We recently celebrated Mother's Day in the U.S. and I've been thinking a lot about how God views women. This led me to recall many conversations that I've had with women claiming that the Bible belittles women and that feminism is the route that all women should take.
This morning, I was reading from Proverbs (I read the chapter that corresponds to the date) and one of the verses was this:
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones." - 12:4
Anytime that I read about a virtuous woman my mind immediately goes to Proverbs 31. Proverbs 31 is often used as a Mother's Day sermon, but it is really much more than that. Proverbs 31 gives us a powerful insight into how God views women.
From this one chapter alone we can see that God created women to be:
Designers and craftsmen - v13, 19, 21, 22, and 24
Farmers - v16
Entrepreneurs - v18 and 24
Volunteers - v20
Mothers - v28
Christians - v30
Pay close attention to the Bible telling us that these are the qualities of a virtuous woman. God created women to be so powerful that they have the ability to have ALL of these skills.
God Himself said in Genesis:
"And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." - 2:18
Women are not to be dependent upon men, but helpers. God did not make women to be dependents. A Godly woman is simultaneously a Christian, a mother, a wife, a volunteer, a business-owner, a farmer, a designer, and a craftsman.