Thanks to Corrie for sending in this thoughtful response to last week's book club question!
For everyone, your assignment for this week is to read Chapter Four and check back next Friday for more thoughts on the life and example of Elizabeth Prentiss.
The Question: How did Elizabeth display biblical womanhood as a single woman and how are you inspired to follow her example?
The Answer: Elizabeth showed bibical womanhood by:
Submitting to her mother and her leaders.
A. She stayed with her mother instead of acting on her own desire of going into the mission field. She felt that her mother's desires should go above her own. "She honestly belived that her first duty was to own mother, and then to the mission." (James pg 27)
B. She decided to stay at Richmond even when the hard times came.
"Elizabeth soon realized that she would never recieve full payment for her services, but she remained at her post thoughout this difficult school year out of a sense of loyalty." (James pg 39)
One of the characterisctics of a biblical woman is that she is "...submissive to [her] own husband..." Titus 2:5 Though she was not married, Elizabeth was submissive to her dear mother and leaders. This, I believe, helped her to always be submissive not only to her future husband but her Dear Heavenly Father.
This has inspired me to always think of others more than myself. If I am to be more Christlike shouldn't I myself do as Christ did and taught? It also inspired me to think of my parents and elders before I think of my own selfish desires.
