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Monday, May 14, 2012

I love her...and hate her.

I have had a love/hate relationship with this woman for years.  There have been days I look at her and want nothing more to BE her and emulate everything she does -and then there are days I want to never ever hear her name again.  Whole seasons of my life have been taken over by this one woman.  Why does she create such tension in my life?  Why do I care who she is or what she does?

Because apparently God wants me to.  I mean, He's the one who wrote the Book. 

photo credit:aeshaonline.com
By now I'm sure you've guessed who "She" is.... the Proverbs 31 woman.  If you've never "seen" her, then you should.  She is a sight to behold.  She is the epitome of what a woman should be, according to King Lemuel's mother.  The woman to look for, the ONE.  And because I personally believe that all the Bible is the inspired word of God, and it tells us itself that all of it is useful for teaching  - then I believe there is a reason that God let us eavesdrop on this teaching moment between mother and son. 

I don't believe this is a mirror we should be able to look into and see an exact reflection.  That would just set us up for failure and bitterness, and I don't believe our Father sets us up for failure and bitterness.  I believe it's more like goal setting, like a hobby that you work on your entire life to one day become an expert.

Like Tiger Woods at 2 years old, just swinging his first golf club.  If anyone showed him a video of himself 30 years into the future and said he had to be that good RIGHT NOW, then he'd probably have dropped the club and picked back up his hot wheels cars.  Proficiency takes time, learning doesn't happen in a day or a year.  It happens over a lifetime, and I think that's what Proverbs 31 is.

I share all this to let you in on the Summer semester Proverbs 31 Book Club that starts today over at Women Living Well and Good Morning Girls.  I've been wanting to start studying HER again, so this was all just great timing for me.  I would try to explain the logistics of it, but I did that with a friend yesterday and completely confused her, so go visit the websites and it should be very simple to figure out.

Have you been looking for a Summer Bible study?  This one is low-key, easy peasy, and doable anywhere.  We will be traveling quite a bit this summer (go figure...), so this will be good for me because it's not dependent on where I am.  Anyone in with me?  Check it out!

Linked Up With:
A Mama's Story, The Better Mom, and Working Kansas Homemaker



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7 comments:

  1. At first, I thought that you were talking about your mother. What a relief when I found out that your not:) Yes you are right. This woman in Proverbs 31 is perfect, we are not yet...but is is the goal:)Anyway, I believe that as long as we let us inspire of God's words, we are on the right path. Visiting from " The better Mom"

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    1. OH MY WORD!! I didn't even think of that, so close to mother's day! I sure hope my Mom didn't think that!

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  2. I watched Courtney's video this morning and was very encouraged. I had not heard the Proverbs 31 passage explained quite like that- as a list of qualities to look for in an honorable woman from mother to son. Should be fairly obvious, but I feel the passage is misquoted and taken out of context a lot. I'm looking forward to delving in this summer too! Thanks for linking up to Workin' It Mondays Amy, such a blessing friend!

    ~Nicole, Working Kansas Homemaker

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  3. I am here visiting from GMG's Women in the Word Wednesday! Just wanted to say I LOVE your post :)

    http://lawyergirlruns86.blogspot.com/2012/05/women-in-word-wednesday.html

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  4. :). I have a love/hate with Mrs. 31 too...something I have been thinking about is that the one thing that is common to ALLthat stuff she does, is that she loves God and loves people. I can do that! happy day to you.

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  5. I thought this was going to be about your mom, too (since you linked up to mommy and me Monday)....whew.

    Hopefully, this week you link up with a picture of you and your kiddos!

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  6. Great post, and I'm interested in that Proverbs 31 study over the summer. I'm going to check it out! Thanks for linking up with me!

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