The Virtuous Wife

The Virtuous Wife

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and willingly works with her hands. She is like the merchant ships, she brings her food from afar. She also rises while it is yet night, and provides food for her household, and a portion for her maidservants. She considers a field and buys it; from her profits she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms. She perceives that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out by night. She stretches out her hands to the distaff, and her hand holds the spindle. She extends her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household is clothed with scarlet. She makes tapestry for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies sashes for the merchants. Strength and honor are her clothing; she shall rejoice in time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all.” Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

Friday, May 10, 2013

ABORTED #3 - Abortion and the right to privacy

AMY -- (enters carrying an armful of handbills, crosses) Here's some eye-opening information for you. (offers handbill, continues)
LIZ -- (enters opposite, takes handbill, glances) This is an outrage! (turns, follows) This really makes me mad!
AMY -- (turns) Excuse me?
LIZ -- This is a picture of a dead baby!
AMY -- Yes. That's what happens to a baby during an abortion.
LIZ -- This really makes me mad!
AMY -- I thought it might. Can you imagine a doctor going to medical school and then using his training as a healer to kill babies in the womb?
LIZ -- That's not what makes me mad!
AMY -- Oh, you're mad at the mother of that baby for allowing a doctor to kill it so brutally.
LIZ -- No! (slaps handbill) This PICTURE of a dead baby makes me mad!
AMY -- Oh, so you're upset with the medical technician who would photograph such a sickening picture.
LIZ -- No! I'm angry with you for this handout.
AMY -- Why are you angry with me? I didn't xerox the picture.
LIZ -- Because you gave it to me!
AMY -- You're angry with me for giving you a picture?
LIZ -- Yes.
AMY -- Why? Don't you find this picture to be informative?
LIZ -- Yes. That's why I'm angry.
AMY -- Why?
LIZ -- Because I'm PRO-CHOICE. By showing me this picture, you just removed my choice!
AMY -- How did I remove your choice?
LIZ -- Well, for years I have been happily ignorant of what PRO-CHOICE women were CHOOSING to do. But now, how can I be PRO-CHOICE if one of the choices is (slaps handbill) THIS! What woman in her right mind would do this to a baby?!
AMY -- And that makes you angry at me?
LIZ -- Yes! My happy ignorance is protected by my constitutional right to privacy.
AMY -- I'm sorry, but there is no such thing as a constitutional right to privacy.
LIZ -- Yes, there is! What about the right to privacy that protects a woman's right to... to do this? (points at handbill)
AMY -- I'm sorry to disappoint you. But the word privacy is not even mentioned in the constitution.
LIZ -- It's not?
AMY -- No.
LIZ -- What about the Bill of Rights?
AMY -- Privacy is not even hinted at in the Bill of Rights.
LIZ -- Well, what about Roe vs Wade?
AMY -- Five judges fabricated the right to privacy in order to allow a woman to do that. (points)
LIZ -- (pushes handbill at Amy) This really makes me ill.
AMY -- (takes handbill) I'm sorry, but...
LIZ -- Are you saying that women have been doing that (points) to their babies for all these years because of some right that... that was made up out of thin air?
AMY -- I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but....
LIZ -- Give me that! (snatches handbill)
AMY -- I thought it made you sick.
LIZ -- It does. But I need it as evidence against you.
AMY -- Evidence? Against me?
LIZ -- Yes, I'm going to sue you!
AMY -- You're going to SUE me?!
LIZ -- Yes.
AMY -- For what? These hand bills are covered by my constitutional right to free speech.
LIZ -- (exiting) Well, if judges can fabricate the right to privacy, they can fabricate a way to take away your right to free speech.
AMY -- (exiting opposite) They've already done that. It's illegal for me to distribute these flyers near an abortion clinic.
-Bob Snook-

2 Kings 8:7-15
7 Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.”
8 And the king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”
9 So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”
10 And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover.’ However the Lord has shown me that he will really die.”
11 Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.
12 And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”
He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”
13 So Hazael said, “But what is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?”
And Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”
14 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me you would surely recover.”
15 But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.
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