S- Proverbs 31:16 "She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard."
O- She doesn't just buy a field, she considers it. She thinks it through. She doesn't just throw her money around. She plans and thinks about what she is purchasing I'm sure seeking God before making a decision. Once she makes her decision she puts more money into it to take good care of it.
A- I need to think about my purchases and not just buy things to have, but to take good care of them. I have a nice home that I love. I need to spend more time in taking care of the blessing that God gave me.
P- God, please help me to remember that all I have comes from you. I want my home to be our happy place. A place that is taken care of and not a place of clutter. Thank you for helping us to get rid of so much excess that we just don't need. Please continue to show us how we can fill our home with you and not just stuff. Please help us to take care of all you bless us with. Thank you for always providing just what we need. I love you. Amen!
From the blog HERE...
She was talking about being confronted for dressing immodestly after becoming a deacon's wife. I like the reminder to go straight to someone if we have a problem and not gossiping. Also, I have found myself adjusting clothes I never had a problem with before having kids. I need to just get these things out of my closet. I have also lost a little weight and things hang differently. Time to clean out my closet and donate some more items!
1. Confrontation is NOT easy to receive but she was right AND she had done it in the right way.
I appreciated that she called me (confrontation is not easy) and talked to me about it rather than going to other deacon wives and gossiping about me or worse going to the pastor. (If you have a problem with another woman never go to the pastor first about it – go to the person – it’s Biblical – see these instructions in Matthew 18:15-20). The only thing I would have changed about her confrontation would have been in the coming months. When I saw her I felt shame…we would pass in the hall and she never asked me how I was or how my baby was – I would have liked for her to befriend me but that friendship never budded and eventually her family would leave our church.
3. Young moms need to test their clothes differently than the typical woman.
When I buy clothes I look in the mirror and check – is it too short? too tight? or too low cut? I test all of this standing up in the dressing room in front of a mirror. BUT young moms can end up in strange positions when caring for our children. We have to bend down to pull our kids out of carriers – which means skirts go up even shorter or necklines can hang down open. Babies and toddlers pull on shirts – which means there’s potential for a shirt to be pulled down or off the shoulder…in front of the dads who are dropping their kids off in the nursery. I have worked in the nursery every other Sunday for nearly 5 years – so I do the shirt and skirt check regularly. If a dress is loose on top, I just put a tank under it – if it’s a little short for bending down I wear leggings. I encourage you to test your clothes before wearing them!
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