First of all, thank you Lord Jesus for the beautiful day. Secondly, thank you to those friends of mine who have been keeping me accountable to consistently updating this blog. I am blessed to know that what I write is interesting to you :) May what I'm learning bless you and help you down the road!
Okay, so I watched an episode of MTV's Made this morning, and I received such an interesting spiritual insight. The episode was about a group of high school cheerleaders who needed to bond, and become great school spirit leaders. There was of course, lots of drama, mostly coming from two of the girls. The coach made opportunities for them to communicate their issues to one another, and cat fights arose. The coach enabled the girls, however, to become more independently responsible. And one of the girls, who was unanimously viewed by all the girls as non-dramatic, and on everybody's side, was voted as the team captain. Voted as her co-captain was a girl who was one of the divas who made a total turn-around in her attitude. The girls all came to respect her for it, and put her second in command.
What I gained from this silly show was that although the girl who was made co-captain was more popular than the other leader, the girl who was made 1st captain was respected from the beginning.
It made me think of the focal verse in this post, and how it seems like this Proverb woman's virtuosity had almost no beginning. The descriptions about her are like the view of the girls and their captain; from the beginning, she gained their respect by being respectful.
As I pondered verse 15, it is ironic as to what God is showing me (I have been praying that I become this proverbs 31 woman). The 'getting up while it is still dark' is actually a reality of my life right now. My husband as to be at his job site by 6:00 am. It takes an hour of driving to get there from our neighborhood, and so he has to leave by 5. He gets up at around 4:15 am and gets ready. He has to bring along a lot of safety gear, and quite often doesn't allow himself time to pack his breakfast and lunch for the day.
From the beginning of this part of our life, God has put it on my heart to wake up with him and make him food. So I wake up while it's still dark, and cook him some good breakfast, lunch, and pack him lots of snacks to get him through the day.
As for the 'family' part of the verse, we are staying at a friends' house until the closing date of our home. They are so kind to let us stay here, as it will be almost a month of living with them until we can move out. Therefore, God has put it on my heart to also help out this amazing couple with cooking, cleaning, and looking after the house (the husband works with my husband, and the wife also has a full time job). So that is what I have been doing since I have not had a paying job. The four of us make up a unique family situation, and it has truly been a blessing through and through since the day we came under their roof.
The moral of the story is, give, because you are given. Be willing to give of yourself, even when you think you don't have anything worth giving. I have a weakness for feeling inadequate since I do not bring in any income. However, I realize that God is using it to not only help out my husband, but also our friends. In a way, He is using me to fill in the gaps for what they don't have time for. He is so good and His reasons are too.
As a woman, the crown of God's creation, we are put in charge of great things, and great situations. While it may appear minuscule to us, or our churches, or even some of the men and women in our lives, it always serves some greater importance. God has us females to argue the more sensitive side; to feel the emotion of a situation; to think about the outcome; to handle and balance out things which our male counterparts are not equipped for. We are part of a greater story than we realize. God really does give us a great, and honored responsibility to reflect the side of His nature which we are modeled after. We are an excellent and equal partner, not just in a marriage relationship, but as daughters, sisters, coworkers, friends, authorities, business entrepreneurs, and soldiers.
Well, I am off to do laundry, and eat some late lunch.
Thanks so much for reading. Please feel free to comment! I would love some feedback.
God Bless and talk to you soon,
C.W.
