A woman after His heart
Sally, my dear sister in Christ, who has helped me a lot during my Christian life and gave me very helpful advice too, tagged me in her note and i just feel that I want to share this with you all. Putting this into my blog also allows me to reflect back to it when 1 day I am astray or not sure about what to do.
It's a bit long, but worth reading. Here it is :
Dear my amazing ladies,
A friend of mine sent me a beautiful article about being a wonderful woman in His eyes. I thought I somewhat wrote a note about this before, but I just realised that it has vanished... :( I feel that some of you might have known all about this but hey, we can never stop learning about anything. In fact, God's words are never ending, let's just read this with all our humble hearts. I am personally blessed with this.
As you all know, every generation has its righteous women and its rotten women. Every generation has its wonderful wives and its worthless wives. Every generation has its marvelous mothers and its miserable mothers. Take Proverbs 31 as a challenge to be the kind of woman God wants you to be and the kind of woman you can be. The important principle of this description is not in her specific actions but in her outstanding character.
This wonderful woman can always be trusted. There is no duplicity about her. She does not say one thing and then behave in another way. you can tell her anything and be sure she will never gossip. You can trust her to go anywhere anytime without every worrying that she will be unfaithful. You can be completely confident that her word is sacred and will not be broken. There is never any doubt about her telling you the truth. Your life and reputation are always safe with her. She will always do you good, always speak well of you. If you are attacked behind your back she will come to your defense. And you need never worry that she might harm you in any way. She is absolutely trustworthy all the days of her life!
This wonderful woman is not lazy. Her primary motivation is not her comfort. She works hard and is willing to take on every challenge as best she can. If that means getting up early when she feels like sleeping in, she gets up. If that means working with her hands when she would rather relax, she will get to work. if that means going outside to dig when it would be easier to stay inside and clean, she will go out and get her hands dirty. Diligence characterizes her life. but that does not mean that she always succeeds. She is not the smartest person around, not a genius and still gets sick just like everyone else. But, she diligently and faithfully does the very best she can. She always thinks of others. She will always give her best possible effort. She does not work just for work’s sake. She considers and she sees. She is smart enough to know what needs to be done and strong enough to go ahead and do it. She is trustworthy and she is diligent.
When she speaks her words are kind even without her thinking about it. Because her heart is so sensitive to the needs and feelings of other people it is just plain unnatural for her to speak sharp words that cut down others. She is the kinds of person you would go to if you had a need. Even if you had done something terribly wrong and even if there were nothing in her power to help you, you would go to her because you know that she would care, she would try to understand, she would forgive, she would listen and she would respond with love.
In Proverbs 31: 25 “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” She is trustworthy. She is diligent. She is compassionate. But she is also strong. Do not think that she is compassionate and kind that she is weak! Far to the contrary, she is a woman of amazing inner strength. She has worked hard. She has been buffeted with life’s experiences. But rather than being destroyed by them, she has been strengthened by them.
She is amazing to behold because she will not allow them to take away her dignity, no matter what they do. She knows that they are accountable to God for their behavior and she will not allow them to steal her inner strength and dignity, no matter what they do on the outside. When they threatened her with awful things to come she can actually laugh because she knows that her future is committed to God.
The wonderful woman of Proverbs 31 does not succumb to the trick of the world that externals are the secret of success. Charm means an attractive and alluring personality and manner. Beauty means physical comeliness, loveliness. At first impression, charm and beauty are what makes a woman magnificent. She stands out in the crowd. She captures your eye. You are attracted to her and fascinated by her. But God says that is really a deceitful trick because charm is only the external facade. There may not be anything deeper. And beauty is empty in that it can so easily fade with time and circumstances. The bible is not saying that a winsome personality and good looks are bad. To the contrary, they are wonderful gifts from the Lord. But, it is a terrible trick to think that charm and beauty are all important.
The truth is that the highest virtues of womanhood can be achieved only through a fear of God-in other words, respectful obedience of the Lord. This woman has accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and acknowledged him as Lord. She lives with God as number one in her life. She is trustworthy because God has made her this way. She is diligent because she is serving her Lord. She is compassionate because the love of Jesus controls her heart. She is strong because the Holy Spirit gives her His strength. The longer you know this woman the less you notice her physical appearance and the less her way with words seems to matter. Her success comes from God and is far, far greater. The years cannot rob her of this inner beauty.
In verse 31, we read “Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” The woman who fears God and lives these characteristics will have a life and children and deeds that become known everywhere. Every one in the community will know by the results of her life what kind of woman she is.
God looks on delight on this wonderful woman. And the Lord says she is in-valuable- more precious than the crown jewels of England. Here is a woman who exemplifies all that God calls good, who has her priorities straight, who lives for God and loves him. She is the crowning jewel of his creation!
