True Woman Makeover-Day 8

Today Nancy Leigh DeMoss says about the Proverbs 31 woman:

Here’s a woman that as she watches over the ways of her household, she doesn’t miss anything. She’s alert to the details of what’s happening in her family—not so that she can be the controller of her family, but that she can be a better servant to her family.--Taken from verse 27 in Proverbs chapter 31.

Today Nancy's message is so close to home for me I don't know how much I can blog about it right now. It's too raw for me to broadcast on the internet even though it's only my cherished friends who read this. I just can't share right now. I need to process it and more importantly pray about it. God needs to do some work in me before I can share it.

What I can share is a joke Nancy shared today. It made me smile.

Mom and dad were watching TV when mom said, "I’m tired. It’s getting late. I think I’ll go to bed." So she went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches, rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons in bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.

She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the wash, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button. She picked up the games pieces left on the table and put the telephone book back into the drawer. She watered the plants, emptied the waste basket, and hung up a towel to dry.

She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and pulled out a text book hiding out under the chair. She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her purse.

Mom then washed her face, put on moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth, and did her nails. Dad called out, "I thought you were going to bed." "I’m on my way," she said. She put some water into the dog’s dish and called the cat in, then made sure the doors were locked. She look in on each of the kids, turned out a bedside lamp, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks in the hamper, and had a brief conversation with the one up still up doing homework.

Back in her own room she set the alarm, laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her list of things to do for tomorrow. About that time, dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular, "I’m going to bed," and he did without another thought.

And finally, here is the version of Proverbs 31:10-31 I read today, it's from the New American Standard:

¹⁰An ^A)">(A)excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far ^B)">(B)above jewels.
¹¹The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
¹²She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
¹³She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
¹⁴She is like ^C)">(C)merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
¹⁵She ^D)">(D)rises also while it is still night
And ^E)">(E)gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
¹⁶She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷She ^F)">(F)girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
¹⁸She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
²⁰She ^G)">(G)extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
²¹She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are ^H)">(H)clothed with scarlet.
²²She makes ^I)">(I)coverings for herself;
Her clothing is ^J)">(J)fine linen and ^K)">(K)purple.
²³Her husband is known ^L)">(L)in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
²⁴She makes ^M)">(M)linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
²⁵Strength and ^N)">(N)dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
²⁶She ^O)">(O)opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
²⁷She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the ^P)">(P)bread of idleness.
²⁸Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
²⁹"Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all."
³⁰Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who ^Q)">(Q)fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
³¹Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.