The Truth About Women Preachers

INTRODUCTION

The MAIN ISSUE can be summarized as follows: "Can a Woman be ordained to the pastoral ministry?"

If you believe the Bible, the answer is a solid NO!

The Bible speaks very obvious on this subject leaving no room for speculation and confusion, or even, debate. The problem is that churches today too often are looking to sources other than the Bible to justify their vain convictions. The result is an intoxication of ideas that reject the authority of Scripture.

God cares for women as much as He does men. Yes, women are as significant to the home, church, and society as men are. In Christ, women enjoy equality in spiritual position and blessings before God as men do. This does not mean, though, there is to be no difference in men and women in their appearance and responsibilities. There is the reality which needs to be obvious in the church and society today: Men and women were obviously created by God differently!

KNOWING HER RIGHTFUL POSITION

Men and women were created for different roles. The Bible affirms that men are to be the leaders in the home, church, and state. Women were not created to rule these divine institutions; men were.

The prophet Isaiah was condemning Israel when he said that women ruled over them (Isa. 3:12). Elijah was also condemning Ahab because her pagan wife Jezebel was overpowering him. Samson was turned out of the will of God because she listened to the dictates of Delilah.

In the church, according to the Bible, no woman is qualified to be a pastor or a deacon or in any other leadership position over men. Who says? God says it through His New Testament mouthpiece, the Apostle Paul.

1 Timothy 2:11-15 clearly states:

"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.""

1 Corinthians 14:34-37 states:

"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.""

How could a woman possibly be a pastor of a church when she is forbidden to teach or to have any authority over men? Women can only become pastors if churches willfully and openly reject the Bible’s teaching. Unfortunately, churches today, even the Pentecostals, are often infected by worldly temperament. Women Liberation has invaded the churches. Thus, the rebellion of women in the world is provoking similar problems in the churches, and we find women desiring and demanding leadership roles in many churches.

(PS. the portion above is only a part of the article, get hold of the whole article through www.endtimemessage.info. Josh)

In fact the Bible has set out requirements to be met if one desires the BISHOP job (do you know who is a bishop? for your information a pastor is a bishop of that particular church). According to the bible the applicant for the BISHOP post or even a DEACON post should first of all be A MARRIED MAN, not only married but married to ONE WIFE.

Read the following quotation from the bible

1 TIMOTHY

CHAPTER 3

3:1	This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:2	A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3:3	Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:4	One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
3:5	(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
3:6	Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:7	Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
3:8	Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
3:9	Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10	And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
3:11	Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
3:12	Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
3:13	For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. I have no words to add, God richly bless you. Josh

THE TRUTH ABOUT WATER BAPTISM

WATER BAPTISM is a basic requirement to a Christian’s salvation.

MARK 16:16 states, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be SAVED; but he that believeth NOT shall be damned.”

I Peter 3:21 also reads, “The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now SAVE us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

A series of questions usually arise in Water Baptism: “What is the Biblical way of doing it?” Is baptism performed by sprinkling? Or is it by immersion in water? Is it using the TITLES of Father, Son and Holy Ghost (Matt. 28:19), or using the NAME of the Lord Jesus Christ? (Acts 2:38)?

The Bible cannot contradict itself for it is the Word of God. What we need today is a revelation from Almighty God in order to for us to understand and dovetail every word in it correctly. Let us therefore take a closer look upon this all-time controversial issue.

The word “baptize” originated from the Greek Word “baptizo” which means to “IMMERSE” in water. For the first thirteen hundred years from the death of Christ, baptism was always performed by IMMERSION of the person UNDER WATER.

Acts 8:39 states this, “And they went both DOWN INTO the WATER, both Philip and the Eunuch; and he baptized him”. John 3:23 also states, “John also was baptizing at Aeneon because there was MUCH WATER there” . “They came up OUT OF THE WATER” (Acts 8:39).

It is therefore evident from these very scriptures that Water Baptism was originally performed by “immersion” of the individual person underwater.

TITLES OR NAME ?

