{"id":3118,"date":"2025-02-07T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2025-02-07T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:00:23","slug":"a-virtuous-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/2025\/02\/07\/a-virtuous-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Virtuous Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone is familiar with the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 31.<br><br>She is the ideal woman-type who is well-rounded in character, personality, and productivity.<br><br>I often think what the Proverbs 31 Woman would be in modern times. <br><br>Her candle &#8211; though maybe no longer a candle &#8211; doesn&#8217;t go out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Would she be on her cell phone, but would she even have one?<br><br>Would she be up late on her laptop? How would she connect with the digital world?<br><br>Looking at what we take for granted, what would she think of electricity and running water? Indoor plumbing?<br><br>Up late at night, she works tirelessly, likely by a candle or lamp.<br><br>I wonder, would she take in a movie or two?<br><br>Would social media be on her schedule? <br><br>I suppose it depends on what her goals are to the extent of her technology use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtuous Woman Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When I read over her character traits, I see a strong woman.<br><br>She is someone who is not afraid of plowing forward. <br><br>Basically, she puts her talents and strengths to good use.<br><br>She may even work on her weaknesses, for they are strengths that have been overused.<br><br>Moreover, she makes decisions and delegates, yet she also works with her own hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I suppose it depends on what her goals are to the extent of her use of technology.<br><br>I know some virtuous women who work with their hands and the digital life is scarce.<br><br>Yet, I also know of women who work late into the night, fully engaged in their technology, not for self-pleasure, but to reach out to the lonely across the lands. <br><br>Yes, there are those women who only have the Internet as their connection with other believers. <br><br>Both kinds of women are virtuous, not because of what they produce in their lives, but because of their heart.<br><br>A woman who fears Yahweh will also make good use of her time, investing it wisely into the kingdom.<br><br>That&#8217;s the kind of woman I desire to be. A virtuous woman.<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is familiar with the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 31. She is the ideal woman-type who is well-rounded in character, personality, and productivity. I often think what the Proverbs 31 Woman would be in modern times. Her candle &#8211; though maybe no longer a candle &#8211; doesn&#8217;t go out. Questions&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3460,"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions\/3460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eliyah.com\/light\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}