Welcome back to week 3 of our Proverbs 31 study. I hope y’all are enjoying it as much as I am! This week we’re going to look at Proverbs 31: 13-15.
This week we see a picture of a woman who is clearly not afraid to work and is certainly not lazy. Lets dive in a little deeper and see how we can relate these
Wool has been used for clothing since early times. I was thrown off by the mention of flax, I automatically thought of flax seed. But I’ve learned that flax was largely cultivated for the manufacture of linen. It would be dried, peeled, hackled and spun first and then would be ready to be made into linen. So, not only does she make their clothes, she actually makes the material as well.
There may be some of you who make clothes for your family, but this chickie right here isn’t one of them. Sewing and I are not friends. But there are lots of other things I can do with eager hands to provide for my family. I enjoy loom knitting and can whip up a mean scarf in a few days. There are so many different things we can do with our hands…sewing, knitting or crocheting to name a few.
This woman is willing to go to great lengths to get good food for her family. I even read y’all that she might have had to travel the whole way to Egypt just to get corn for her family. Thank goodness for grocery stores, can I get an Amen? But she was willing to go as far as she needed to go to get food for her family.
Also, take the time to clip coupons and save your family as much money as you can. There are so so so many coupon websites out there that you just print the coupons right off of {HERE, HERE and HERE}. Another way we need to be willing to work hard without grumbling…our grocery shopping. We need to approach it with the same eager heart that we do other chores.
Verse 15 really caught my eye. I found some really interesting info about it. A lamp is always kept burning at night in Eastern houses. Since the houses are very small, the careful housewife has to rise at midnight to replenish the oil. While she is up, she often then begins her household work by grinding the corn or preparing something for next day’s meals. So this also directly ties to verse 18, She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.
So I encourage you this week to do your laundry, grocery shopping and cooking to the glory of God. Maybe try getting up a little early one day to spend some time in prayer. Aahhh, maybe go for a walk and pray at the same time. I call those “walk and talks”. What better place to talk to God than in the beauty He created!! Create a warm and loving atmosphere for your family to come home to with eager hands and a joyful heart.
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