In Matthew 28:19 we can read Jesus’ great commission unto His disciples saying, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, BAPTIZING them in the NAME of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”

Now, Jesus Christ, the Author and Finisher of our faith, never told us to baptize in the NAMES, but in the N-A-M-E, (singular). The clue here is to find what NAME the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost possess. Take note that the word “Father” is not a NAME. “Son” is not a NAME either; neither is the Holy Ghost a NAME. These are but TITLES of the ONE true GOD.

If we trace God’s Name back in the Old Testament, we will find that God the FATHER was always called the “LORD”, capital "L-O-R-D".

In the New Testament, we find that “JESUS” was the name given to the SON of God.

In this our age, the dispensation of grace, when the Holy Ghost was given since the Day of Pentecost, He is called the “CHRIST” or the “Anointing” of God.

We can now therefore conclude from these basis that the TITLES of “Father, Son and Holy Ghost” refer to only one compound NAME, which is the only Name which was given on earth whereby man must be saved (Acts 4:12) - and that NAME is nothing else but the NAME of the “LORD JESUS CHRIST”, the complete NAME of GOD.

We can read all throughout the Bible that ALL of Jesus’ disciples used His NAME in Water Baptism (References: Acts 2;38; Acts 19:1-5; Acts 10:46-48; Acts 8:14) .

NEVER can we find in the entire pages of the Bible where anybody was ever baptized using the TITLES of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Look it up for yourself and you’ll NEVER find one. There’s a million dollar reward today for anyone who can find one verse that states just that.

The apostles understood that baptism in those TITLES was not a LITERAL command, just as when Jesus told them, “Except you EAT My FLESH and DRINK my BLOOD, you have NO Life in you”. Nowhere in the Bible can we find that they literally ATE the flesh of Jesus nor DRANK his blood. Literally eating Jesus’ FLESH and literally DRINKING His BLOOD would make them cannibals and vampires if such command was followed to the letter. But the thing is that it was revealed unto them that eating His Body means "partaking of His Word" and drinking his Blood meant "receiving His Atoning sacrifice" into their lives. In Water Baptism, It was revealed also unto them WHO really was the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, and what the NAME of God really was. "Lord Jesus Christ", that's the complete Name of God.

THE APOSTLES HAD A CORRECT REVELATION

Apostle PETER, having been given the keys to the Kingdom, commanded the JEWS, saying, “REPENT everyone of you and BE BAPTIZED in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38) “and you shall receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit.”

The same FORMULA was used by Saint PAUL. Paul himself REBAPTIZED the disciples of John the Baptist (Acts 19:1-5) in this same manner, saying, “Have ye received the Holy Ghost SINCE you believed? They said, ‘We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost.’ Paul said, “How was you baptized?” They said,’ We’ve been baptized unto John.’ Then said Paul, “John verily baptized with baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him that should come after him, that is on CHRIST JESUS.” WHEN THEY HEARD THIS, they were baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS” .
PETER AND JOHN did the same to the SAMARITANS as well in Acts 10:48,” And he commanded them to be BAPTIZED in the NAME of the LORD JESUS” .

The GENTILES who were in the house of Cornelius who first received the Gospel were also baptized in this same manner (Acts 10:46-48) , “For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnified God. Then answered PETER, “Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? AND HE COMMANDED them to be BAPTIZED in the NAME of the LORD JESUS” (NIV).

ALL true believers in the Bible, both Jews, Gentiles and Samaritans, were ALL baptized in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST, for that is the genuine and Biblical way of doing it. What about you?

It was the Roman Catholic Church that brought forth such false baptism of sprinkling, and changed it from the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ to Father, Son, Holy Ghost after the year 325 A.D. Majority of her daughters, the Protestant churches, had taken the same dogma till this day and are observing blindly the same formula without realizing it so. (Read historical facts at the bottom).

WERE ST. PETER AND PAUL WRONG?

No. These apostles knew what most religious leaders of today FAIL to recognize.

