Are you the “perfect
woman”?
Do you have every verse of
Proverbs 31
Highlighted
Underlined
Memorized
Perfected
Do you have a husband
That you
Cook
for
Clean
for
Pray
for
Submit
to
Sometimes
resent and
Sometimes
annoy but still
Make
love to every night
That
Loves
you
Sacrifices
for you
Is
the head of you and your household
Even
when he
Says
or does dumb things
Do you have six children
That you
Nurse
until they are 3 years old
Homeschool
Teach
to be perfect Christians
That
Love
you
Call
you “Mommy”
Get
fingerpaint on your walls and
Spit-up
on your clothes
Forget
field trip permission forms
And
ask you to decorate impossible cakes for their
birthdays
Do you know
how blessed you are…to know who you are…to be a good woman?
Are you the
perfect woman?
Are you the quintessential
feminist who
Burns
your bras
Supports reproductive
rights and
Women’s health
care
Do you have a career that is
Unstoppable
High-earning
Successful
Difficult to
juggle with your 2.1 kids
And
so you lobby and
Blog
and
Facebook
and
Twitter
In
support of
Equal
rights and
Equal
pay and
More
support and
More
respect
Have you made peace with
Your genitals
and
Your sexuality
and
Your right to
good sex
Do you know that God wants you
to be
Happy
Prosperous
Stunningly orgasmic
Fertile on your
terms
Free
Liberated
Do you have academic credentials from
All the right
schools
With all the
right mentors
Who
taught you
That
once you were enslaved
Oppressed
In
bondage
Held
captive
By
the patriarchal traditions of the world
And
now you know that
God
wants you
To
be free
To
be a good woman
Do you know
how blessed you are…to know who you are …to be a good woman?
This is for
the woman who is not a good woman…
She has no husband and
No children
She likes bras because
Her boobs hurt without them
She has a career but
Hates Oprah
She has no voice in the mommy
wars but is
Tugged by both sides
She knows that “blessed are the
wombs that never bore and the
breasts that never nursed”
Means her
But she cannot support the death
of children she would gladly bear
and nurse
Blessed or not
Even in defense of women
This is for
the woman who is not a good woman…
She gets looks from the good
women
Looks that silently and
Accusingly and
Painfully ask
What is wrong with you
Why aren’t you a good woman
Don’t you love God
Don’t you love yourself
This is for
the woman who is not a good woman…
She silently
Painfully
Prayerfully
Trods along behind her God
She wonders if she loves Him
enough
Or if she loves herself enough
And maybe that is why
She is not a good woman
Why she is alone
Knowing hardly a one who can
Understand or
Empathize
This is for
the woman who is not a good woman…
She continues to trod
Because God or
Fate or
Destiny or
What-have-you
Has given her no other option
And so she tries
Although it is hard
To trust that His promises are
For her
Even for her
The woman who is not a good
woman…
1 comment:
I think you are the best kind of woman. I love this post, because it is authentic and relate-able. I wish I was better at understanding. I can sense the struggle and pain, but finding just the right thing to say is not easy, especially because I don't have answers. I find you very companionable, and lovable to the max, and the rest is an enigma to me. One that makes me want to smack lots of people...men, and the women that cause you to feel less than a good woman. You are a treasure in my life.
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