My desire for this text is for other women to hear that there is nothing more powerful than a virtuous woman. If you are older and have passed up on being virtuous, repent and become so. If you are younger and bewildered by the different directions a modern woman can take, search no more. A virtuous woman is the only thing of value you can become, of utmost value, I must add. What is a capable woman if she is not virtuous? Oh woman, do not settle for the vanity of self-gratification. There is nothing less beautiful than a beautiful woman worshipping herself. You know it is true, don't you? My daughters sing this verse, and it is daily confirmed as true in our home..."A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones." How often do you dry up people's bones? Stop it! Please! It is nauseating to hear a woman criticize, especially when she disguises it with a fake smile. It is putrid to hear a woman, any woman, gossip and try to exalt herself by putting others down. This is especially repugnant when she has the audacity to preface her criticism with "I am not one to gossip, but..." or "There are not many people I don't like, but..."
Did you know that Proverbs says, "It is better for a man to live in the corner of a rooftop than in a large house with a contentious woman"? Yes, it is true. A woman can be poison... yes, the very stench of death to a man or to anyone around her. Dear lady, if you have done these things or do these things, Stop it! Repent! Quit it! Don't do it anymore! And by the way, if you really want to know how bad you get sometimes, just ask around and dare them to be honest. Don't trust yourself. Don't flatter yourself by comparing yourself with other "ladies". Don't excuse yourself either; don't deceive yourself. On the other hand, don't worry. The woman who does these things can resurrect by the power of God unto a complete restoration of her home. She can seek virtue and find it. She can exchange bitterness for joy. Don't give up, dear heart. God loves you, and he wants this for you. He makes provision for your virtue. Cease it and let it not go. Repent from your evil ways and pursue the righteousness of true, virtuous womanhood in the Lord. Whether you marry or not, you will be blessed and will impact the world more than you can even imagine.
What kind of woman are you? This is NOT a simple question. It would be simple if I were asking the ten people closest to you. They would know how to answer. I ask again, what kind of woman are you? Do you even know? Will you be honest? I perceive that most women haven't a clue how self-absorbed they are and how damaging they are to others. How about this question? How many women have you been thinking about that need to read this? If you are less than first in line, you are already deceived. Do not be deceived. Your heart is deceitful above all things, so why trust in your judgment concerning yourself? Go ask God, I pray, that he would show you how unvirtuous you are. "Lord, do I speak too much? Really? That much? Do I criticize others? Do I lie? Do I dishonor? Do I disrespect? Do I dry up bones? Do I worship myself? Do I worship by body? Am I a crown of glory to my husband or to my father? Do I watch vanity? Do I read vanity? Do I fantasize? Search me O Lord, and know my deepest thoughts and see if there be in me a self-glorifying, unvirtuous, hidden agenda in me. Expose me, Lord, gently, and allow me to start anew and afresh as a daughter of the good King. Nail my impurity to your cross and may I fear you as God, staying low in humility and seeking virtue unto your Glory all the days of my life."
Dear woman, Fight for it. Don't take it lightly. It is worth it. It is necessary. Shine in the Lord and spare us all from the disgust and grief. Find a virtuous woman and become like her. Perhaps the greatest verse and most applicable from all of Proverbs 31 is verse 30. "Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."
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