not to trust men. This, therefore, creates hurdles for the next generation’s relationships.

Angry Women and Husband Abuse

I believe the feminist message of hostility toward men has propelled husband and boyfriend abuse by inciting anger in women and justifying their inclination to dominate. Yes, men are victims of abuse, too! The National Domestic Violence Hotline reported, “In 2013, 13% of documented contacts to the Hotline identified themselves as male victims.” The comments on an article on husband abusemade by men in horrible, even violent, situations are heart breaking. They are just as heart breaking as any story of wife or girlfriend abuse. Any woman who resorts to violence in her anger needs to get some help! Violent reaction to not getting their way is unacceptable human behavior for either man or woman. There is something very wrong that needs healing. If you have this tendency, seek the LORD, talk with your doctor, and get some Godly counseling.

It may be that you are angry because you are failing to achieve what you are inappropriately pursuing. Maybe you need to rest in your womanhood. Stop trying to become what you were never meant to be. Failing to achieve what you are not meant to be is not failure! I will never be a bird. Why should I be angry about not being a bird? Why should women be angry that they are not men– the leaders of our homes? We are beautiful and precious as women, and we have a vital, important role to play as women! Embrace this and become part of a dynamic, constructive, productive family team that respects one another and serves one another in each person’s unique role– husband, wife, and children.

Feminist Movement

When I look at the history of the feminist movement, I recognize that there have been some legitimate problems that it tried to address. In some situations, society has grossly mistreated, abused, or neglected women. Abuse and neglect of women is not prevalent in the United States.

During the war, women had to pick up men’s shifts and do the work to keep our economy and the war effort going. It was wrong to pay them significantly less than those they replaced, especially after they became proficient in their job. Employers are wrong to expect “favors” from female employees in order for them to keep their jobs during The Depression. It should not be happening today either.

A facade of  domination and leadership by women does nothing to resolve the societal mistreatment of women.  I am not saying that women can’t be leaders at all. However, women are designed to be fantastic supporters. They’re idea developers, organizers, multi-taskers, visionaries, peace makers, encouragers, and leaders of women and children in the home. Men are designed to be leaders and primary defenders of the home. They are risk takers, motivators, negotiators, controlled disciplinarians, and more. We need to show respect to one another, and we must not reject our femininity!

Lost Sight of Identity

Woman who do not have a strong identity as a woman are susceptible to the propaganda ideas of feminism. They aren’t grasping their significant purpose as women when they buy into this movement that fixates on men. I used to accept some of the feminist ideology myself. I know its faults and have had to change my thinking to find the beautiful relationships, peace, contentment, and happiness that I now possess. Let me explain what I mean.

Trading God’s Best for Frustration

Too much of the feminist movement is, like Eve, readily willing to give up God’s great plan (family, submissive one to another but with the man holding a greater accountability to God). They trade God’s best for what they see but don’t currently have. They “think” this unobtained object, position, or status will make them gods, fulfilled, satisfied, or whatever, but it fails miserably. It may cost them what they truly hold dear– the love and respect of a good man and  loving family. After pursuing this feminist ideal and finding it neither makes them the goddess they expected nor give them the satisfaction they expected, they are often left with disappointment, confusion, anger, family disintegration, and toxic demonstrations that include violence and hate (or at least mistrust) towards men. I know many angry women, and all of them are feminists.

Jealousy

Many women blame men because men have what feminists seek. It’s the same unhealthy mindset as a poor student who hates the “A” student because they do well. The poor student calls him or her names. They may even try to intimidate the “A” student into giving them answers on homework assignments. Rather than accepting their situation and working to improve themselves within their circumstances, they focus on what the other one has and tries to take it from them or diminish them.

In the feminist movement, there is an underlying fixation with men, just as Eve fixated on the fruit that she knew she should not eat. She wanted it. She determined she knew better than God and would become as God if she only had it. Like Eve, feminists want what they don’t have. The deceiver convinces them to sacrifice their beautiful, powerful, and vital role as woman, wife, mother, and daughter of the King of kings. They trade their precious position as a queen or princess for boystrous voices inside bodies that are topped with short hair cuts and dressed in pant suits or uniforms.

Children

They march and pound fists. They’ll do just about anything to keep from getting pregnant or having to stay at home. They are brainwashed from entertainment that tells them this job is of little value. If they find themselves pregnant, most believe it is not only their right to pursue but the government’s responsibility to provide them with procedures that will end their unborn child’s life. They believe a child will hold them back from attaining their personal goals. This selfish belief is short-sighted! There is no greater joy than to invest in your child and see them grow into a contributing adult and then to have their own children that they raise in God’s values! I will vouch for that, and I’ve achieved many professional awards and recognitions. Nothing compares!

Women Are Ruthless Fighters

Women have become callus and hard fighters. We, as women, are passionate. We don’t hold back. Instead, we give it our all on whatever is our focus. If our selfish pursuits are our focus, then God help whoever is in our way because we may just roll over them. If a woman gets in the habit of acting out physically and doesn’t have self-restraint and submission to God and authority, then those around her are going to get hurt! (Again, read some of the comments, in the article above, made by men who live with women who lash out against them and their children.)

Police tend to disregard it when men say women hit them, even mocking the men for being wimpy. I have known several men who were in this situation and even one where his wife pulled a gun and made threats toward him and their children. When he left the home and called the police, the police laughed and refused to take a report. They mocked him for not taking the loaded gun away from his wife! This is not always the case. More and more, women are being prosecuted for their abuse. Don’t do it!