Proverbs 31 is often presented as a checklist of what a godly woman should aspire to be like, but if anyone truly tried to do everything listed there, they would quickly become exhausted and even possibly ashamed, because it cannot be accomplished in your own strength. We should never strive through performance and works to receive love and acceptance from people and God. Christ won God's love for us and it is through His sacrifice that women are empowered to have aspects of the woman described in Proverbs 31.