There were a couple quotes I really appreciated, but I'll just list one here...
"Think about the women you meet at church. They are trying to live up to some model of femininity. What do they 'teach' you about being a woman? What are they saying to us through their lives? Like we said, you'd have to conclude that a godly woman is... tired. And guilty. We're all living in the shadow of that infamous icon, 'the Proverbs 31 woman,' whose life is so busy I wonder, when does she have time for friendships, for taking walks, or reading books? Her light never goes out at night? When does she have sex? Somehow she has sanctified the shame most women live under, biblical proof that once again we don't measure up. Is that supposed to be godly- that sense that you are a failure as a woman?" (Chapter 1, pg. 6)
That's how I feel a lot of the time, like I can never measure up to what I am supposed to be, as a woman, a wife, a mother, a friend, and especially now- a daughter. That nagging feeling of failure always seems to be nipping at my heels, and it's only worse right now when my world is falling apart and I have to depend on so many others just to get through a "normal" day. I hope this book can help.
As a quick note...I know I tend to get antsy with others for not posting, but seriously all of you, the fact that I am the first one to post this time really is sad.
3 comments:
That's definitely one of my favorite quotes. I mean, it's always about 'the proverbs 31 woman'.
She wears me out, just reading about her.
It does seem that the Proverbs 31 woman (I know a girl from church who has that on her license plate) feeds into our culture's exaltation of business, and so many people can take that away from that scripture--"I need to do more"--than what else is actually contained in it.
It does seem like it has been held up as the standard of womanhood, and I definitely never feel like I can measure up, or sometimes like I want to because it sounds like she does so much.
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