The secret for that kind of a life is in fearing God and obeying him and putting him first. Then may it be said of you, “many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
Thank you God, Amen.
With love and belief in you all,
xoxo Sally
It's a bit long, but worth reading. Here it is :
Dear my amazing ladies,
A friend of mine sent me a beautiful article about being a wonderful woman in His eyes. I thought I somewhat wrote a note about this before, but I just realised that it has vanished... :( I feel that some of you might have known all about this but hey, we can never stop learning about anything. In fact, God's words are never ending, let's just read this with all our humble hearts. I am personally blessed with this.
As you all know, every generation has its righteous women and its rotten women. Every generation has its wonderful wives and its worthless wives. Every generation has its marvelous mothers and its miserable mothers. Take Proverbs 31 as a challenge to be the kind of woman God wants you to be and the kind of woman you can be. The important principle of this description is not in her specific actions but in her outstanding character.
This wonderful woman can always be trusted. There is no duplicity about her. She does not say one thing and then behave in another way. you can tell her anything and be sure she will never gossip. You can trust her to go anywhere anytime without every worrying that she will be unfaithful. You can be completely confident that her word is sacred and will not be broken. There is never any doubt about her telling you the truth. Your life and reputation are always safe with her. She will always do you good, always speak well of you. If you are attacked behind your back she will come to your defense. And you need never worry that she might harm you in any way. She is absolutely trustworthy all the days of her life!
This wonderful woman is not lazy. Her primary motivation is not her comfort. She works hard and is willing to take on every challenge as best she can. If that means getting up early when she feels like sleeping in, she gets up. If that means working with her hands when she would rather relax, she will get to work. if that means going outside to dig when it would be easier to stay inside and clean, she will go out and get her hands dirty. Diligence characterizes her life. but that does not mean that she always succeeds. She is not the smartest person around, not a genius and still gets sick just like everyone else. But, she diligently and faithfully does the very best she can. She always thinks of others. She will always give her best possible effort. She does not work just for work’s sake. She considers and she sees. She is smart enough to know what needs to be done and strong enough to go ahead and do it. She is trustworthy and she is diligent.
When she speaks her words are kind even without her thinking about it. Because her heart is so sensitive to the needs and feelings of other people it is just plain unnatural for her to speak sharp words that cut down others. She is the kinds of person you would go to if you had a need. Even if you had done something terribly wrong and even if there were nothing in her power to help you, you would go to her because you know that she would care, she would try to understand, she would forgive, she would listen and she would respond with love.
In Proverbs 31: 25 “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” She is trustworthy. She is diligent. She is compassionate. But she is also strong. Do not think that she is compassionate and kind that she is weak! Far to the contrary, she is a woman of amazing inner strength. She has worked hard. She has been buffeted with life’s experiences. But rather than being destroyed by them, she has been strengthened by them.
She is amazing to behold because she will not allow them to take away her dignity, no matter what they do. She knows that they are accountable to God for their behavior and she will not allow them to steal her inner strength and dignity, no matter what they do on the outside. When they threatened her with awful things to come she can actually laugh because she knows that her future is committed to God.
The wonderful woman of Proverbs 31 does not succumb to the trick of the world that externals are the secret of success. Charm means an attractive and alluring personality and manner. Beauty means physical comeliness, loveliness. At first impression, charm and beauty are what makes a woman magnificent. She stands out in the crowd. She captures your eye. You are attracted to her and fascinated by her. But God says that is really a deceitful trick because charm is only the external facade. There may not be anything deeper. And beauty is empty in that it can so easily fade with time and circumstances. The bible is not saying that a winsome personality and good looks are bad. To the contrary, they are wonderful gifts from the Lord. But, it is a terrible trick to think that charm and beauty are all important.
The truth is that the highest virtues of womanhood can be achieved only through a fear of God-in other words, respectful obedience of the Lord. This woman has accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and acknowledged him as Lord. She lives with God as number one in her life. She is trustworthy because God has made her this way. She is diligent because she is serving her Lord. She is compassionate because the love of Jesus controls her heart. She is strong because the Holy Spirit gives her His strength. The longer you know this woman the less you notice her physical appearance and the less her way with words seems to matter. Her success comes from God and is far, far greater. The years cannot rob her of this inner beauty.
In verse 31, we read “Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” The woman who fears God and lives these characteristics will have a life and children and deeds that become known everywhere. Every one in the community will know by the results of her life what kind of woman she is.
God looks on delight on this wonderful woman. And the Lord says she is in-valuable- more precious than the crown jewels of England. Here is a woman who exemplifies all that God calls good, who has her priorities straight, who lives for God and loves him. She is the crowning jewel of his creation!
The secret for that kind of a life is in fearing God and obeying him and putting him first. Then may it be said of you, “many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
Thank you God, Amen.
With love and belief in you all,
xoxo Sally
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