Even
though I've missed two straight weeks of Mrs. Audrey and Mrs. Claudia's Sunday
School class, I've been thinking about something they stress a lot: being winsome.
I bought
one of those cheap plastic pencil cases at Wal-Mart the other day (thank God
for after school sales!) for the purpose of holding makeup and other goodies.
I wanted
it to be unique (and not just cheap), so I wrote out 1 Timothy 2:9-10 on an
index card in my best writing in pink. Here's the translation I used (ESV)
courtesy of studylight.org:
"9 Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in
respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and
gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who
profess godliness - with good works."
I <3 this
verse.
The
concepts of being "respectable", "modest", having
"self-control", and being "proper" seem lost in today's
society. I'm not saying I'm never guilty of not being any of these,
but I do strive to be these things. It's not mainstream. It's not popular. But,
hey - Jesus wasn't mainstream or popular.
I
honestly can't remember what prompted me to write this . . . I think it was the
fact I'd written it for my makeup box along with the fact that I had just
finished an 'argumentative close-reading' of a section of Hamlet.
I don't
know.
Heck,
we're all lucky I remembered this draft!
So, yes,
this is what I've been working on all week.
^-^
Anyhooz,
back to the WINSOMENESS . . .
Mrs.
Audrey loves the word "winsome". She says that word is lost, and
rather old-fashioned sounding (she's right; it is, but I'm an English major; I
love old words).
She says
that we ought to be "winsome" to "win some".
I <3 that
concept.
XD
Also,
you can read her blog HERE.
It's pretty much an epic win.
