~One womans journey into discovering Gods created purpose for Women.~

"...but for Adam, there was not found a helper suitable for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. The man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed." Genesis 2:20a-25

Thursday, March 25, 2010

A Contentious Woman

"It is better to live in a corner of the roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman."  Proverbs 25:24

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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Prov T-shirt Large White
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Contentious.  Thats a word that sounds bad even if you dont know the meaning.  In fact, I knew it was bad and had never bothered to look up the meaning before today.  And I just knew I was never that kind of a woman!

Well, here is the definition of "contentious":
1 : likely to cause contention (cause a fight or arguement)
2 : exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes
synonyms: belligerent
 
Oh... Thats what it means??  Hmmm.  Well, thats ok.  I still am not that way. 
 
I dont start fights for sure.  And I try to avoid any type of confrontation if at all possible.  In fact, I will avoid a situation or person entirely if it means that I can avoid conflict.  Nope.  I dont like to fight or stir up the waters at all.  
 
But is that all it means?  
 
What about the times we have interrupted someone in order to correct a minor point in the dicussion?  ("No, Mary, that skirt was beige not tan.")  Thats quarrelsome.  Then we allow that minor point to become an arguement back and forth.  ("It was tan." "No beige!")  Even if it didnt continue, it will surely make a relationship "wearisome". 
 
Sometimes the part that we exhibit is a "perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes".  Perverse can be replaced with "cranky", "corrupt" or "perverted".
Wearisome is pretty easy -tiresome.  Making someone weary. 
 
Do you have a friend that is always late?  Always calls at the wrong time?  Does your husband always leave his clothes in a heap right beside the hamper?  Do your children always leave toothpaste all over the sink? 
 
How do you react to those situations?  Is your tendancy one of disputing or arguing?  Are you characterized by an attitude of crankiness that is quick to dispute and quarrel? 
 
A woman searching after Gods created purpose for her life will not be a "contentious woman".  Instead she will live at peace with all those around her.  And those who live with her -her husband and children- will know better than most the true condition of her heart. 

So if you see my husband or children packing their bags and moving into the corner of the roof, give me a tap on the shoulder and remind me not to be contentious, ok?

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"Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace will be with you." 2 Cor 13:11
 
"But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another."  1 Thes 5:12-13
 
 
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