“An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.” (Proverbs 31:10)
For her worth is far above jewels.” (Proverbs 31:10)
Truth
be told, I don’t have much interest in becoming an excellent wife. Oh, I want
an excellent marriage, and even want to have an excellent husband. But to be the excellent wife? Not so
much.
Actually,
like most women, I am tired. Tired of
doing “everything” for “everyone.” Tired of trying so hard when it seems like
the rest of my family is sitting on the couch.
This
whole “Proverbs 31” thing is annoying. What is this about anyway? Is this a
bunch of super-women guilting us into trying to be perfect? Was this some man’s idea of the ideal and
non-existent woman? For heavens sake,
she is a mother, decorator, chef, international merchant, seamstress, business
manager, real estate broker, agriculturalist, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and
politician's wife. How can we compare
ourselfs with that?
But
wait, let’s look back at this and see who is the author:
The sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother
taught him. (Proverbs 31:1)
This
was written by the queen mother, instructing her son the prince, on the kind of women he
should look for to marry. We can relate
to that. We only want the best woman for
our sons, the best man for our daughters.
So she has her list of qualifications and teaching it to her son. It is such a note-worth list that it find its way into sacred scripture. And – get
this – whoever King Lemual marries, she will be the Princess! That is something I do want to be.
So
let’s spend 31 days together and look at this proverb and other sections of
scripture so we can be the princess.
Father,
I confess to you that although I am excited about my husband being better, and
my marriage getting better, I am less excited about changing myself. Help me be willing to undergo the
transformation so that I can be all You have designed me to be: a princess in
Your Kingdom.
Follow
all 31 Days here:
Day 2 - Worth Far Above Jewels (As wives we are valuable to our husbands and our influence is important)
Day 3 - Delight attends her work (We need to find delight in our service to our family)
Day 4 - Before Dawn (Is is good to be diligent in caring for our family)
Day 5 - Expanding ... Prudently (We don't have to do everything!)
Day 6 - She makes her arms strong (Want to be beautiful? Work hard!)
Day 7 - I am domestically challenged! (God wants our family to find peace in our homes)
Day 8 - Allow another to lead (Submit? No, really! It's a good choice)
Day 24 - do not deprive each other
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