Have you ever read Proverbs 31:10-31 about the virtuous woman and wondered, “What is a distaff?” Or a spindle? And then wondered, “How can I be a virtuous woman? I don’t even know what some of these things are!” Or thought, “I don’t even know how to sew. Much less how to make my own cloth!! …
For most of my life, I have been a bit of a neat freak. I like for my things to have their place and be in their place. Clutter makes me a little nervous. However, sadly, the older I get, the less I have the ‘want to’ or the energy to be so neat. But…
Both of our daughters are still at home with us. And we couldn’t be happier about that. But I know that sooner or later, I will have an empty nest. Not happy about that prospect. At all. Sometimes I feel as if I’m living holding my breath, waiting for that change, that move away from…
I guess just about every young lady has at one time or another had a crush on a boy in her school or at church. I remember classmates in junior high showing me these elaborate happily-ever-after prediction tools made of paper that fit over the thumb and index finger on each hand. Depending on how…
If you have a brother or sister, or if you have more than one child, then you are very familiar with sibling rivalry. But in case you’ve never heard the term, sibling rivalry is the jealousy, fighting, and competition that happens between brothers and sisters. Sibling rivalry takes many forms. As young children, siblings fight…
This past week we read about how Isaac’s father, Abraham, found him a wife, who became a comfort to him. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. Genesis 24:67 However, when I think…
Wifely submission is God’s plan. However, for many of us who are confident, strong-willed, and independent-minded women, submission is almost viewed as an ugly word. For the first ten years of our marriage, my husband and I butted heads. A lot. My husband had his way of doing things. I had mine. And, of course,…
As I read in Proverbs chapters 1-6 these past two weeks, I noticed the pleading tone to Solomon’s address to his son, and then to all his children. Over and over he pleads with them to hear his instruction, to remember and follow his wise counsel. He says to them…Hear me! Hear me! My son,…