Proverbs - Don't Be Such a Drip

Proverbs 27:15-16

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,

and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

A continuous dripping is something very annoying.  There is a rhythm and a constancy of noise that just grates on one’s nerves.  This is what we are like when we are contentious.  We move away from being a rain that refreshes and waters and become a drip.  A drip comes from a collection of water that releases in a systematic dropping that cannot bring refreshment or cleansing to anyone or anything. Could you imagine being thirsty and having to hold a cup under a dripping faucet?  Sure the water is there but it is being released in a frustrating way.  We can be like that, giving our opinion here and there with the intent to provoke and frustrate those who hear us.   When a man tries to cover for her it is like trying to hide the wind.  We should never place our husbands in such an awkward place as to cover the phone or excuse our comments.  We were meant to be helpers and blessings.  We should be women who seek to serve and not be served.  We should be women who are clouds with water intended to refresh and water those around us, not contentious drips who are troubling those who surround us.