Did you hear the story about the (female) pilot at WestJet, who received a note from a passenger?
I hung my head in shame,
for the way that passenger twisted God’s Truth in arrogance and self righteousness.
So, if you haven’t heard, here’s the story :
After a WestJest flight (last weekend) from Calgary to Victoria, a note was found on one of the seats.
Here is what was written :
“The cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman. A woman being a mother is the most honor, not as ‘captain.’ Were (we’re) short mothers, not pilots Westjet.
(Sorry not PC)
PS I wish WestJet could tell me a fair lady is at the helm so I can book another flight!”
As I read his note, I was embarrassed that this man used a biblical reference (Proverbs 31) to ‘prove his point.’
Despite the reality that Proverbs 31 is a portion of scripture that is a song, and is simply a bar to aim at (similar to Matthew 5:48, which says, “be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect” … now that is a high bar!), it makes most women feel that we will never arrive as a wife.
This Proverbs 31 woman is described as one who :
“She shops around (she’s a traveler) for the best yarns and cottons …
She looks over a field and buys it (she is a realtor) …
then, with money she’s put aside (she is an investor) …
plants a garden (she is active in horticulture) …
First thing in the morning, she dresses for work (she works … ALL women work, not all women are paid for what they do) …
rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started (she enjoys her work) …
She senses the worth of her work (there is value to what she does) …”
Hum,
I am thinking that the gentleman who made a point of including Proverbs 31, was perhaps not all that familiar with it.
When the seventeen year veteran pilot of the plane, Carey Steacy, read the note she responded with a post on FaceBook, ending with a point they could both agree on :
“Now, back to my most important role, being a mother.”
I like this woman!
Oh, and also, Proverbs 31 is not just a job description of the perfect wife.
The first ten verses are titled :
“Speak Out for Justice”
It is the advice a mother gave to her son, and as I read it I wondered if her motherly comments might also be appropriate for this WestJet-flying, napkin-writing, scripture-twisting man …
“Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of!
Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God!”
Proverbs 31:2
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