tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post5709437553763523941..comments2023-06-14T07:03:19.543-05:00Comments on A Round Unvarnish'd Tale: A Proverbs 31 WomanCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-14516335266595036502011-06-25T17:40:13.364-05:002011-06-25T17:40:13.364-05:00Cheryl,interesting thoughts! Like you I've hea...Cheryl,interesting thoughts! Like you I've heard and read countless legalistic takes on this, and watched as this beautiful portion of Scripture becomes a dreaded text that shows me and all other women our sin, and it does do that and that knocks us to our knees in repentance and then we see our Lord on the cross for us. Still, in this we see the ideal and have an example placed before us and this makes me think of Ephesians 2:10 and the good works God prepared for us to walk in in the vocations He's placed us. I find this Proverbs 31 liberating because as a working mother I've felt and heard the criticism of my working outside the home, but the woman described here is clearly a wife, mother, businesswoman, and so much more, all of it describing pure vocation - caring for others - family, neighbor, community, etc. And yes, in it we certainly can see our holy Mother, The Church.Pam Nielsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-81688557441461042352010-07-25T21:18:45.107-05:002010-07-25T21:18:45.107-05:00OH, but you DO have maidens, my friend. They'...OH, but you DO have maidens, my friend. They're named Whirlpool, and LG, and Maytag, or some such. If those ladies are working for you, some wine and chocolate with upraised feet is a wonderful thing!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264128797713405291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-8708720676269123492010-07-25T19:10:08.215-05:002010-07-25T19:10:08.215-05:00"...does not eat the bread of idleness."..."...does not eat the bread of idleness."<br /><br />You mean like brownies? <br /><br />Shoot me also. But leave my bling on for the funeral.Untamed Shrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273110800292712897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-84000529655707370962010-07-25T15:32:33.978-05:002010-07-25T15:32:33.978-05:00Maybe I could expand on the last line thus:
&quo...Maybe I could expand on the last line thus: <br /><br />"It's about what God has done in making me the woman He always intended for me to be by marking me with the sign of the cross in Holy Baptism and inviting me to into His holy family, the Church."<br /><br />Or something like that. Needs a little work, but you get the idea. I hope. :-)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-1805299242910090172010-07-25T15:22:49.039-05:002010-07-25T15:22:49.039-05:00Oh, yes! Most definitely! I thought I said as much...Oh, yes! Most definitely! I thought I said as much but I guess I didn't.<br /><br />But the thing that set me down the path of writing the post was repeatedly hearing women refer to themselves ruefully as not being Proverbs 31 women. And so that's how I approached it. But yes. I think it is more about the Church than about any individual woman, and I thank you for pointing that out more clearly than I apparently did!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-74353199038635472032010-07-25T15:12:51.964-05:002010-07-25T15:12:51.964-05:00Have you considered that it may be more a descript...Have you considered that it may be more a description of the Church than it is of any individual woman?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.com