First: That the NAME of the Lord Jesus Christ is the FAMILY NAME of all Christians both in heaven and on earth (Read Eph.3:15).

Second: There is NO OTHER NAME under heaven whereby we must be SAVED only in the Name of JESUS (Acts 4:12).

Third: That the FULLNESS of the Godhead dwelleth BODILY in CHRIST (Col. 2:9).

And fourth: That BAPTISM must be performed in the NAME of the CRUCIFIED (Read 1 Cor. 1:13).

The Bible tells us that “Whatever you DO in word or in DEED, do ALL in the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST” (Col. 3:17). JESUS even taught us that “REPENTANCE and REMISSION of sins should be preached in HIS NAME, beginning at Jerusalem, unto the uttermost parts of the world” (Luke 24:47).

THREE TITLES TO ONE NAME

Father, Son and Holy Ghost are THREE TITLES. Yet there is only ONE NAME. It was revealed unto the apostles that salvation alone goes in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST (Acts 4:12).

The Bible teaches that there is NO salvation in any other name, title or places, ONLY in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST (Acts 4:12). Yet He is the “Rose of Sharon”, “Lily of the Valley”, “Morning Star”, “Alpha and Omega” - HE IS ALL THESE THINGS, yet there’s NO SALVATION in any of these titles; ONLY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

God has so many TITLES: “Our Righteousness”, “Our Peace”, “Ever-Present”, “Our Father”, “Our King”, “Prince of Peace”, “Son”, and “Holy Ghost”. BUT He has ONLY ONE HUMAN NAME, and that NAME is JESUS - by which Name every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that He is King of kings and Lord of lords.

Everyone, therefore, that is BAPTIZED with the TITLES of Father, Son and Holy Ghost is baptized in NO NAME AT ALL. They are TITLES like Minister, Reverend, Doctor, whatevermore, Father, Son, Daughter, Wife - TITLES. You may say it does not make a difference. Then try putting your TITLE on your check and not your NAME, and see whether the BANK would encash it - say, “I sign this check in the name of the Husband”... That just make sense as it would to disbelieve God’s Word when the revelation is laying right here before your eyes.

That NAME is the Password to heaven. It is also the KEY to all the heavenly blessings and supernatural gifts that God has given to the church. “In my NAME you shall cast our devils, In My NAME you shall speak with new tongues, in My NAME you shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover” (Mark 16:17-18). “If ye shall ask any thing in my NAME, I will do [it].” (John 14:14).

WHAT ABOUT MATTHEWS 28:19?

The above-given Scriptures (Book of Acts) are not given to refute Matthew 28:19 where Jesus told the apostles to baptize in the NAME of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. They merely show HOW the command was interpreted and obeyed by the disciples in the entire Bible.

AN INVITATION

If you have not been baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST yet, YOUR BAPTISM IS WRONG. You have to be REBAPTIZED AGAIN in the NAME of Jesus Christ in order for you to receive the Spirit of God.

Acts 2:38 plainly says, “REPENT, everyone of you, and BE BAPTIZED in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST for (What?) the REMISSION OF SINS - (You are still in your sins if you are not baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST for no other Name is given whereby we must be saved), “AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST”.

GOD IS CALLING ON YOU TODAY, SINCERE CHRISTIAN, to be restored back to the original faith that was once delivered to the saints. As Romans 8:30 says, “Whom He did predestinate, them He also CALLED: and whom He called, then He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.”

If you are God’s predestinated seed, you will recognize this Message to be the Truth. And you will not wait long until you are baptized in the NAME of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Get right with God now while mercy and grace is upon your reach. “Obedience is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22).

Find a church wherein they believe this End Time Message and be baptized in the NAME of the JESUS CHRIST for the assurance of your salvation.

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HISTORICAL FACTS AND RECORDS***

BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA - "Everywhere in the oldest sources, it states that baptism took place in the Name of Jesus Christ." (11th Edition/Vol.3/p.82)

CANNY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION - "The Early Church always baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus until the development of the Trinity Doctrine in the 3rd Century." (Pp. 53).

