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We’ve all felt that busyness,, when something happens in life, there's, there's an emergency or anything, right?
Anything that is outside the norm, it's so easy for us to be thrown off our game. And what do we put off first?t Go. And what do we need most?t God.
Okay. So here we go. All right, Proverbs 31.It starts in verse 10 in Proverbs.
And it goes on to, I think verse 31. I'm pretty sure.
So first we're gonna read this then we're just gonna talk about it a little bit.
Um, who can find a virtuous woman? Does that mean that she can't be found? No, of course, she can be found. Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above Rubies.
So this woman is valuable. She can be found, but it's not easy to find her. And we know why right?
Who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above Rubies, her, the heart of her husband does safely trust in her so that he has no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flask and works willingly with her hands.
She is like merchant ships. She brings her food from afar. She rises also while it is yet night and gives meat to her household and a portion to her maidens.
She considers a field and buys it with the fruit of her hands. She plants a vineyard. She girds her loins with strength and strengthens her arms.
She perceives that her merchandise is good. Her candle goes not out by night. She lays her hand to the spindle and her hands hold the Distaff.
She stretches out her hand to the poor. Yay. She reaches forth her hands to the needy. She's not afraid of the snow for her household.
For all her household are clothed with Scarlet. She makes herself coverings of tapestry. Her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates.
When he sits among the elders of the land, she makes fine linen and sells it and delivers girdles to the merchant.
Strength and honor are her clothing. And she shall rejoice in times to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Oh my God, I could cry. She looks well to the ways of her household. She eats not the bread of idelness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed her husband also. And he praises her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excels them all favor is deceitfu and beauty is vain, but a woman that fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Now we're gonna just break it down a little bit. Alright.
We're not gonna go through everything here, but we're gonna break some of this stuff down.
So the heart of her husband does trust in her. Now there's some of this that I'm not gonna go into because it's not the topic of what I'm talking about now.
How many times have you heard women talk down about their husbands? It's all over television, right? What was that show? “Everybody loves Raymond.” I mean, I thought it was hysterical and all of that, but so much browbeating of each other and not along a lot of respect.
And it's very, very common and people do that, but that's not the topic of this. So I'm not gonna go into that.
So she seeks wool and flask and works willingly with her hands. She's like the merchant ships and brings her food from afar.
She rises up also while its yet night and gives meat to her household and portions to her maidens. This woman has servants.
This woman has housekeepers and people to help her manage. Why is that? Because maintaining a home, it's not for the faint of heart.
Many years ago it was very common for somebody to have paid help at home.
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Being a homemaker was really valued at one time. A lot of people give God the rap that he's
prejudiced like a male chauvinist kind of thing.
Like, it's all about men and, the women better be quiet and not do anything. And if you study The Bible, then you see that you have to break it apart.
It's those portions of the Bible that say things like that, we have to read it, it in the context of what it was written.
And you'll find out that he's not saying that as a broad phase to women to be silent. No, that's not what it is at all.
Now listen to this. And, and also people say women couldn’t own property, couldn’t work outside the home, but here, listen, “She considers a field and buys it with the fruit of her hand. She plants a vineyard.” Now did she have to ask her husband for permission to buy this vineyard and to buy this property?
And did she have her own money to buy it? Yes, she did. And what does she do with it? She's starting a little business. Isn't she? She girds her loins with strength and strengthens her arms. She takes care of her body. She takes care of her body.
Self-care is written all over this chapter. I have learned so much when having to do this for me at this point in time, it's helped me so much.
I didn't know all of the ways that, I sabotaged myself to make this happen.
Okay. So she perceives that her merchandise is good. What does that mean? She's got value. She feels valued. There's no unworthiness in this woman. None. She has value for herself.
She perceives that her merchandise is good.
She goes out and sells things. We'll see that her candle goes not out by night. And what that means is that she's diligent in prayer.