"I'm a woman so maybe I shouldn't have been in business leadership anyway."
How it sounds in your head: Some people at church made comments about biblical womanhood and how women should focus on home. Maybe they're right. Maybe I was trying to be something I'm not supposed to be. Maybe my failure is God's way of redirecting me to 'proper' women's roles.
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
-- Galatians 3:28Religion: Twisted scriptures about gender roles used to silence and limit women God has called and anointed.
Business failure combined with religious voices creates perfect storm of self-doubt about God's design for women in marketplace.
Lydia was a successful businesswoman from Thyatira who sold purple cloth (expensive luxury goods). She was the head of her household, hosted Paul's missionary team, and her home became the first European church plant. No one told her to quit business for 'proper women's roles.'
I REFUSE the lie that my gender disqualifies me from business leadership. IT IS WRITTEN there is neither male nor female in Christ Jesus. The Proverbs 31 woman ran multiple businesses. Lydia sold purple cloth and hosted the first European church. Deborah judged Israel. IT IS WRITTEN I am the righteousness of God in Christ—not lesser righteousness because I'm female. The BARAK blessing flows through Rahab, Ruth, Esther—women who operated in bold leadership. My womanhood is an ASSET, not a limitation. I was made in God's image—male AND female He created them.
The Father isn't agreeing with religious voices trying to shrink you—He's the God who gave Deborah a nation to lead and Esther a kingdom to save. Your failed business doesn't validate patriarchal limitations. He's about to show you what a woman fully backed by heaven can accomplish in the marketplace.