HASTINGS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION - "Christian Baptism was administered using the words "In the Name of Jesus". The use of a Trinity formula of any sort was not suggested in the early church history. Baptism was always in the Name of the Lord Jesus until the time of Justin Maryr when triune formula was used." (Volume 2/PP. 377-378.)

(This article has been copied without editing from http://www.endtimemessage.info. It is my hope you have had a reading full of blessings. Josh)

FINDING AND KEEPING A LIFE PARTNER. (I got this article as an email attachment, read at your own risk. Josh)

Golden rules for finding your life partner by Dov Heller, M.A.

When it comes to making the decision about choosing a life partner, noone wants to make a mistake. Yet, with a divorce rate of close to 50%, it appears that many are making serious mistakes in their approach tofinding Mr./Miss. Right!If you ask most couples who are engaged why they're getting married,they'll say: "We're in love"; I believe this is the 1 mistake people make when they date. Choosing a life partner should never be based onlove.Though this may sound "not politically correct,"there's a profound truth here.

Love is not the basis for gettingmarried. Rather, love is the result of a good marriage. When the otheringredients are right, then the love will come. Let me say it again:"You can't build a lifetime relationship on love alone"; You need a lot more!!!Here are five questions you must ask yourself if you're serious aboutfinding and keeping a life partner.

QUESTION 1: Do we share a common life purpose?Why is this so important? Let me put it this way: If you're married for 20 or 30 years, that's a long time to live with someone. What do youplan to do with each other all that time? Travel, eat and jog together?You need to share something deeper and more meaningful.You need a common life purpose. Two things can happen in a marriage: (1) You can grow together, or (2)you can grow apart. 50% of the people out there are growing apart. Tomake a marriage work, you need to know what you want out of life! Bottom line; and marry someone who wants the same thing.

QUESTION 2: Do I feel safe expressing my feelings and thoughts with thisperson?This question goes to the core of the quality of your relationship. Feeling safe means you can communicate openly with this person. Thebasis of having good communication is trust - i.e. trust that I won'tget "punished"; or hurt for expressing my honest thoughts and feelings. A colleague of mine defines an abusive person as someone with whom youfeel afraid to express your thoughts and feelings. Be honest withyourself on this one. Make sure you feel emotionally safe with theperson you plan to marry.

QUESTION 3: Is he/she a mensch?A mensch is someone who is a refined and sensitive person. How can youtest? Here are some suggestions.Do they work on personal growth on a regular basis?Are they serious about improving themselves? A teacher of mine defines a good person as "someone who is always striving to be good and do theright." So ask about your significant other: What do they do with theirtime? Is this person materialistic? Usually a materialistic person is not someone whose top priority is character refinement.There are essentially two types of people in theworld: (1) People who are dedicated to personal growth and (2) peoplewho are dedicated to seeking comfort. Someone whose goal in life is to be comfortable will put personalcomfort ahead of doing the right thing.You need to know that before walking down the aisle.

QUESTION 4: How does he/she treat other people? The one most important thing that makes any relationship work is theability to give. By giving, we mean the ability to give another personpleasure.Ask: Is this someone who enjoys giving pleasure to others or are they wrapped up in themselves and self- absorbed? To measure this, thinkabout the following:How do they treat people whom they do not have to be nice to, such aswaiters, bus boys, taxi drivers, etc.. How do they treat their parents and siblings? Do they have gratitude and appreciation? If they don'thave gratitude for the people who have given them everything; can you donearly as much for them? You can be sure that someone who treats others poorly, will eventually treat you poorly as well.

QUESTION 5: Is there anything I'm hoping to change about this personafter we're married?Too many people make the mistake of marrying someone with the intention of trying to "improve"; them after they're married. As a colleague ofmine puts it: "You can probably expect someone to change after marriagefor the worse" If you cannot fully accept this person the way they are now, then you are not ready to marry them.In conclusion, dating doesn't have to be difficult and treacherous.

