A Strength Like No Other.

Let's be honest ladies

To be honest, I think the hardest part of this journey so far in heading down the path of being a virtuous woman is the encouraging and enriching my Hubs everyday. Don't get me wrong I Love Him with all my heart. He is the Love of my life, I couldn't do everything I do without him. I have been so critical and getting frustrated and frazzled over the little stuff for so long, that not getting upset, frazzled, frustrated, or being critical is hard for me to do. You would think it was the opposite but lets be honest, the hardest part is doing what is not normal, and being encouraging and enriching to Hubs is not normal, and that is sad to say :(. Other than intentionally being encouraging and enriching I had a pretty good day. I didn't start the day off well, I slept in to start it all off and then rushed all morning. Tomorrow is a new day, and tomorrow I will be an early bird. 

So today I read one verse, since yesterday I felt like all 4 of those went hand in hand. I felt like today's verse had a lot that I could say just about it. I think it could be grouped together with the next several versus but I am definitely enjoying this study and everything the Lord has laid on my heart during this study, as well as having this study hold me accountable to make sure I am being a woman I need to be. Today's verse was 

Proverbs 31:17(ESV)

She dresses her self with strength and makes her arms strong.

I've said it once I'll say it a lot more WOW!!! God surprises me with each and every verse in Proverbs 31. Just think God gives woman a strength like no other. I mean we go through a lot as woman, childbirth, to carry and birth a child is a strength like no other. A virtuous woman dresses herself in strength, I have to be strong. I think the type of strength God is speaking about here is that yes a woman needs to be strong in the literal sense of the word, but there is a lot more to being strong than just having strength. I have been shown the ways in which I need to be strong, and show strength to my girls, and husband. I need to be strong in the walk I have with the Lord. One way that God really showed me I need to be strong in is to bite my tongue, sometimes I don't want to bite my tongue I get frustrated. I want to say things and do things that do not display an ungodly attitude around my girls. I want to be strong and be aware of everything that's going on I want to be sure I am displaying a Godly demeanor and a Godly strength in everything I do. I need to work at my house through the tiredness, through the "I don't really want to's" through all of that I need to be strong and fight through it, again not for myself but for H, G, and C. When I show them that the house is a priority I show them that their well being is a priority. When I keep the house up even though I am exhausted I show Hubs that hey thanks for all you do for your kids and me. I have to show the kids that this stuff is important and it needs to be done because when I take pride in the things I am Blessed with than, I am giving thanks to the Lord. Sometimes working through the tiredness and having strength in that way is what I need. God has given me the strength to work through the tiredness and I have to be able to do this not for me but for my family. Wow having strength that is from him is completely different than trying to do this on my own. This verse speaks to me in so many ways I could write like 10 pages on it, but I'm not going to. I am going to end it right there tonight, before I ramble on. A virtuous woman is a precious jewel, strong, an early riser, she prepares the way for her family, and encourages and enriches the life of her Husband. WOW how amazing is that, when I am on this journey that I hope never ends, even just now, how amazing of a person will I be and not because of me but because I have done this through the Lord. I am looking forward to becoming the wife, mother, and woman of God, he created me to be.

~Samantha

Prayer

Father I come to you today, to ask you to give me the strength I need to be a virtuous woman. Give me the strength to hold my tongue when it needs to be held, to be patient when I am frazzled, to prepare the way for my family, to have the desire and strength to keep my house up to show my children I am thankful for the blessings you have placed in my life. Give me the strength to show Hubs love and encouragement everyday, and to enrich his life by small and grand gestures and to change the way I approach certain situations with him, that I handle them in a way that is glorifying to you, let me be the precious jewel you made me and help me to be the Godly woman of virtue you have designed me to be. Thank you for your word and showing me what a Woman of Virtue looks like and for putting this desire on my heart to be that woman. AMEN.