Praising Always

Again the last 2 days have been crazy and I am sorry I missed a day of my Blog. So back to the Blog, I have not been a virtuous woman today, and well it hurts my heart to not be virtuous and for the way I speak with people on the phone sometimes. I hate knowing I was not virtuous; God showed me I was not displaying virtuous qualities.

The verse today says quite a bit..... A virtuous woman is someone who keeps busy. She is staying busy due to the fact that she must help her husband and her family. In supporting her husband and her family she is enriching and encouraging them. When a woman has done and mastered the previous verses she may be able to work outside of the home. When she works outside the home she can be profitable and spins thread. I am using the NLT version in this one, it makes the most sense to me. Sometimes I love having the Bible App on my phone where I can switch between versions.

Proverbs 31:19

Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber.

What are you hands busy doing? Are they busy doing the work of the world and the idle or are the busy doing the work of the Lord? Do you spend your time watching junk on tv, listening to music with curse words, or movies with sexual immorality? The Lord may bless you with the ability to stay home and have your home be your job. What are your hands doing at home are they doing the work of the Lord, are you working and doing it in joy? Are you complaining or doing everything you do for God? Even when folding laundry or changing dirty diapers doing your work at home you need to praise God. Praise him for the blessings in your life. If you work outside of the home, again praise him for the opportunities he gave you, praise him for the ability to help support your family. Praise the Lord for all he has done in your life. It took me a while to Praise God and give him my teaching career. My career wasn't going anywhere and I was having a hard time finding a position. When I FULLY and COMPLETELY gave it over to the LORD I was presented with 2 positions in the same school year. Praise the LORD. Whether you work inside or outside the home. Show Glory to God in all you do.

~Samantha

Prayer

Lord, help me to be virtuous, help me to show what a virtuous woman really is. Help me to be virtuous in every situtation in my life, whether it is frustrating or not, and whether I am at fault or not. Lord please help me to keep my career in your hands, and guide me in the way you want me to go and open and or close doors that you want and let me be aware that this is your will. Help me to praise you daily, even for the smallest things. Thank you Lord for sending your son and showing me in your word what a virtuous woman is. AMEN.