"A creative counterpart is more than just a helper. She is a woman who, having chosen (or having found herself in) the vocation of wife and mother, decides to learn and grow in all the areas of this role and to work as hard as if she were aiming for the presidency of a corporation."
READ: Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World
Proverbs 31.
Excellent means a "woman of strength."
Wise. Qualified for her work. Having command of her own spirit. Able to manage others.
A woman of resolution. Having chosen godly principles, is firm and faithful to them. She's rare.
Her husband
has reason to trust her conduct because of how she's treated him over the years. He knows she will always be loyal and never betray him.
"The most important thing to man is to know that the woman he loves is on his team. If the rest of the world calls him a fool and deserts him, she'll be there beside him."
His confidence rests in her ability to manage household affairs; comes home to find his family and house peace and order not chaos.
Never do anything to dishonor his name. Not confiding in her friend how much he hurt her - or get a laugh by listing his faults. She upholds him with the utmost respect.
For all the days of her life - a decision of the will (not an emotion) - regardless. Love endures all things.
"We do all things, beloved for your edification" (2 Cor 12:19). -
"I will do everything, my beloved for your benefit." <3
Industrious
Willingness to work with her hands. Maybe not "overjoyed" but willing. We ARE to have a positive attitude because we are doing this job for the people God has given us to love <3.
Am I willing to do hard work? Or do I look for ways to avoid unpleasant tasks?
Begging God for help when I'm hardly willing to lift a finger myself. House in disarry.
Organized
Say "good morning" to God first. (While it is still yet dark). I can be an important part of how Nate's day starts. Wake him up with a kiss :D A help to him to walk out in a pleasant state, food in his tummy, a kiss on the lips, knowing everything is good at home and his wife is happy and loves him. (Even if everything's not wonderful, we can lean on Jesus for it. I'm not alone.) I can ask him if there's a way we can pray for each other.
For Me:
have lunch and breakfast prepared night before.
Clothes picked up.
So well organized, she had spare time to be a business woman. Ask for time to think and pray about a decision before saying yes to it.
Loving
"She opens her mouth in skillful and godly Wisdom."
Don't give your best to other ppl and save the leftovers for your family.
At the same time, her love for her family extended to anyone in need. (Community/Local Church). Commitment of time and love - extending ourselves.
The praise of others means nothing when compared to the praise of those who know me the best.
"God wouldn't use her as the example of the "excellent wife" unless we, too, could grow to become like her. - Her inner qualities did not appear overnight but were hammered out in the trials of life as she trusted God and obeyed Him."
"The KEY to her success was that she feared the Lord." Begin where she did, with a vital relationship with God.
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