Hey everyone it's Leslie Ludi hosted the set-ap Girl Podcasts biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today we're going to tackle the question, does Proverbs 31 present an unrealistic standard

for today's women? And the reason I wanted to

tackle this subject is because I have heard so many women who are Christians

subtly mock or be sarcastic towards the standards presented in Proverbs 31.

I remember a woman once saying,

hey, I'll become the Proverbs 31 woman.

As soon as I get all those Proverbs 31 maids,

this is a woman who has all these servant girls

working for her and this lady was saying I'm not going to be a Proverbs 31

woman unless I can get a whole bunch of servant girls to do my housework for me. I

remember reading a Christian book that

actually mocked Proverbs 31 and basically the conclusion was you know

any woman who lived this way would be completely frazzled and exhausted and never have time for herself.

And even for me, many years of my life I actually avoided Proverbs 31 because I was afraid that

it would only make me feel guilty if I read

Proverbs 31 and it would only remind me of all the ways that I was falling short of

Godly womanhood. But a few years ago I started to take a closer look at this chapter in the Bible and it was truly life

changing for me. In the very first part of Proverbs 31 where it goes into a virtuous woman.

It says a virtuous woman who can find.

The actual meaning of the word virtuous is valiant, mighty, and strong. In fact, it's the very same word used to describe King David,

where it says, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a mighty man of valor, a man of war, and the Lord is with him.

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