According to our culture, a woman's identity is tied to such things as her outward

appearance and her own inner strength.

Scripture on the other hand casts a completely different vision of womanhood.

Women have intrinsic value based on God's good design and they can be a blessing to others based on God's grace in them.

Welcome to the Radical with David Platt podcast, the latest sermons from teacher, author,

and pastor David Platt delivered weekly.

As always, you can find today's sermon plus thousands of more free

resources over at our website radical.net. In this Mother's Day sermon from Proverbs

Chapter 31 versus 10 through 31.

David Platt identifies characteristics of a Christ-like woman.

How we view these characteristics

has implications not only for married women but also

for husbands singles in the entire church.

Here's David with a sermon titled Womanhood and the Wisdom of God from Proverbs Chapter 31.

I want to give due attention today to honoring not only the moms but the women in

our midst.

And I say that because I remember when Heather and I were walking,

struggling through heartbreaking years of infertility.

Coming to church on Mother's Day was not easy.

To be honest, emotionally, you almost wanted to avoid the day altogether.

And I don't want any woman or man for that matter to ever think that way about any day gathering together with the church.

Mother's Day is obviously a joyful day in many ways,

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