Faith and Spirituality – Page 50 – watercress words by Dr Aletha

Who can find an excellent woman?
She is worth far more than rubies.

She is like the ships of traders.
    She brings her food from far away.
She gets up while it is still night.
    She provides food for her family. She considers a field and buys it.
    She uses some of the money she earns to plant a vineyard.

a bronze statue of Rosa Parks — statue of Rosa Parks, civil rights icon, photo by Dr. Aletha in Grand Rapids Michigan

She gets ready to work hard.
Her arms are strong.

Proverbs 31 (NIRV)

“Proverbs 31 reminds us that virtuous women are a rare find. It is not a label that many will earn. There are some areas when we feel we do well, and others that may need improvement.

A virtuous woman will recognize that her worth has nothing to do with appearance, talent, or the opinions of others.

She will recognize that her past belongs in the past and a future awaits her.

God does not expect perfection, but rather , perseverance. “
Vickey Courtney

quote from

the Virtuous Woman-Shattering the Superwoman Myth

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Isaiah 58:6-10, NIV

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry

    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—

when you see the naked, to clothe them,

    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,

then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.” woman raising arms arms to the sky in a glow of light

“Usually we think of fasting as avoiding food for the purpose to prayer. The emptiness of our stomachs reminds us to pray. Isaiah 58 speaks of a fasting God may honor most of all.

What is God proposing that we fast from?

What do we have to give up or fast from to reach out to the oppressed?

Whatever our answer, we know if we pour out our lives to satisfy the needs of the oppressed, God will be faithful to satisfy our needs.”

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