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Crazy
She Goats
(March 6, 2008)
My grandmother, Sarafina Conti, was born and raised on a farm about an hour south of Rome, Italy. She came to America in her twenties. As young men, my cousins and I were often exhorted by our grandmother about the women we would one day marry. In sternness, in love, and in broken English, she warned, “No crapa pazzo! Stay away from the crapa pazzo (crazy goats).” My grandmother knew the women we married would tremendously impact our mental and spiritual happiness, for the rest of our lives.
My grandmother’s formal education was limited, but on this matter, her advice agreed with the second wisest man who ever set foot on this planet. Although King Solomon never used Grandma’s “crazy goat” terminology, his proverbs conveyed similar principles. Consider the kinds of women he told his son to avoid:
 | Indiscrete woman: As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion - Prov 11:22; |
| Brawling woman: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house - Prov 21:9; |
| Angry woman: It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman - Prov 21:19; |
| Contentious woman: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike - Prov 27:15; |
| Conscienceless woman: an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness - Prov 30:20; and |
| Odious woman: an odious woman is one of four things the earth cannot bear - Prov 30:21-23. |
Crazy goat, I can not think of a better expression to sum up odious, conscienceless, contentious, angry, brawling, and indiscrete. May the Lord bless our sons to find virtuous women, and steer clear of the crapa pazzo.
Article Written by Elder Dolph Painter, Moriah Primitive Baptist Church
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