Swilor Family: Week 11 Blessings, Reflection, and Prayer

Blessings

The many appliances that make cooking and cleaning so much easier than they would be without.
The new (to me) dishwasher we were blessed with by a generous stranger! Such an unexpected upgrade!
Our awesome realtor who came and installed our new dishwasher the very day I emailed him asking how to install a dishwasher.
The garbage man that Zac loves to watch and thank for taking our garbage each week.
The yard maintenance crew that keeps our little yard kept up.
Toilets and running water!
A car that get us around.
Luke's mom that has let me borrow her car once a week to do fun things all summer. It's been perfect and I'm so thankful!

Reflection

1. One important lesson I want to remember from this week's reading would be: To be an example to those "younger" than myself. To be consistent with training my own children even at such a young age.
2. How we parent our children matters, the time that we spend with them or don't spend with them makes a difference. What type of children do you want to raise? Are there any changes that you need to make to invest in them the way God is calling you to? I want to raise children that love and honor God. I need to be consistent in praying, teaching, and leading by example so that they see Him in me every day.
3. What are your husbands needs? Strive to be attentive and meet his needs. Do marriage God's way.....out of reverence to Him. He is happy when our home is in order, when the kids are happy in the evening when he gets home, when it's not stressful when he walks in the door after work. I haven't asked him what makes him happy specifically. I need to. We have mentioned asking our husband what is important to them and I haven't done that... Excuse me, while I go ask... Ok, most important to him is that I take care of our kids and he says he knows the rest will get done. And what I can work on is not taking things personal or offensive when he corrects me. I already knew that. It's been an emotional week ;)
4. I am going to be more intentional by: Controlling my emotions. Can I say this every week? I know I've said it before. Responding instead of reacting.

Prayer

Praise that Zac went to bed SO much easier tonight. Thank you, Jesus! He whined/whimpered for about 20 minutes, but did not scream and throw a huge fit like he has been. He's probably also exhausted from a fun weekend of camping!
Prayer for my cousin Cole, who recently found out he has cancer. He is only in his low 20's and been married about a year. He has a tumor on connected to his hip. He starts a 9 month round of chemo tomorrow (Monday). He is in a lot of pain. The doctor has said that it should only take a couple of weeks for the tumor to shrink and relieve some of the pressure that is causing much of the pain. He also has had nerve damage down his leg. Please pray that there is no permanent damage here.

From the blog HERE...

Here are 3 things I see in the Proverbs 31 woman that elicit praise from those around her.

1. She is honest

It is okay to say that we are having a bad day, or that we are struggling with certain things while at the same time working on having a godly attitude in the midst of our struggles. By being honest we allow others to pray for us, we can seek wisdom from those who have gone before us and we can get encouragement from those around us.

2. She is consistent

Consistency seems to be a very important part of living life well. If you want to be a strong Christian you need to be consistently in the word and in prayer. If you want to have a strong marriage you need to be consistently spending time with your spouse and consistently working on your relationship, if you want happy, obedient children you need to be consistent in your parenting and if you want to be a Proverbs 31 woman you need to be consistently striving and working on the godly character qualities that she exhibits. It is consistency that others notice and value.

3. She is dependent

We must all come to a point where we see and accept how weak and frail we are and become completely dependent on God. He is a stronghold, a fortress that cannot be shaken and when we are close to him we find strength during temptations and comfort during hardships.

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.
Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that
you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
Philippians 1:27

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Week 11 Blessings, Reflection, and Prayer

1. She is honest

2. She is consistent

3. She is dependent

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