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A Woman of Strength

"An excellent wife who can find?

For her worth is far above jewels"

- Proverbs 31:10

 

What does it mean for a woman to be “excellent” by Biblical standards?  Is the ideal a docile, compliant subordinate in desperate need of someone to lead her? There are many Christian caricatures of the ideal woman, often portraying her as a wallflower with no ambition and no opinion of her own. While this picture might be less threatening to those who don’t want to be challenged, it is not grounded in well-balanced Biblical truth. There are cultural challenges to interpreting the Biblical descriptions, for sure, but unpacking the character qualities commended in a passage like Proverbs 31 reveals a woman who is hard-working, self-sacrificing and emotionally secure. This woman is strong.

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