The Proverbs 31 Woman...NOW!

Proverbs 31....

10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

AHHHHH MY FAVORITE CHAPTER OF ALL TIME! I’m pretty sure I could write a blog on every single verse in this chapter that describes a woman after God’s own heart. But the one I know that has stuck out to me in the past sermons that Bobby has done in God Calls it Love and in Christa’s series on Super woman is verse 11.

The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.

There are so many applications to this verse! There is the fact of AFTER we are married, that are husband needs to be able to come home from work each day and trust that the normal household duties will be done. Like verse 12 says, "She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life." He needs to trust that she did not sit around all day with a bag of chips in idleness, but rather valued her duty as a helper to him and made sure that dinner was on the table when he gets home. That is just one of the applications we can get from this verse as a homemaker. And many other verses not listed above (but in Proverbs 31) talk about the wife's job as a homemaker-to take care of her husband and children. Another blog on that coming later (:

The other application, and my favorite (because we can be working on it daily right NOW) goes with the amount of energy that we as teenage girls put towards the acceptance of other guys around us. Our culture today pushes girls to want to be fully accepted by guys. Girls today all want to be called beautiful by as many guys as possible and have that satisfaction that they think they can get out of leading as many guys on as possible. I know that I have definitely fallen into that trap before of wanting acceptance from guys. But God TOTALLY thinks the opposite! God wants a young woman walking around radiating CHRIST! And fearing him with every decision she makes and every thing she does and says. He could care less how many guys think she’s gorgeous. In fact I’m sure he frowns upon that because it causes vain motives in girls! He would so much rather see a woman fearing him in her everyday life-and we know that he calls THOSE kinds of girls beautiful! I want to make sure that I am not running after that kind of approval from guys. And I can totally be preparing myself NOW for that! I can’t expect myself to change and stop flirting with guys and wanting their approval the day I say “I do.” That is definitely something I can’t procrastinate on. I need to be praying daily that God would satisfy that desire in me for approval from guys and fill it with himself! That I would only desire HIM!

I need to make sure that my husband has no doubt or worry in his mind that the days he doesn’t make it to church, I’m not twirling my hair flirting with 5 guys and having vain thoughts in my head about how many of them I can get to flirt back with me. That is so wrong for so many reasons! A) According to this verse, it shows a sinful woman! B) For my boyfriend at the time (hopefully my husband later), I need to have him in mind! And C) Because that is such a horrible thing to want to be attractive for. I want guys to see me in True North RADIATING the fear of the Lord and THEN find me attractive. I want them to be attracted to that and NOT the way I look. What an amazing chapter and such a great reminder of how I need to be living as a godly woman! Definitely something I need to be working on NOW!