Even if we experienced bad things in our lives, than God still can make a change for us as women. He wants us to reach out to Him to experience how much He loves us. Our G-d is so tremendously loving that He wants us to be whole as a person. We also have to watch whether we feel ourselves as a victim and we are not growing into a direction of healing. This does not sound very nice, but I have learned in being a leader in the congregation that this is unfortunately true and we women are loved so much by Adonai that the enemy does everything to destroy our calling and us. We have to be able to discern this and confront a person who acts like this. We will find out that the prophecy is often false, so the prophet is false. Quite often these type of women call themselves prophets.
She will use the name of God to manipulate others and control. In this case she seems god-fearing, but in fact she is performing idolatry. If she would be powerful in her own strength than this woman could develop easily a character that wants to control others in a possessive way and takes freedom away from people around her. This does not mean that she is powerful in her own strength. Watch out for the trap in the development of our characterĪ woman of valor is powerful because of her relationship with her Creator. One who is rich in her relationship with God. Eshet (smichut) comes from “isha” and means: wife, woman, feminine, a wife opposite her husband, female of animals. Chayil means: power, resources, army, effective. In Hebrew the terminology: Woman of valor is: eshet chayil. “Excellent wife” can also be translated with: woman of valor. (Ruth 3:11)In Proverbs 31:10 we read: “An excellent wife, who can find her”. Because there is only one other place in the Bible where is spoken about a woman of valor and that is Ruth so called by Boaz, we know that you do not have to be married to be a woman of valor.
Because this is the only place where is spoken of: woman of valor or in Hebrew: eshet chayil, we will research in this column the text in order to learn. For me this verse is a great tool for women to become the woman G-d wants us to be. Husbands sing it to their wives to honor them for making the house a home. It is a Jewish tradition to read or sing at the beginning of Erev shabbat, Friday night Proverbs 31:10-31.
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