Quote of the Week

Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God. Give her everything she deserves! Festoon her life with praises!

Proverbs 31:30-31 -- the message

My first official quote of the week. I decided to use my all time favorite scripture, from my new favorite translation. I keep this close to my heart so that I can constantly be reminded that it is how I choose to live that matters, not how I happen to look. Everyone who reads this should read this entire chapter of Proverbs (here is a link http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?new=1&word=proverbs+31&section=0&version=msg&language=en) Its a short chapter, but full of wisdom for both men and women.

I could go on a big rant about how the media has really screwed up the image of women. You hear that all the time. I am sick of seeing skinny women talking about how the young woman of today have poor self esteem and body image.

Long ago, in my previous life, I worked a hot, stinky, physically demanding job in a factory. There I developed a theory, I will withhold the name of my theory so this can remain a family friendly post. But time and time again, throughout my whole life, I have seen it proven. If there are two woman who are doing the same physically demanding job, and a man walks up on them, the man will always help the prettier of the two. I have discussed this theory with several men, and after careful consideration all have had to admit I was right. For along time I was very angry about this, and I had thought I was over it. But I recently have found that my anger is surfacing again. I am tired of seeing certain women rewarded for how they look, rather than how they behave.