I am so excited to start this segment on my blog. For all of you women who are joining in this study, thank you so much! I really hope that we can all grow as Christian women through this study. For those of you who are new to my blog, I am very honored that you have come over. We are going to take one verse per week focusing on being the Christian women that God wants us to be. I will post the verse, and my own thoughts on the verse. The comments will be open for discussion and I hope that we can all discuss and grow together! Please join in on the discussion! And if you have a blog and would like to make your own post with your thoughts on the verse of the week, please do so! If you do this, say so in the comments and I will put up links of those who post! If enough people do this, I'll put up a MckLinky next time. :)
Anyway, let's get started!
The first thing that struck me when I read this verse was this: A virtuous wife is not common, or else her worth would not be so much. This was true back when the words were written, and I fully believe that this is true now! Things that are less common have more worth, while in contrast things which are more common have less worth - that's where the term "cheap as dirt" came from.
This is what Merriam-Webster had to say about the word "Virtuous":
1 : potent, efficacious
2 a : having or exhibiting virtue b : morally excellent : righteous {a virtuous decision}
3 : chaste
synonyms see moral
— vir·tu·ous·ly adverb
— vir·tu·ous·ness noun
I love this word virtuous because I feel like it just blankets all that a Christian should be. Morally excellent... someone who believes and LIVES morally. In all aspects. It makes me think about what sort of word people may associate with me as a Christian. I really, really would love to be called virtuous.
Reading this verse reminded me about how so many people like to say that the Bible oppresses women or puts the as being inferior - this verse says the complete opposite! It is very apparent that a godly woman is very precious, to treasure - a godly woman has worth beyond measure! If anything, the Bible should be empowering to women - especially empowering them to strive to be godly, virtuous women. When I read this, it doesn't make me feel like God or man {as in gender, not mankind} is trying to pull me under or oppress me. It makes me really want to be that virtuous woman, so my husband can say, "I found her, the virtuous woman! I am the richest man on the earth!"
How do you think we can become more virtuous, as Christian women? What are your thoughts on this verse? Let's discuss it!
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