“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money. ~ Exodus 21:7-11
Consider Deborah, four-and-a-half millennia ago,
judge, prophet, warrior, ruler, wife… possessing no power
as a person, until she had it, was recognized, empowered,
respected. With others of her sex she was little more
than a household pet, a servant. How did she become renowned?
Not through people but by accepting capabilities offered
by God, declining to claim labels as true, but believing the offer
by becoming more, by declining to accept limits, daring to emerge,
to blossom, to contribute, to succeed. What are you refusing to be?
