There was a short video of a woman in the US congress in a skimpy bathing suit. It showed some 0f her breasts and most of her butt as she turned around to show it off. This created a firestorm on Twitter. She’s supposedly a conservative Republican, and she fiercely defended herself among those who took issue with her doing this. She responded to one woman who criticized her for doing this by claiming this woman was jealous because she didn’t look good in a bathing suit. And this is what our “leaders” in Congress are battling over. It’s disgusting.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. (Isaiah 3:12)
Virtuous women don’t show their butt and breasts to the public. They are modest and discreet and keep them for their husband’s eyes only. What does virtuous mean? “Having or showing high moral standards.” Compare a virtuous woman with one who willingly shows herself off to the public: “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones” (Proverbs 12:14). Do you want to be a crown to your husband, women, or rottenness in his bones?
Our culture praises and idolizes female presidents and politicians. God praises godly women who lovingly care for their husband, children, and homes. “Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies…She looketh well to the ways of her household” (Proverbs 31:10,27). There are many Republican women who have left their homes for the workforce, and some are even in Congress.
Remember, nations are lost when women lose their modesty and leave their homes, as President John Adams wrote in 1778. “The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a Republican Government is practicable in a nation or not. The Jews, the Greeks, the Romans, the Swiss, the Dutch, all lost their public spirit, their Republican principles and habits and their Republican forms of government when they lost the modesty and domestic virtues of their women.” Feminism’s goal is to destroy everything that is good and right in women.
When I was a teenager, I wore bikinis and dressed immodestly. I liked the attention I got from guys. But as I grew older, I put away my childish ways and began dressing modestly in obedience to God, respect for my husband and children, and to not be a stumbling block to men. “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things” (1 Corinthians 13:11).
I love Matthew Henry’s description of a virtuous woman:
This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband’s esteem and affection, to know his mind, and is willing that he rule over her.
She can be trusted, and he will leave such a wife to manage for him. He is happy in her. And she makes it her constant business to do him good.
She is one that takes pains in her duties, and takes pleasure in them. She is careful to fill up time, that none be lost. She rises early. She applies herself to the business proper for her, to women’s business. She does what she does, with all her power, and trifles not.
She makes what she does turn to good account by prudent management. Many undo themselves by buying, without considering whether they can afford it. She provides well for her house. She lays up for hereafter.
She looks well to the ways of her household, that she may oblige all to do their duty to God and one another, as well as to her.
She is intent upon giving as upon getting, and does it freely and cheerfully.
She is discreet and obliging; every word she says, shows she governs herself by the rules of wisdom. She not only takes prudent measures herself, but gives prudent advice to others. The law of love and kindness is written in the heart, and shows itself in the tongue. Her heart is full of another world, even when her hands are most busy about this world.
Above all, she fears the Lord. Beauty recommends none to God, nor is it any proof of wisdom and goodness, but it has deceived many a man who made his choice of a wife by it. But the fear of God reigning in the heart, is the beauty of the soul; it lasts for ever.
She has firmness to bear up under crosses and disappointments. She shall reflect with comfort when she comes to be old, that she was not idle or useless when young. She shall rejoice in a world to come. She is a great blessing to her relations. If the fruit be good, the tree must have our good word. But she leaves it to her own works to praise her. Every one ought to desire this honour that cometh from God; and according to this standard we all ought to regulate our judgments. This description let all women daily study, who desire to be truly beloved and respected, useful and honourable.
May we all pursue becoming virtuous women.
