Important Traits of the Biblical Women.

As I sat thinking of what to post next, I thought of the title of mine and Kliever's blog. I remembered that the beginning part was ''The Biblical Homemaker....''. I thought that a biblical homemaker is also about biblical womanhood. I decided to write about that, and as I thought what to write about, Proverbs 31:10-31 came to mind. I encourage all you ladies who are reading this post, to also look up this passage. The book of Proverbs is the book of wisdom, and chapter 31 verses 10 to 31 tells about the virtuous woman. Lets look at the traits of the biblical / virtuous woman listed here in Proverbs.

Verse 10 starts off with,''Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.'' As we continue reading, we learn that her husband trusts her, she will do her husband good all the days of her life, and she works willingly with her hands. In verse 14, she is said to be like a merchant's ships, and continuing in the passage, she gets up when it is still night to prepare food for her whole household and servants, and she even goes to look at and buy a field and plants a vineyard! Verse 17 goes on to say that she strengthens her muscles! She definitely isn't a wimpy person. But I must make that point a little clearer. God created us ladies to be sweet and feminine. Is it feminine to be like the ''macho / powerful women'' in magazines? Of course not! But we're to still strengthen our muscles, exercise, and stay fit.

The rest of the chapter goes on to say that she works to make linens and cloth to sell, her husband is well known in the gates, she speaks kind and wisely, she keeps her house maintained and she is never idle,her children and husband call her blessed and praise her, and she is the virtuous of virtuous women. The chapter concludes that it's vanity and deceitful to go after favour and beauty, but the woman that fears the Lord shall be praised. Verse 31 says,''Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

I am 17, going to turn 18 in a week. So as you've probably guessed by my age, I'm graduating from High School this year. I've been asked numerous times of what I'm going to be doing after that. It gets hard to tell them that I'm staying home to train to be a wife and mother and to work with my farm animals. In today's society, almost every body's minds have been brainwashed into thinking that every High School grad must go to college or university to get a bachelor's degree just to ''prove'' something or to become ''something'' of importance to get through life. My mom says that she believes university is not for everyone. That's what I found out for myself. My mom thought up a ''more intelligent'' way of what to say. ''I'm going to stay home to major in Biblical Womanhood and minor in Animal Husbandry / Agriculture.''

I'm looking forward to starting my ''college'' education this fall and can hardly wait to see how God works everything out! The Proverbs 31 Virtuous Woman is what I'm striving for!

                                                                                                  By: K.J.Hepburn