May. 9, 2006
Quiet or Clamourous
 Wisdom Hath Builded Her House
 For a long time the verses in the Bible about being meek and quiet, and the many in proverbs about the bad women have convicted me, ALOT. Let's face it I am not by nature a QUIET person. Never have been. I see it so blatantly in deare little Joy,and I ache that she will have to grow up and wade through the inner turmoil I deal with over it. In attempting to spare her from that, the LORD is shining a light into my own heart and dealing with me about it even more than before.
 Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating FALSE quietness--as in never talking or and stewing in outrage, offenses, or anger. But the more I study it, the more I understand that these verses point out that the outer woman shows to the world what is going on in the inner woman.
Quiet isn't just No sound, but peace and tranquility of spirit, a place of rest and unshakableness of mind and heart. That is what I LONG for. I want that so badly it hurts. I don't want to be associated in any way, shape or form with the worldly women who think speaking up for themselves is good and right. Besides all the verses regarding a woman's submissive role, God says the exact opposite--turn the other cheek, forgive 70 times 7,... God's Word lifts up the Prov. 31 woman (her character traits go beyond her being a married woman and bespeak her heart). She has the law of kindness in her mouth and gives to the poor, etc. A woman possessing Christ and the Holy Ghost )You can NOT have one and NOT the other, you have BOTH or NEITHER) should also possess the fruit of the spirit: longsuffering, gentleness, meekness, temperance etc.
Today, when reading Prov. 9
I was struck by 2 things:
1.) Wisdom is a woman who BUILDS her house" v.1furnishes her table v.2 and
 invites the simple ones in v.3 to dine with her so she can teach them.v.4 2. In contrast v. 13 and 14 "The foolish woman is clamorous woman, she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house...to call to passengers who go right by...." v.15 She leads "her guests" to "the depths of hell" v.18
 So, I admit I am simple. But now I have to make a choice--
 do I go to Wisdom's house and learn of her, from her,to get understanding OR do I say to myself, "you are simple, you know nothing," and resign myself to it? What added to my sorrow over this was looking up the synonyms for foolish and clamorous.
 (WARNING: Don't do that unless you REALLY want to understand!)Foolish: silly, senseless, witless, brainless, unwise, shallow, iladvised, misguided, irrational, unreasonable, misguided, indiscreet, undiscerning, undiscriminating, inadviseable, unintelligent, useless, vain, shortsighted. [Opposites of foolish are--lowness, silence]
Clamorous: (clamor)uproar, hubbub [loudness] shouting, tumult, [shout] brawly, rackety, riotous, tumultuous, bedlam, boisterous, rowdy, disorderly, screechy, squally, squawky, vociferous. [Opposites of clamor/clamourous: lowness, silence, softness]
 These antonyms are descriptive of MOST women of today, and MANY are in the local church.  First thought was they perfectly describe many of the actresses, newanchors, and talk-show hosts (female), that many Christian women respect and admire.  Second thought was they aptly describe many CHRISTIAN women who are authors, speakers, and teachers of women, which begs the question-"what are they teaching?" Their testimony and example when compared to the Bible don't add up.
 LORD needs to a lot of refining to do with me.
 Which is why I have been quiet lately, with my groups, and even just with us and Bob. My heart's desire
 is to be a woman fit (according to God's Word) to fulfill the Titus 2 role, and not just a figurehead who "preaches it" without living it. My testimony and example to shout  "like Wisdom's maidens" without me opening my mouth and uttering a word. From My
 to Yours,Mrs. Bob L. (Terry) in PA
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