Your average female seminary student may be enrolled in seminary courses, but has no greater desire than to be wife and stay at home mother to many. The average female seminary student wants to know how to sew, budget and design the perfect home. The average female seminary student has a strong desire to meet her Mr. Right, support him in his ministry work, raise his beautiful babies and have dinner ready for him every evening. Your average female seminary student may be enrolled in seminary courses, but her highest calling is to be a wife and stay at home mother.
I am not so average in a million and one ways.I came to seminary to learn about my Creator. I came to seminary to stretch my faith. I came to seminary because God called me here. I enrolled in the Masters of Divinity program because I wanted to learn all that I could about my Heavenly Father. I accepted the daunting task of learning Hebrew and Greek because I wanted to be able to read the Bible in its original context. I knew that I would be a minority, but I did not realize how hard it would be to be not so average.
Your average female has been planning her wedding as long as she can remember. She has a binder full of wedding clippings that she has been saving. She has a Pinterest board with 1,001 wedding pins - dresses, photographs she wants, colors, and how to have a wedding on a budget. She knows what her dress will look like, where the wedding and reception will be held, and the colors she will use.
I am not so average in a million and one ways.
The extent of my wedding planning as a child was playing MASH with my best friend. I never had a deep desire to be a wife or a mom to five. I don't know why. I don't think there is some deep reason why. I just think that this is who God has made me to be. I am not saying that I want to be a spinster with 4 cats. I am not saying that I am opposed to the idea of marriage. But, I am not chasing every man that looks my way. I am not rushed to get to the alter, even if I will be 25 this year.
The president of SWBTS likes to say and strongly believes that the highest calling for a woman is to be a wife. But, I am not your average woman. I strongly believe that my highest calling is to worship my God through my thoughts, words and actions. I have a friend that likes to say that women should be "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen." But, I am not your average woman. God did not place a desire in my heart to be "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen."
Is there something wrong with me because I do not have a deep rooted desire to be a wife? Is there something wrong with me because I do not want to be "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen"? Or, is it okay to be not so average? Is it okay to be chasing a calling from God and not having a strong desire to be a wife?
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