You Are Known

And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God..."

Luke 1:30

...let her works praise her in the gates. Proverbs 31:31

(Boaz to Ruth)...for all my townsmen know that you are a worthy woman...Ruth 3:11

...she (Tabitha) was full of good works and acts of charity...Acts 9:36

Oh how many women of this day and age can be described in such a way? Favorable, praiseworthy, Godly? As a woman, are your works praised at your city's "gates"? How many of women out there who"s dress, actions, words tell people around them that they are trully Godly women? If you were to look into the world's picturesque display of a typical woman in magazines, television, books, it is widely seen how the world favors women. By "favor" I mean how very often television (especially) doesn't fail to draw a picture for us of a slanderous, gossiping woman. Many times it takes one glance at the clothing and the manner itself and you already (as the viewer) get about 99.9% of who the woman really is.

Lets narrow down the woman in the home. How is television (I have to pick on television because it is after all the window to the world...correct me if I'm wrong) show us a typical wife, mother, or daughter? Is it often times positive? Is there conflict in the family? Why? Who sets the mood in the home?

How often do we see modern day Ruth's, Esthers, Mary's, or those who can be described as a proverbs 31 woman? How are we as women known by our family, friends, and the people in the world in general? Can we trully be called Godly, favorable, worthy, etc by the world today?

Are you that precious jewel (Proverbs 31:10) that continues to shine with kindness, patience, wisdom, dilligence, femininity, godliness... ?

I apply these questions first to myself. By reading about the godly women in the bible, I see how much I can learn from Ruth, Esther, Mary, the proverbs 31 woman, Tabitha...etc. I want to be just like these women through their amazing examples. It is trully God's plan to preserve the story's of these women in the Holy Bible for us 21st century women to look upon, read, and trully become those women that God will see as worthy in His eyes.