“Do not forsake wisdom and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you.” Proverbs 4:6
The Good Guys
“Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.” Prov. 31:23 I used to think this verse was weird. Or at least weirdly located. Smack dab in the middle of twenty-two verses about the super wife, appears this singular verse about...
The Metronome
It's March Break - I'm exploring woods, going swimming, driving to volleyball day camps and letting my kids stay up way too late. So in lieu of our regular Proverbs 31 study, here's a quick laundry room epiphany I had recently: I was taking items to my mom’s...
More Than Machines
“She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.” Proverbs 31:20 I may be the worst person to write on this subject. Or I may be the best depending on how you look at it. When someone writes from a platform of expertise, there is...
Super Suit
“She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.” Proverbs 31:17 Strong women are not a rarity in our clan. I believe my younger sister may be wanted in three States for murder by volleyball spike. (Or at least for obliterating the eyeglasses of...
The Wrong Question
“She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard…She perceives that her merchandise is profitable… She makes bedcoverings for herself, her clothing is fine linen and purple… She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers...
Peace or Panic
“She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens… Her lamp does not go out at night… She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.” Proverbs 31:15, 18b, 21 A few years...
A Little Hard Work…
“She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.” Proverbs 31:13 In a moment of domestic & maternal frustration as a young mother, I called my wise sister in the States who was two years and two kids ahead of me. I asked her how she did everything...
A Short Trip.
“She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” Prov. 31:12 You’ve heard of taking a long walk off a short pier. Allow me to warn you about a short trip across a great divide. When it comes to how a woman treats her husband, today’s verse...
We must. We must. We must increase our… Trust.
“The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.” Proverbs 31:11 X-Ray Vision. Super speed. Shape Shifting. Trustworthiness. Which one of those doesn’t belong? Three of them don’t belong, actually. That was a trick question because...
Super Wife
“An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.” Proverbs 31:10 When my girls were little, their life aspirations included becoming a professional horse rider, a pig farmer and marrying daddy. As noble, lucrative and sweetly peculiar as...