Friday night
I had a dream that turned into, well, this blog. I dreamed that I was sitting happily
at a women’s conference waiting for the guest speaker to be announced and, low
and behold, the hostess of the event announced that the guest speaker was me! I
had no idea so I had nothing prepared. As I wound my way to the podium I was
trying to put something together in my mind and provide correlating Bible
verses because it was a Christian ladies conference after all. I was trying to
remember what the theme of the conference was too. And as I was going up the
stairs to the platform (Yes, this conference kept getting bigger and bigger in
my dream) I noticed that I didn’t have on shoes! A dream analyst would have a field
day with this.
I woke up panicked
and stressed, heart pounding, pulse racing, fear of public speaking in place,
and still trying to put this speech together. It was truly a night mare. Sorry
nonexistent conference folks. Anyway, now I had this prepared speech and nowhere to
give it. So here it is…..
"Thank you, ladies, for allowing me to speak to you.
And thank you, (insert name of hostess), for that introduction. I know you
women took valuable time to come here today/tonight.
You live busy lives every day. You (insert activities
here) and your daily activities don’t stop even when the rest of the house is
asleep at night.
After your busy day as you are helping the kids with
the homework, your husband comes in from his busy day breezes by you and asks, “What’s
for supper?” Yes, he is sometimes clueless. He has a well-organized
home with happy healthy kids but doesn’t really know how it happens.
Well, ladies, give him a break. It just means you are a Proverbs thirty-wonderful wife and mom. The woman from Proverbs 31: 10-31 was just like you or maybe you are like her:
·
She lives to make
her husband a success – vs. 11-12
·
She does what she
has to do to craft a beautiful home – vs. 13
·
She is always available
with healthy meals that everyone in the family will like – vs. 14
·
She gets up early
to prepare everyone in the household for the day – vs. 15
·
She makes wise
financial decisions for the family to live comfortably within the income – vs.
16
·
She tries to stay
fit and energetic to accomplish all the activities assigned to her – vs. 17
·
She stays up late
to make sure the household runs seamlessly – vs. 18
·
She makes sure everyone
is appropriately clothed and in correct
sizes – vs. 19
·
She makes time to
extend support and be involved in helping others less fortunate –
vs. 20
·
She is always
thinking ahead making sure the family is prepared for every seasonal change – vs.
21
·
She even finds
the time to make herself look effortlessly great – vs. 21
·
She makes sure her husband has time for his “buddy”
activities and his God given ministry – vs. 22
·
She celebrates
her friends and neighbors and cares for them – vs. 24
·
She is not
worried about how the family will fare in the future, she has prepared for any special event – vs. 25
·
She keeps her children
learning and meeting their potential plus she is an active member of her church sharing her God given gifts and talents – vs. 26
·
And she makes
sure her household thinks it all comes together naturally so they won’t be
stressed – vs. 27
Your husband and children have every reason to realize what a blessing you are but sometimes they forget.They may not always realize the effort
you are putting into their lives because you really are doing it out of love.
But God is aware of all the little or big thankless jobs you do because you are
a committed Godly wife and mother.
Let us pray:
Our dear Father, bless these wives. Bless these mothers.
God, I pray that You will honor them for all they do. And I pray that they don’t
forget to always give the glory to You. Amen."
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