Through this epistle, which I now write, I wish to convey to all concerned the nature of my assistance to a daughter of mine who, thousands of miles away, with a daughter soon to be nine years of age, finds herself isolated, with no family members within easy distance, required to fend off the demeaning verbal attacks of an ex-husband who, through his narcissistic personality sees no worth in his former wife, drags her to court on trumped-up charges, and manipulates their daughter to make life as miserable as possible for his former spouse.
Throughout recorded history we see for the most part how women have been demoted to a position of servitude. Only in the brief period when the God-man Jesus Christ walked the earth, do we find women elevated to their proper place in the eyes of God. Religious leaders of Jesus’s time held women in low esteem. Jesus, though, always conducted himself with the greatest regard, understanding and love for women.
A woman, caught in adultery, was brought to Jesus by men who stated that the law required the woman to be stoned to death; “Let him who is without sin be the first to cast a stone” was the response of Jesus. The crowd drifted away until the woman stood alone before Jesus.