Quoting Quiverfull: Stop Judging Potential Suitors?

Quoting Quiverfull: Stop Judging Potential Suitors? May 9, 2017

quotingquiverfullby Debi Pearl from No Greater Joy – Do You Want to Get Married?

Editor’s note: Debi continues on in her theme that women in the 20 to 30+ year old range who’ve been carefully homeschooled are driving men away in droves by judging potential suitors harshly. Then she orders you to stop that, giving simplistic suggestions on how to overcome a lifetime of judgmentalism. Oh Mrs. Pearl! Thanks for the laughs.

Let me warn you: you have been nurtured into the image of a Pharisee. It is now part of your character. For the rest of your life, your initial and natural response will be to judge the motives and actions of your husband and those around you. You will look down on lack of decorum, silly comments, or irreligious decision, and you might be totally correct, but who are you to be the keeper of the gate? Your whole life has schooled you to judge. If you see your fault and would change, you must begin schooling yourself in mercy and grace.
Mike has always described girls who men find most appealing as β€œvulnerable.” They are not guarded. They don’t appear to be weighing the motives of others. The gate to their soul is open. Their eyes are alight with interest and curiosity. They appear to be having fun and living in a state of serenity. They are wise and discerning but not critical or judgmental. They don’t think of themselves as better than those around them.

Practice makes perfect. Practice having a merry and thankful heart (open, non-judgmental spirit). Most people have practiced hitting the notes of bitterness, sourness, hurt feelings, and frustration so long that their soul finds the discordant (disparaging) notes easily, almost without thought.

QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders, cultural enforcers and those that seek to keep women submitted to men and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers to examine the ideas of Quiverfull and Spiritual Abuse honestly and thoughtfully.

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