Friday!

Proverbs!

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike - restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one's right hand.

Proverbs 27:15-16 BSB

This proverb has been translated as "nagging wife is like a dripping tap" but that domestic context and the negative connotation of that doesn't seem to be there in the original. 

The person who came to mind when sitting with this proverb this morning, and listening to the constant rain on my roof, was Dame Whina Cooper - if you haven't seen the move "Whina" of her life then please do. 

She was contentious.

Contending for her whanau, her people, for the land, for a place.

She did not stop, did not give up. 

She stood for what was important. 

That's the essence of this proverb. 

Contend.

Stand.

Don't give up on what's really important.

Be like the rain.

Our society's, communities, our nation's need people who will contend for what is important, stand for the marginalised, the hungry, the disenfranchised, stand against injustice, corrupt or broken systems. 

What we contend for says a lot about who we are, what you value. 

Jesus contended for you Beloved. 

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