Build It or Break It

Build It or Break It

“The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.”   Proverbs 14:1   Today you have a choice. And tomorrow. And the day after that.   As women establishing our households, which we’ll define as the atmosphere, habits and...
The Good Guys

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...
A Short Trip.

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.

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

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...
One Way Ticket

One Way Ticket

“It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.” Proverbs 21:19 A few of us females in the house, by shrewd observation and naturopathic testing, have come to discover that certain foods are a diabolical enemy to our mood and...