Proverbs 31

17: She is girt about with strength, and sturdy are her arms.

*I like this poster, "We Can Do It!"  It was one of the most famous pictures of the World War II era and it shows "Rosie the Riveter" flexing her muscles.

The demands put on American industry by the war machine were immense. With some ten million men at war and the rest of the male population at work, it was clear the only way America would be able to win the war was if it enlisted large numbers of women for employment. America needed it's women to go to work to build the planes, tanks, and ships needed to fight Hitler. World War II, more so than any other war, was a war based on production, and so it was time to bring American women into industry.

As women, we are often viewed as 'soft' but in reality, women have done some of the hardest work of all...pioneer women helped carve new homes out of new frontiers, we've helped during wartime and certainly not least, we go through the "labor" of having babies.

One of the "strongest" things about us is our ability to support our husbands and nurture our children.What mom hasn't know the hard work of toiling around the house all day, only to stand as watchful nurse over sick children through the night, only to get up and repeat the cycle the next day?

As a Proverbs 31 wife, we are called by God to be strong: Physically, spiritually, emotionally.  Daily we need to be flexing those muscles to keep them fit.  Daily we need to be nourishing ourselves on the Word of God and the Sacraments to be healthy and strong.

"We Can Do It"