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We begin the new year by briefly looking at a Proverb indicating that if a beautiful woman is foolish, she is like a jewel of gold in the nose of a pig. God created woman because of the loneliness and despair He knew man would experience from being without a partner. Eve, the first woman on earth was taken and formed from the rib of Adam, the first man. In the very early history of earth we read of the creation of woman in Genesis 2:
"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam 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. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." (Genesis 2:18-25).
Now one may ask as to what it means to be without discretion. This points to being without grace or the love of true religion which of course is transcribed in the Bible alone and its entirety. The woman was given the wonderful task of bearing children to men of faith so that they could both inturn raise their children and future generations in the fear and nurture of our LORD. When a woman desires not to do such pious actions as is her role given her by God this is surely a true tragedy in the eyes of God and man:
"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies." (Proverbs 31:10).
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