HEROINE #3

CHRISTMAS HEROINES #3

EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS. DID YOU KNOW SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO COULD KEEP A SECRET? (LUKE 2:19) MARY WAS A STRONG WOMAN AND DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT GOSSIP. (MATT. 1:19) DID YOU KNOW HER NAME MEANS "REBELLIOUS?" PERHAPS GOD GAVE HER THAT NAME BECAUSE SHE HAD TO BE A RADICAL AND STAND UP AGAINST JEWISH TRADITION TO BEAR THE SON OF GOD.

EACH CHRISTMAS HEROINE HAD TO MEET PROVERBS 31 STANDARDS. IN DOING CROSS REFERENCES ON BIBLE SCRIPTURES, GOD HAS SHOWN ME THE PROVERBS 31 WOMAN HAS THE MATURE CHRISTIAN TRAITS DISCUSSED IN OTHER BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

CHARACTERISTICS OF:

IPet. 3:1-6: Prov. 31 IIPet. 1:4-7: Prov. 31

SUBMISSION 31:11&15 DILIGENT 31:12

OBEDIENCE 31:12 FAITH TO DEVELOP VIRTUE 31:25

DISCIPLINE 31:25 KNOWLEDGE 31:16

PURITY 31:19-21 SELF-CONTROL 31:14

DISCRETION 31:26 STEADFASTNESS 31:18

GENTLE & QUIET SPIRIT 31:17-18 GODLINESS 31:26

WISDOM 31:24 CHRISTIAN LOVE 31:20

A POPULAR THOUGHT AT CHRISTMAS IS "JESUS HAD TO BE BORN TO DIE AT THE CROSS"

FOR WOMEN THIS CHRISTMAS, THEY CAN TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER REGARDING NAIL POLISH.

THE WORD ATONEMENT SPELLS OUT SO IMPORTANT A DOCTRINE, IT ALSO DENOTES FINGERNAIL POLISH. (SONG OF SOLOMON) THIS UNUSUAL MEANING STEMS FROM THE IDEA THAT ORIENTAL FEMALES MADE A POWDER OF CAMPHIRE LEAVES, THEN MADE THE POWDER INTO A PASTE BY USE OF WATER AND PUT THIS ON THEIR FINGERNAILS TO GIVE THEM A MUCH DESIRED REDDISH COLOR. THE WORD CAMPHIRE COMES FROM THE SAME ROOT AS ATONEMENT. WELL PORTRAYED COULD THE SINNER PRAY FOR A COLORFUL COVER FOR HIS/HER ANEMIC SOUL DISSIPATED BY SIN.