The Women Jesus Appreciated In His Life

Billy Joel has a song and it’s called – “She Always a Woman."

Sometimes I go through a little battle with God and I just had a recent one called, "Why did you make me a woman?" I've been a lot like Elizabeth Bennett's character in the book, "Pride and Prejudice" as far as harder on my own sex. It's because I never had those 28-day cycle mood swings in life, but was an even keel person.

I chose the Computer Science field rather than healthcare because I have never been the nurturing type. Except when I was an emotional wreck when I was pregnant and next with the loss of my husband there have been a whole array of emotions, I never experienced before. So I found myself in a self-hatred mode at times, because of soulish emotions.

Then God showed me it's not so bad to be an emotional women because Jesus appreciated the feminine touch of women in his life. Women were the ones who went to the tomb while the disciples were hiding out and were the first ones to witness the resurrection of Christ. Jesus rebuked his male disciples for their unbelief.

After Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. Mark 16:14

A widow who gave all her living:

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on." Mark 12:41-44

Jesus told the Pharisee who complained about a sinful woman having a show of affection that he did not do anything for Jesus. He invited Jesus in for dinner but did not hug and kiss him or show him any affection.

(When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is--that she is a sinner." Luke 7:38Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. Luke 7:44-45)

A woman poured a whole bottle of ointment which was a whole year’s wages on Jesus feet right before he went to the cross and it was an “encouragement” to Jesus. Her love and affection encouraged him.

This time Jesus disciples despised her public display of affection.

A woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor." Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. he poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Mathew 26:7-12

We have the example of a woman who touched Jesus garment to be healed in spite of the risks of her illness, a Gentile woman who the disciples tried to stop from seeing Jesus who interceded for healing for her daughter. Mary who sat at the feet of Jesus to listen to his word. Even Pilate's wife warned him not to put Jesus to death because of a dream she had.

Maybe it's not so bad being a woman after all. I look at other women in the Bible where men were always trying to forbid women to not show their affection to Jesus. Women get it many times, because as much as we pour our love and devotion upon our husband and children, we can do that with pouring our love and devotion on Jesus.