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- From: dlhanson@nap.amoco.com (David L. Hanson)
- Subject: Re: My daughter needs to be more assertive (II)
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- Organization: These are my opinions.
- References: <1993Jan18.090651.628@news.wesleyan.edu> <1993Jan20.201519.640@news.wesleyan.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:05:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.201519.640@news.wesleyan.edu> RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
-
- >
- >Rachel's goal in life is total self-abnegation. She wants to be a housewife,
- >because she thinks that's the most "selfless" thing she could do. This is in
- ... [much deleted]
- >She wants to be a housewife.
- >She wants to be the one who's always at home, always giving of herself to
- >everyone else and never considering her own needs. Never even HAVING any
- >of her own needs, if she had her preference. Totally "at others'
- >service" (husband,children, neighborhood children, & God -- she's very
- >into Turning Herself Over to God's Will, being God's servant, etc.).
- >
-
- Bravo, cheers for this young lady! A woman who desires to stay at home
- and do the most important work in the world (nurture and care for a family)
- is hard to find in this generation.
-
- I often read Proverbs 31:10-31 to my sons (ages 10 and 12) to show them
- the womanly qualities that God wants their wives to have.
-
- Here are verses 10-15:
-
- "A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies."
- "Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value."
- "She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life."
- "She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands."
- "She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar."
- "She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and
- portions for her servant girls."
-
- And verses 28-29:
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- "Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises
- her:"
- "Many women do noble things but you surpass them all."
-
- We contrast that to the wife described in Proverbs Chapter 6.
-
- Proverbs 6:11 "(She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
- now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)"
-
- Signature follows:
- "Jesus saith unto him, I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life: NO MAN
- cometh unto the Father, BUT BY ME" John 14:6
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