** Tip of the bonnet to Bev at http://www.christianhomekeeping.com/ for this post. **
Proverbs 32
1 An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. And she will remind you of that worth every day until death do you part.
2 The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. If he does she will remind him of how worthless he is or has become.
3 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. That is unless she is scorned and then all bets are off.
4 She looks for wool and flax, And works with her hands in delight. But you must tell her how much she is appreciated and daily is recommended. Otherwise delight turns into bitterness.
5 She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar as long as it isn't too far and takes too much of the day.
6 She rises also while it is still night, And gives food to her household, And portions to her maidens. So when she is cranky by the time you get home... you need to understand.
7 She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard. Then she will make sure others know that it is her labor and has nothing to do with you.
8 She girds herself with strength, And makes her arms strong as long as she doesn't have anything physically wrong with her. Then this isn't applicable.
9 She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night. Not until she is good and ready to turn it off.
10 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle. She then realizes that she's forgotten how to sew and gets upset because she hasn't the extra money to buy that outfit she saw in the store the other day.
11 She extends her hand to the poor; And she stretches out her hands to the needy. As long as they aren't too poor and needy. That would require adding another entree and one might have to wait a whole 20 minutes for something to thaw in the microwave.
12 She is not afraid of the snow for her household, For all her household are clothed with scarlet. But if it rains and they don't wipe off their shoes and track mud in the house... they just don't care.
13 She makes coverings for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple. She just needs a lot of linen and looks like Barney because she has just let herself go over the years and now she can't get rid of the weight at all.
14 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. They will never forget the "ON STRIKE" sign that was in the front lawn.
15 She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen. Then gets with the women and complains about how she has to do all of this because the dear husband isn't cutting the mustard.
16 Strength and dignity she does not know, And she cries loudly at the future.
17 She opens her mouth in folly, And the teaching of bitterness is on her tongue.
18 She looks to the ways of her household, shakes her head and then lies down..
19 Her children rise up and can't wait to find the door; Her husband only likes
the door from the inside and trembles when he sees it from the outside, and he avoids her, saying:
20 "Many daughters have done nobly, But you... what can I do to please you."
21 And beware of the hissy fit. No man likes it when that happens.
--Author Unknown
Dearest Ladies ~
Let us all strive NOT to be like this. We can have so much influence in our husband's lives if we just allow the Holy Spirit to do a work in our life.
How many divorces, affairs, ect could have been stopped if the wife didn't live a life with a frown on her face, constantly complaining, never happy, always nagging her significant other? Now I know it's not all the wife's fault, divorces, affairs and the like go 2 ways, I am just saying we, as women of God have the opportunity to bless and minister to our beloved husbands in a way the world scoffs at.
You know and I know we can tear our husbands down in the blink of an eye without realizing it.
The tongue is a powerful tool. We can use it as a source of encouragement or use it to belittle. It's our choice.
Together ladies, lets build a Godly home.
Yahweh bless and keep you!
~Dawn
10 comments:
This is a serious subject, but it was kind of funny, too. I especially like the bit about the purple linen and Barney. You hit on one of my goals for the new year, Dawn. I'm really glad that you did this post.
Spot on, Dawn! Whining and whingeing women are one of my pet peeves. They complain instead of praise God.
Sorry about that hiccup. For some reason the comment came up twice!
I've never seen this before...thanks for sharing.
Very true lol. I hope we can all curb those tendancies.
I don't think affairs have anything much to do with it though, current research is now showing most men who have affairs say they are happily married (or were, before they messed things up) their problem was 1. opportunity 2. lack of self control.
This was very good, I may have to add it to our forum which is called Proverbs 32..Thanks for sharing.:o)
http://www.proverbs32.com
This is an excellent post, and this year, with the grace of God, He is going to help me to be a better Proverbs 31 woman so I can flee from being a Proverbs 32 woman. I have learned that a woman can tear down her husband with her tongue and with her behavior - that she can influence her household for the better or the worse.
I am going to copy this little proverbs 32 post and read it to remind myself what I DON'T want to become to my husband or to God.
love it!!
Thank you for such an inspiring post! It is always a good reminder to "check ourselves" and see which category we fit into. By and by, I hope to be far from the Proverbs 32 woman and fully embracing the Proverbs 31 woman.
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