Virtuous Woman

Every woman, in every stage of life, has a place in God's design.

From a stay-at-home mom in mismatched sneakers to a high school principal who thought missions were for someone else, Virtuous Woman© brings together four diverse voices — each discovering that being pleasing to God has nothing to do with perfection and everything to do with obedience, faith, and purpose.

Told through heartfelt, often humorous monologues, each character reflects on her life, expectations, frustrations, and the beautiful, unexpected ways God shapes her journey. Whether in a classroom, a chaotic kitchen, or the everyday reality of teen life, the message is clear: Virtue isn’t about status — it’s about surrender.

A perfect piece for women’s events, church services, youth groups, or Mother's Day celebrations, this skit encourages all women — young and old — to walk boldly in the truth that they are called, loved, and capable of undistracted devotion to the Lord.

Cast: 4 females

• Housewife
• teacher
• teenager (older teenager)
• school principal (older lady)

Bible Reference: Proverbs 31:10-31

Set: blank

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting:

• 2 spotlights to illuminate speaker

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions:

• actors standing at center stage in a row across the stage, with sufficient room between each actor so the spotlight features only one actor at a time. When spot is on the speaking actor, all other actors are in dark

Time: 14

Sample script:

(Scene opens. Spot comes up on Housewife. She begins speaking.)

Housewife:
Here we go again, another exciting day. Ya right!
(Looks up and raises voice.)
Andrea and Lisa, for the last time, you are going to miss your bus!
(Smiles and shakes her head.)
Those girls! I love them so much, but I’m sure they’d forget their heads if they weren’t attached. They sure have changed my life, that’s for sure. I never knew how amazing children and a husband could make you feel!
(Smiles, retrospective.)
You know, I thought I had things all figured out. Right after high school, I would go on to college, earn a journalism degree. Then I would get a job reporting for the country’s top news authority, and after precisely seven and one-half years of a successful career, I would meet Mr. Right.

Why seven and one-half years, you ask? Isn’t it obvious? It’s an established fact that it had taken precisely seven years and six months for the last two Pulitzer Prize-winning female journalists to win that recognition. And I had no real reason to expect that my journey would be one less traveled. Nor moreso.

And as for Mr. Right — he would be a freelance writer who could work out of our home, so he could look after our 2.5 children, which would be born exactly five, then eight years into our marriage. I, of course, would continue on in my journalism career, enabling us to pay off our mortgage and two SUVs in 8.3 years.
(Laughs to herself.)

Oh, I thought I had it all figured out, didn’t I? And did it work out exactly as planned? Well . . . not quite . . . and . . . not at all, actually. I did meet a guy — in grade 10, actually.

Was he Mr. Right?
Well, certainly at least Mr. Has-Possibilities!

Anyhow, we fell madly in love and married the day after our high school graduation. So much for the seven-and-a-half-year wait. And the babies came a little sooner than I had planned — we were only newlyweds when the news of impending twins was delivered to us, arriving just two weeks before our first anniversary.

Oh, and my freelance writer husband actually turned out to be a struggling insurance salesman, traveling seven days a week so we could make minimum payments on our bills.

And no, I never did get that journalism degree. Not one single person has ever paid a dime to read the mind-bending revelations stored up and tucked away in my mind. But I want to tell you — my breakthroughs in nose wiping and potty training are stuff legends are made of!

I guess you could say that life hasn’t been real easy — nor anything close to what I’d planned. But I guess that’s why we need reminders that God’s in control, not us.

I never thought that instead of wearing $200 leather high heels to my executive corner office, I’d be wearing slip-on sneakers that don’t even match! My daily challenges may not be the same as they would be in corporate America, but tell me — how many business executives know how to get gum out of shag carpet?
(Smiles.)

God sure calls us to different places — places that He has designed specifically for us. Instead of treating life as boring and tedious, I need to remember:
God has designed me to be a woman of virtue — a woman who pleases God in all she does.

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