Still at V 10 - Being Virtuous = Woman Power!!

Girl Power..... well, sounds too girly for me. So Woman Power it is.

The word "virtuous" often conjure up an image of a soft spoken, shy, gentle female form, holding a tray of freshly baked cookies in one hand and a broom in the other. Ok, so maybe not everyone thinks that way, but in my once brainwashed mind, I was frightened by the thought of turning into "one of them".

The feminist movement did great damage to the Christian women, causing terrible confusion as to what our true roles are. We are deceived to thinking that being a virtuous woman will strip us of intelligence, dignity and liberty.

After rebelling against myself for so many years, I find myself back where I've always wanted to be *shock, horrors* a housewife! I am now a cookie baking, floor sweeping, clothes washing, baby feeding wife and mother! ............ Asian exclamation coming right up.... now... AIYAH!!!

But is that what being virtuous is all about? A big fat NO! The lies I have been feeding myself over the years. Craaaaaaazy. Could have saved my poor soul a lot of grief.

What does "Virtuous" mean? Simply - Strong in Morals and Character. Nothing there points to being sickeningly sweet, shy and demure. Being virtuous reflects a show of strength in moral conduct and display of wisdom and abilities. We do not have to look far for examples - look at the godly women in the bible and we find that each one of them possess quiet strength that is far greater than all the armies combined.

To borrow a line from an online sermon (http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/homefam/prov31.htm), the first part of verse 10 could be read as "Who can find a woman of strength?" Ahhhh.... I like... Now I just need to learn to apply strength in the right areas... And this is where the rest of the passage comes in handy.