"Am I good enough?" Does this question sound familiar? Women of all ages have asked themselves this question. The enemy knows women struggle a lot with insecurity so he uses that against us. We need to recognize the Proverbs 31 woman and what she is all about. Beauty truly comes from within. Her heart is towards Christ. She is a beautiful daughter of God. Even having this knowledge some of us still struggle with that question "Am I good enough?" This question rises in us when we may have been in an abusive relationship at one time or you may be in one now or maybe you have dealt with infidelity. There are many reasons that lead us into questioning our self value. Can I tell you that no matter what your story is that the rest of it can be written differently. Your story will change when your thoughts change. You must believe that your valued in Gods eyes. Some of you think that all fulfillment must come from a man especially in marriage but that is unrealistic and not the way God created it to be. Our role is to be a Godly wife to our husband. We are commanded to respect him. We are his helper. We submit to him and trust in his leadership.We encourage him and we pray for him. Our husband also has a Godly role to be the spiritual leader in the home. Husbands are commanded to love their wives as Christ loved the church. When husband and wife are living out their Godly roles to each other it glorifies God. If you come to understand that even though our roles in a marriage can feel fulfilling at times our Creator is still to be our EVERYTHING!. Every human disappoints. We all sin. How can we expect any person to meet our every need? Those high expectations lead to disappointment. God is the ONLY one who can fill us up completely. Don't believe the lies from the enemy when he begins to attack you with questions of your self worth. Become the virtuous woman God created you to be.Continue to seek after Gods heart.He will lead you and give you more wisdom in your abilities as a woman, a wife and/or a mother. Whatever role you are given He will guide you when your eyes remain on Him and your heart seeks to follow Him.
10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. 11 Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
13 She finds wool and flax and busily spins it. 14 She is like a merchant’s ship, bringing her food from afar. 15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.
16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard. 17 She is energetic and strong, a hard worker. 18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night.
19 Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber. 20 She extends a helping hand to the poor and opens her arms to the needy. 21 She has no fear of winter for her household, for everyone has warm[b] clothes.
22 She makes her own bedspreads. She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns. 23 Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders. 24 She makes belted linen garments and sashes to sell to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. 26 When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. 27 She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.
28 Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: 29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised. 31 Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.
Awesome Allison. I'm enjoying your blog a lot! Sending hugs : )
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