“She watches carefully all that goes on throughout her household and is never lazy. Her children stand and bless her; so does her husband. He praises her with these words: There are many fine women in the world, but you are the best of them all!” – Proverbs 31:27-29
Let me take a look into this passage.
I do not carefully watch over all that goes on in my household. I do not have eyes all over my head to see it all. My children get into things, do things they shouldn’t do, but I can not watch everything all the time in my house, who can?
I am lazy! I will admit it. I cannot seem to make myself get up and do what needs to be done. Sometimes my house is a complete mess and my husband gets angry.
My husband, however, does tell me I am the best of them all! Can you imagine? I am not the kind of woman described in Proverbs but my husband thinks I am the best in the world!
Proverbs 31:17-18 tells us that the virtuous woman is energetic, watches for bargains, and works far into the night.
I am not very energetic! (go back up and look at the lazy statement)
I do watch for bargains. I love to go to yard sales, I get the Sunday newspaper to look for bargains, I look on Craigslist, Freecycle, and I cut coupons.
I do not work far into the night. I am sorry but I love my sleep and my husband will tell you, I will not budge on that!
Our priorities as a Proverbs woman or virtuous woman are supposed to be;
1. God
2. Husband
3. Children
4. Home
5. Everything else
My priorities look like this;
1. Everything else
2. Children
3. Husband
4. Home
5. God
My priorities are way off! This is why I am not confident in my walk with the Lord. Why I feel worthless at times, I need to get my priorities in the right order.
When you get your priorities in order, God will take care of the rest!
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