Fall On Your Knees

As we enter into this new Fall season and life seems to wind up in anticipation of the upcoming holidays, let's be aware of the ever so subtle deception of busyness. I am prey to this every year and I suspect you are too. If we arm ourselves with keeping our lives in balance and our knees on the ground in prayer and quiet time, we will more calmly step towards the greatest time of the year with peace and smiles. It is when we are focused merely on our own tasks at hand, that we forget to assess the whole picture of our lives and roles as women. Taking careful steps of planning and realizing it's okay to say no, along with lots of prayer are key to keeping that balance through the most wonderful time of the year. We can do it in His strength.

Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Do Him Good

Proverbs 31:12 "She does him good and not evil All the days of her life."

Are you living to glorify God by doing your husband good? Is this first on your list of duties? Well if you're anything like me, it's easy to get into your motherly routine of quiet time with God, groceries, errands, laundry, etc.. The list goes on. In our revolving hat collection we must be sure to wear one that brings good to our man. Note that it says, "All the days of her life." We're not supposed to do him good when he makes us happy or fulfills our needs. There really is not "if" included in this description of the virtuous woman. She just simply "does." She does him good all the days of her life. That means every day of her life forever. What exactly does "doing him good" mean, you might ask? I believe doing him good is building him up, encouraging him and helping him lead our family. This looks differently and translates differently with each man, but generally speaking it is being his helper. So, are we living out that virtuous task of doing our husbands good?

Lord, give each of us the strength to do our husbands good all the days of our lives. We can only accomplish this task in your strength.

Step Out

As we observe the sweetness of fellowship within the body of Christ, it is important for us not to confine ourselves to merely those we love to fellowship with. We are called to go into the world to proclaim the Good News. It is easy for us as women and moms to find our sweet circle of friends and settle into a bubble of safety. Although fellowship is necessary for building up and edification, it alone is not what we were made for. We were not created to live in a Christian commune while awaiting Christ's return. We are on assignment, a task has been set before us by our God, to go into all the world. If we are too busy in our Christian safety nets, we are unable to affect or even influence those around us. We are all guilty of this in some degree. But I challenge each of us, myself included, to step out of that safety and proclaim His Good News by loving those who are lost, hopeless and without Christ.

Lord, give us the courage and the opportunities to share your love and the hope of your salvation to those around us. Add to your Kingdom, for you are not willing that any should perish.


Mark 16:15 "And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere."

All Choked Up

Have you ever felt like you just didn't have the words to say? Or maybe you're like me at times, you have too much to say. Which ever category you fall into, we all face challenging situations where we just don't know what to say. It is in those moments we should seek the Lord for just the right thing. Sometimes just saying nothing at all but simply listening is best. A hug might just be what's needed in that moment. It may not come natural for you, to simply keep quiet and listen. But know that there is sometimes more power in the absence of words than many words spoken.

James 1:19, "So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath"