Meekness or Weakness?

I don't know about you but I personally do not see many (if any at all) ads encouraging inner beauty... I see ads that scream to woman that they are too fat or too quiet or way to different to be considered beautiful. I see t.v shows and songs that explicitly allude to the idea that a woman isn't worthy of a mans love if she isn't promiscuous or built like beyonce. To all you feminists who have such a problem with a woman being submissive to her husband or staying home to rear her children-- Why don't you have a problem with the constant degrading of woman in practically every source of media? Is that the message you want your daughters to hear? That is is okay for women to be objects of lust (because its their own body and they can do what they want with it, right?) as long as she has the opportunity to pursue the same career as a man. That it is okay for a woman to be used for sex as long as she has the right to get 'rid' of the product... 

I do not know about the rest of the woman population but this literally disgusts me.  

"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. 1 Peter 3:3-5

In my seemingly long but relatively short nineteen years of life I have never really been the 'gentle one'. And I am certainly not quiet. However, after doing some studying on Godly woman and their attributes it has come to my attention that the "gentle and quiet spirit" that Peter is talking about in Scriptures is so much more than avoiding sanguine silliness and holding our tongues. The beauty of a woman is placed in her ability to love the unlovable and submit to God's never-accidental plan for her life. I crave these virtues more than ever. 

"They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear." 1 Peter 3:6

  

Ever since I was a little, my parents told me "it is far more important to be beautiful on the inside than the outside". This belief has changed me more than any amount of makeup or hair product could ever! The moment I believed that inner beauty was more important than being accepted, all the boys liking me and being super pretty was the moment I truly felt beautiful. It is like a flower (so cliche, I know). A flower can only produce beautiful pedals if everything on the inside (biologically speaking) is working correctly. 

I have seen what a Holy woman can do and let me tell you-- it is far more powerful than any right the feminists have fought for all these years.. I have seen my mother calm storms that I just knew were going to destroy everything in its path. I have seen her hold her tongue when I have about bit mine off (for lack of appropriate words). My mother's beauty radiates through her meekness.

Meekness or Weakness?

I am going to be completely honest. For several years I viewed my mothers temperament as a weakness but now that I am older I realize my mothers temperament is more valuable than gold. This is especially true in a marriage. My mom could tell my father more things in one look than she could in a million words. After seeing examples of true beauty and the blessings God pours over a Holy woman-- I want to be a submissive wife, I want to have a gentle spirit and I want to bridle my tongue. 

Truth of the matter is-- meekness is the exact opposite of weakness-- it is "a heart free from fear". 

"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgement, because in this world we are like Him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears not is made perfect in love." 1 John 4:16-18

Women: Do not be misled-- society today... DOES NOT care about you. 

*Find your validation, peace and joy through your relationship with Christ. Find your beauty, confidence and appeal through the gentle and quiet spirit Peter talks in the verse above. Find your worth through the Cross.*  

                              Meekness

adjective, meek·er, meek·est.

1.

humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.

2.

overly submissive or compliant.

3.

Obsolete . gentle; kind.