Wife and mother, some things must wait while the more important things get done first. So remember this: “The desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.” (Proverbs 13:4) Most of us have been discouraged from dreaming big and have forfeited long-range goals, and maybe because we have not been watchful and faithful, or that… Read more »
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The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 21 – Field of Motherhood
“May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalms 115:14-15 What happens to a girl or woman who has no interest in anything that’s of real value; no worthy field to work in; no worthy dream to go… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 20 – She Considers a Field
“She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.” Proverbs 31:16 I believe that the greatest wonder of life is God’s miracle of ‘growth.’ It’s a miracle because only God can make things grow. (1 Corinthians 3:7-8) God created everything in full form and with seed for everything… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 19 – Like a Merchant Ship
Since the Proverbs 31 Woman has an “enterprise perspective” she sets goals for herself. She also sets goals for her children to reach and helps them reach those goals. She teaches her children the benefits of a goal reached. She sees an earthly and a heavenly gain in this, since she fully understands how the… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 18 – An Enterprise Perspective
The truly fulfilled woman has the confidence, energy and initiative to start and carry on with projects till finished. Even undertakings that are risky and somewhat dangerous she will take on as long as it lines up with God’s will for her and her family. We are denying God and lying to ourselves if we… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 15 – She Makes and Sells
Idle hands are the devil’s workshop, or so it’s been said by wise mothers of the past. When we aren’t doing the right things with our hands and our time you can be sure that what we are otherwise doing are non-important things and even wicked things in the eyes of God. You won’t find… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 14 – Works With Eager Hands
The word eager shows that the heart is enthused about the work at hand. The plans of the diligent lead to profit. (Proverbs 21:5) Diligent hands will rule. (Proverbs 12:24) Diligent: duteous, honorable, meticulous, reliable, observant and opportune. Certainly there is work we do each day as wives and mothers, tedious mundane… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 13 – Strong for Her Work
It is to a woman’s honor to be doing the ‘dignified’ work that fulfills her and rewards her. Women can do all kinds of work, but most women are not fulfilled in what they do, mainly because they choose the wrong man to marry and/or the wrong work to do that is not in agreement… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 17 – Selective
“She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.” Proverbs 31:13 Most of you who read this verse in the Bible about the woman God honors and crowns would probably be drawn to the words wool and flax and think how irrelevant this verse is for most Christian women today. Let me show… Read more »
The Proverbs 31 Woman – Chapter 16 – Hands and Fingers
“In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.” Proverbs 31:19 Today’s worldly woman holds the iPhone and grasps her keys and purse with her fingers. God’s daughters need to return to the things that are truly worth knowing and doing. A wife needs to know her husband,… Read more »