The key is to try leading a little more with your head and less with yourheart.It pays to be as objective as possible when you are dating; to be sureto ask questions that will help you get to the key issues. Falling inlove is a great feeling, but when you wake up with a ring on yourfinger, you don't want to find yourself trouble because you didn't doyour homework.Another perspective...There are some people in your life that need to be loved from adistance.. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible,not-going anywhere relationships. Observe the relationships around you.Pay attention..Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones aregoing downhill? When you leave certain people do you feel better or feelworse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know, or appreciate you?The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love andtruth around you...the easier it will become for you to decide who getsto sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.An African proverb states, "Before you get married, keep both eyes open,and after you marry, close one eye"; Before you get involved and make acommitment to someone, don't let lust, desperation, immaturity, ignorance, pressure from others or a low self-esteem make you blind towarning signs. Keep your eyes open, and don't fool yourself that you canchange someone or that what you see as faults aren't really thatimportant.Do you bring out the best in each other? Do you compliment andcompromise with each other, or do you compete, compare and control? Whatdo you bring to the relationship? Do you bring past relationships, past hurt, past mistrust, past pain?You can't take someone to the altar to alter them. You can't makesomeone love you or make someone stay.If you develop self-esteem, spiritual discernment, and "a life"; you won't find yourself making someone else responsible for your happinessor responsible for your pain. Seeking status, sex, and security are thewrong reasons to be in a relationship.

WHAT KEEPS A RELATIONSHIP STRONG IS: 1. TRUST2. COMMUNICATION3. INTIMACY4. A SENSE OF HUMOR5. SHARING TASKS6. SOME GETAWAY TIME WITHOUT BUSINESS OR CHILDREN7. DAILY EXCHANGES (meal, shared activity, hug, call, touch, notes, etc.)8. SHARING COMMON GOALS AND INTERESTS9. GIVING EACH OTHER SPACE TO GROW WITHOUT FEELING INSECURE10. GIVING EACH OTHER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ASSURANCES OF COMMITMENTIf these qualities are missing, the relationship will erode as resentment withdrawal, abuse, neglect, and dishonesty; and pain willreplace.

Who is this Melchsedec?

Let me ignite awareness on something slightly different, have you ever thought of an answer to the above Bible based question? A person with no father no mother, no...... ... ... (Hebrews 7:1-3),
You may consider to read the following preachings and give your comments!!!
"Turning now with me, if you will, to the Book of Hebrews, and another revelation on the Message. We'll speak for just a few moments tonight, the Lord willing. And then while reading the first three verses of Hebrews 7:1 to 3, and then commenting on this. And we don't know what the Lord will do; we do not know. The only thing we do is just believe, watch, pray. That right? And believe that "He'll make everything work together for good to them that loves Him," because He promised to.For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;Let's read a little farther.Without father, without mother, without descent,... neither beginning of days, or end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.L-30 Think of this great Person, of how great this Man must be! And now, the question is, "Who is this Man?" Theologians has had different ideas. But since the opening of the Seven Seals, the mysterious Book that's been mysterious to us... According to Revelations 10:1 to 7, all the mysteries that's wrote in this Book, that's been hid down through the age of the reformers, is supposed to be brought out into view by the angel of the last church age. How many knows that's right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] That's right, supposed to be brought. All the mysteries of the mysterious Book is to be revealed to the Laodicea messenger of that age.L-31 Seeing there is much dispute about this Person and this subject, I think it behooves us to break into it, to find out Who this is. Now, there is several schools of thought on Him.One of them schools are, claims, "He's just a myth. He wasn't actually a person."And the others says, that, "It was a priesthood. That was the Melchisedec priesthood." That's the most likely one, that hold better to that side than they do to the other, is because they say it was a priesthood.It can't be that, for in the 4th verse It says He was a Person" Bro. William Marrion Branham.

