Have you ever noticed that there really isn't a portion of the Bible about "a man's worth" or a "virtuous man"? I was thinking about this the other day...and sort of wondering why that is. Why does God take the time to lay out to human beings what a woman's value is, and does not do the same thing for women. Is it because men have no value, so there is really no need to articulate what a "good" man looks like? Is it that all men are considered to be inherently valuable, and so there is a distinction between them and women (women, not all valuable, but men, all are)? Is it that women already intrinsically know what a good man looks like, and so we don't need to have it spelled out for us? Is it that men are so blinded by physical appearance, or smoke and mirrors, that they fail to recognize a woman's worth? Is it that women work themselves to the bone, pushing themselves so hard, that God felt the need to remind us that it is for a purpose, for His glory, that it has meaning?
Just some thing I have been wondering the past few days. :) Feel free to share any insight you might have.
Perhaps the disposition of nearly all cultures from then until now have been male-focused, and the special attention was given to ensure that women knew that they weren't left out? Perhaps the natural bias is to assume that all of it is directed specifically at men, and therefore the need to illuminate those aspects which are specific to women? Or perhaps it is all directed at men, since according to the Bible they are the leaders of households, and in order for them to be proper leaders of righteousness, it is they who need to know what they should be looking for in a righteous woman?
ReplyDeleteCompletely valid points. I just found it kind of funny when I was contemplating it. Thank you for commenting. :) Truth be told, we won't really know the answer until we get to heaven and we can ask. By then I doubt I will probably care much, though.
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