Be a Proverbs 31 woman

i need to commit to this goal more than i have.

is fully trustworthy
is an asset to her husband
is domestically skilled
is concerned that her household be well and nutritiously fed
is diligent, arising before dawn and busy until after dark
is endowed with a good business sense, even to the point of buying a field and planting a vineyard
may have her own profitable home-based business
is a hard worker
is generous to and aware of the poor and needy
is wise in preparing her household for the needs of the days to come
is wise in ensuring that she and her family are well and appropriately clothed
is in proper relationship to her husband, who is out conducting his business affairs at the city gates
is a woman of wisdom
shows dignity and strength
is a faithful instructor to her children
is diligent to watch over her household
is the recipient of blessing and praise from her children and her husband
is above all a God-fearing, godly woman!

I just ran across this goal and read what others have commented. I am not very familar with scripture yet after reading , I want to do this.

i need to work on my household more, my husband helps out a lot around the house and with cooking; which i’m not use to but i would like it if i could take on all of the housework (working with eager hands) so that he never has to worry about it. cooking we will always share, it’s something he loves to do and i would never take that away from him, plus he’s really good at it :)

this passage daily and part of my prayers each day is asking God to shape me into the woman that he wants me to be for I know that will fulfill this goal.

more time daily in prayer and asking God to shape me into the person that He wants me to be…which is essentially what this goal comes down to…being the woman that God wants me to be rather than the one that I want to be. I know that He has much bigger plans for me than I could possibly have for myself!

daily. I know that it is a worthwhile goal and I continue to ask God’s help in becoming the kind of woman and the kind of wife that He wants me to be.

reading not only these passages, but also the rest of the book of Proverbs. I find so much wisdom and direction for many areas of life in those pages. I’m re-reading some of the same passages over and over and asking how I can apply them to my life daily. It has been a good self-discovery journey. Some parts have been painful to read, knowing how short I have fallen in those areas before…but I know that my God is a gracious and forgiving God and that if he forgives me then I must forgive myself and move forward asking for God’s guidance in my thoughts, words and actions TODAY.

As one of the long-timers in my AA meetings always says…don’t worry about anything but today…one eye on yesterday and one eye on tomorrow will make you cock-eyed today.

being the kind of woman and the kind of wife that God wants me to be, and I know that with His help that I can be exactly that…so it is my daily prayer to achieve this goal…because I know that without God this is not possible but through God everything is possible.

But I’m going to start with re-reading this passage over and using it as a basis for some journaling…and try to find some concrete ways to put it into practice.