Proverbs 31 Movement

A few days ago while catching up on facebook, I came across a video that several people were posting saying, “I would rather have a Proverbs 31 women than a Victoria Secret model."  After watching the video, a feeling of hope immediately came over me.  Hope that women from all ages, all over the world would come across this video.  Hope that we as women understand the value and what it means to be a Proverbs 31 women.  Hope that the men in our world understand the importance of wanting a Proverbs 31 women.  Hope that this movement would change lives and help rebuild the foundation of what marriage is intended to be.  Hope that body image will not be an issue in today's society that causes beautiful girls to look in the mirror and pick apart there body wishing they could change.  Whether ladies want to admit it or not, we all have our insecurities.  This "movement" has been so encouraging. Godly men are finally speaking out, going against society and culture to encourage us ladies to be who God intended for us to be. 

By no means am I saying that wanting to look nice, wearing make-up fixing your hair is wrong because I absolutely do not think that; but if you let that consume and define who you are than that is where we let culture blind us from the Truth.  1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?  You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.  So glorify God in your body.  Taking care of the body that God has given us is part of our responsibility.  God commands us to glorify Him with our body.  Exercising and not over indulging yourself with food is in part of taking care of the body we were given.  But in doing this, we do so to glorify God NOT glorifying or trying to be what culture thinks we should look like.  In everything we do should ultimately glorify our loving God.

Being a Proverbs 31 lady is something that I want to strive to be every day.  I don't want to get blinded by what society is telling me I should look like or how much I should weigh.  I want to reflect the light from God on what HE wants us ladies to be.  He not only wants us to be a 31 women but he wants us to be more like Him every day.  I do pray that this "Proverbs 31" movement takes off and helps to make a RADICAL change in our society and worldly view.  

Thank you to Alex Eklund who started this movement and to all the Godly men who are supporting it!  Hopefully with me striving to be a Proverbs 31 women, I will one day find my Ephesians 5 guy.  (That's a whole blog for another day  :)