Knowing and Living

Women of the Bible Ann Spangler and Jean Syswerda The Woman of Proverbs 31 Her character:  She represents the fulfillment of a life lived in wisdom. Her joy:  To be praised by her husband and children as a woman who surpasses all others. Key Scriptures:   Proverbs 31:10-31 Her Story Proverbs brims with less-than-glowing descriptions of women. There are wayward wives, prostitutes, women with smoother-than-oil lips, strange women, loud women, defiant women, wives who are like a continual drip on a rainy day or decay in their husbands' bones, women whose feet never stay home, brazen-faced women, and even a woman so repulsive she is likened to a gold ring in a pig's snout! Any woman reading Proverbs may be tempted to conclude that its authors tended to blame women for weaknesses actually rooted in the male psyche, especially when it comes to sexual sin. But to balance things out there are also some odious descriptions of men, including scoundrels, villains, chattering...

Most of the time what matters most is the bond between two persons that makes them one. The paradoxical nature of two becoming one in physical,  reproduction,  in the spirit of togetherness and utmost unity lies in the bond that these two or more persons share. Two opposites that attracts and joins together lies in the bond that has been created,  the habit of attracting to yourself positive elements lies also in the bond you create and that which is created by that which you're in bond with and vise versa. Hence,  know what you bond yourself with and bond with it good. In here,  we would talk about bonding in family and narrow it down between the husband and wife. Here's the story of a couple. Mary and Dave are married with two beautiful kids, educated and happy with their lives. This wasn't so until they learnt the lesson of permitting Malice with them and letting go of the Spirit of togetherness, in other words the bond that exists between the duo. There...