A Woman's Quest for Wisdom

"Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding...

...A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell."

Proverbs 9:1-6, 13-18

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:1

 

As women after God's own heart, it is natural that we would seek after becoming a woman of wisdom. We scour Proverbs and we meditate on the Psalms of the Lord. We seek and we seek and we seek until it seems like we've overturned every stone and still there is an ocean to go.

What if, what if there was a simple answer to the age old question that all good Christian women ask themselves at one point or another: How do I become a woman of wisdom?

We see in the above verses a comparison between wisdom and foolishness; the wise woman and the foolish woman.

Wisdom builds her house.

Wisdom works in her home, she keeps her home (Titus 2:5).

She kills her beast for the meal, she has mingled her wine to drink, and she has furnished her table.

A wise woman builds her home.

On the other hand is the foolish woman, that clamorous woman.

She sits in her house, no mention of work. She has no fruit to show (Proverbs 31:31).  

No table to offer, and no slaughtered beast or wine has she, but stolen waters only. The only thing she has to offer isn't even hers to offer!

The common thread between the two women is that they both call out to the simple, imploring them to come in and dine.

The wise woman calls out in her wisdom, and the foolish woman calls out in her simplicity, acting as if wise.

The difference is the fruit.

The wise woman builds her home, the foolish woman sits in her home and does nothing, thereby tearing it down with her own hands.

What if it is that simple?

Sisters, if we desire to be wise, let us seek after wisdom, and we will find her. We will find her building her home, preparing the table, and speaking the law of kindness.

So shall we, by the grace of the Lord.

If we want to be wise, dear sister, we must build our homes.