Difficult but explainable!! my purpose on Earth Part 2

Dear friends! Karibuni ( welcome), You will recall that in part 1 of 'difficult but explainable!! my purpose on Earth' I tried to come up with how life on Earth looks like, but that was a decorated individual experience amongst the large pool of experiences the human race has witnessed since Eden. I am quite aware of terrible experiences other 'Earth dwellers' have come across. In fact one may claim to have suffered more or less than the other, it all depends on how one's defines 'a problem'. There are others who perceive life as nothing but 'torture' as you may recall the old definitions of life like 'life is a series of problems' The question here is -is it fair to equate life to problems? What one should do to lessen the life difficult level? The questions posed at the end of part 1 still holds water. 'Was I born to fulfill the unfulfillable objectives? and what is my fate? Is there a role that once played determines the purpose of somebody on Earth?
It seems rather difficult to explain somebody's purpose on Earth, but the most probable responses if one is asked to tell his or her purpose on Earth may include but not limited to the following: help people in need, work hard and be rich, take care of kids and other family or close relatives, live in a just way, I dont know ....e.t.c I guess you have now realized how difficult is the question! because, if its helping people in need, how and how many will be reached by my service? if its working hard till rich - so what? living just- who sets the standards? taking care of kids and other relatives - how can one do this in circumstances like famine due to drought, civil war, economic crisis, you mention.....
Confusion? no, if I was asked the same question, I could have responded in a (may be) rather different way. My purpose on Earth is to fulfill God's plan. However, it is not as simple as saying 'my purpose o Earth is to fulfill God's plan'. I am fully aware of questions I may be shot, they may include but not limited to the following - WHO IS THIS GOD YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? What is the content of God's plan? How did you know that you have to fulfill God's plan? Answers to the above posed questions and many more will appear in the 3rd part of ' difficult but explainable!! my purpose on Earth' hope you will join me - God bless you richly.

Difficult but explainable!! my purpose on Earth Part 1

It's good that every human being has his/her childhood experience, from my simple survey conducted, every human being had 'great' childhood time. One may recall days when families were hit by severe famine, we as children 'by then' could smell the rat but believe me or not we just didn't care. We knew for sure that if not 'dad' then 'mom' will handle the matter. We just went on with good old time childish games. What a good dependency theory!!!!!.
Since I came to know and wanted to practice 'being independent' its only when I started smelling the rat in a peculiar way. Guess what! I came to be aware of cost benefit analysis without attending any formal education. This is the time I knew there's a certain stubborn micro-organism called 'Hasara' and 'ukame' swahili words for 'Loss' and 'drought' respectively. Your intellectual guess must be revealing that am from a tropical country...you are right. Matters worsened when my mind came to be fully aware of the 'not easy to achieve' (NETA) responsibilities ahead of me. Good life, marry and take care of kids, you mention.......
In fact, I was aware of NETA objectives but that was not the end of story, I had to enter the real world which by then seemed to be full of 'thorns' and happiness equally mixed with pain. I was lucky to have started being independent with a significant number of years spent in school. It seemed great and I thought this will lessen the difficult level of NETA, especially in reducing the number of 'thorns'. I secured a job with a reasonable package, house and other fringe benefits. At first (before receiving my first salary) I felt like contented and you know... It sounded like waohh..This is a great job man. However, thorns started to reveal themselves when I couldn't manage to accomplish my simple short term strategic plan at the end of the month. It was not easy to cover even a half of my monthly prioritized money demanding tasks.............
Got another city centered job, my package here was almost doubled if one compares with my first one. Still life seemed extremely hostile to me, sound budgeting was simply impossible. No room was there for me to ask the international community to ' saidia' (swahili word for help) as most developing countries are doing. Uuuuh! no help but one has to continue living.... how?....may be by reducing the meal budget and increasing the 'not there' alternatives of getting more fund.
Its a weekend am under the tree, relaxed a bit, but still thinking of 'whats my purpose on Earth'? mixed feelings come and disappear. Was I born to fulfill the unfulfillable objectives? and what is my fate? Is there a role that once played determines the purpose of somebody on Earth?