Proverbs 31 - For the Guys?
The pastor gets up and states, "Today's message will be from Proverbs 31." 75% of the congregation cringes. Why? Because 75% are women and the pastor is a man. Historically, this chapter has been used as a flagellant against women by men. When I say historically, I am not talking 100-200 years. I am talking about thousands of years. When I had just been saved by Grace, I was a single guy. I came up against what many single Christian men lament as "Why are all women looking for guys who are Jesus Christ?! We can't measure up to that!" This was my lament as well. I did not know that the girls were all asking, "Why do all these guys expect us to be Prov 31 women?" Well, it has been many moons since then and I have been blessed by a Proverbs 31 woman! (Yes my love, I am at the city gates. The virtual ones.) I would say that she is indeed far closer to Proverbs 31 than I am to being Jesus Christ. By many orders of magnitude! I have, I