It's probably no accident that the week that I'm feeling a bit crazy on the home front (making and eating too many baked goods, prepping to host a Bunco party, realizing I haven't purchased a thoughtful teacher gift yet, writing/stuffing/mailing Christmas cards, missing the December dance lesson payment, deciding this is a good time to start unswaddling/sleep-training the baby, keeping up with daily life...you know...) that I happened to be reading her chapter on the Proverbs 31 woman in A Year of Biblical Womanhood.
So this really sticks out to me this week:
The Proverbs 31 woman is a star not because of what she does but how she does it -- with valor. So do your thing. If it's refurbishing old furniture -- do it with valor. If it's keeping up with your two-year-old -- do it with valor. It it's fighting against human trafficking...leading a company...or getting other people to do your work for you -- do it with valor.
Take risks. Work hard. Make mistakes. Get up the next morning.
And surround yourself with people who will cheer you on.
-- A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans p.95
That's all. Happy Wednesday.
Loved that book!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Still reading it now. Just tonight I read the part on Mary Magdalene -- awesome. I think Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey is next on my list. :)
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