I got back from Edmonton on Friday around supper time. It was an enjoyable trip, even with the long car ride. I brought knitting, though, and that helped to pass the time. I also worked on it at the hotel in the evenings after we had long, tiring days of shopping and browsing.
We are still on Spring Break here (we have two weeks), and I have no plans - except one day this week K, Little K, J, and I will be hanging out with the two Ks for an afternoon/evening of playing the Wii, watching a movie, and enjoying a meal. I don't know what day that will be, but I am looking forward to it. Other than that, I will be relaxing and enjoying my time off.
I'm working on some knitting, which I'll discuss in my knitting blog rather than here, and catching up on my devotions and Bible reading. Today I read a few chapters in Proverbs, something I haven't done in awhile (aside from reading a few highlighted ones now and then as I flip through to find something else to read).
I thought about how Solomon wrote these to his sons, or maybe even men in general, and wondered why women weren't included. I stopped to think, and figure it is probably due to the culture. Men were the ones educated. Men were the ones "in charge". It was a patriarchal society, and women had a submissive role - they cooked, cleaned, took care of the house, raised the babies, that kind of thing.
Now, however, women play a different role in society, and these proverbs apply to both men AND women (and really, I'm sure they applied to women back then too). Just because it says for a son to obey his father and listen to his mother, doesn't mean that a daughter shouldn't do those things.
The advice given in Proverbs - and the Bible in general - apply to all of us. Not just men; not just women; not just Jews; not just Gentiles. Every single one of us.
The Proverbs are filled with good advice - advice we should follow. Advice I should follow. I need to delve into this book of the Bible more often.
