So many professing Christian women today have such a thoroughly career and feminist mindset, that they see the opportunity or mandate to make money in all the women of the Bible. This is especially the case with the Proverbs 31 woman. But, let's get it straight. The Proverbs 31 woman was not a real estate agent, nor did she hold any other sort of career we might dream up. She was a woman of great virtue, who went to great lengths in taking care of her family. She was a description of a virtuous woman that King Lemuel's mother was admonishing him to seek as he looked for a wife. If we use this as a cause or excuse to go out to work away from our families, we are being deceived by the Enemy of our souls. We need only look to Genesis to see who is to be the provider for the household: the husband, who is to toil by the sweat of his brow to see that the needs of his family are met. Why take on that curse, oh Christian women?
For a more thorough look into this assumption about the Proverbs 31 woman, I will now direct you to a post by my friend Lady Lydia, which points out some of the errors of looking at the Proverbs 31 woman as someone who was interested in making money. There is also some discussion on this same trait that is often ascribed to Lydia in the Bible. Neither were career women! And even more than that, we are always to look to the directions given to us in Scripture, and to only follow other people as much as they are following those commands given by the Lord in His Word.
Lady Lydia's post can be read here {Proverbs 31: Career Woman? (And Lydia, Seller of Purple)}.
Another excellent post Lady Lydia has written on the Proverbs 31 woman is Taking Time to Reflect.
Other posts Lady Lydia has done about the Proverbs 31 Woman:
Some of the Other Things in Proverbs 31
Caring for Your Own
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