Becoming a Woman of Wisdom and Grace

Have you ever thought about how your kids see your life? Do they see you living for Christ or the world? Does it make them question what is OK and not?

I’ve been thinking about this for awhile. Asking myself, do I start the day off with positive responses or am I negative and rushing? How can I be better at being on time and positive?

In Proverbs 31 it shows us “She wakes up before the Sun”, “Keeps her hands busy” and “Has her affairs in order”.

I cringe at these because these are where I have failed. One, I used to do all of these and two, I sometimes feel too tired. Its a conflict of emotions. There are times that the Lord wakes me up early and I procrastinate until I’m almost late. I let worldly thoughts and distractions shape my day.

The truth is, we have to be disciplined in being this type of woman. The woman that is described as blessed and seeking the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:27 says “I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.”

If we are going to preach it, we have to do it, right? So this is the start of a new week and I want it to go correctly. Starting with the waking up early. I will have to start waking up about 1 hour before everyone else. This will give me time for a Bible study, time for myself and ultimately help me be in the right mindset when I wake up everyone else. To do this, I will have to be in bed earlier than I normally am now. That’s part of the discipline. Change doesn’t just affect one or two things, you have to move a lot to make things work.

Next is keeping busy. If I am doing the things I need to, I wont have time for the extra stuff like apps, the news or even just worry. The discipline will be doing things and resisting procrastination. Maybe I should make a check off list the night before or spend a little time preparing things just so the next day I need to get it done? That’s something that works on itself if you just resist the procrastination.

The last thing is having my affairs in order. I don’t know about you, but I feel more secure when I have the money to pay for things and all my bills are paid. Over the last month, I have struggled with “what happens next” type of attitude. I fully trust that God has a plan, but I know I also have to put in the work to make that plan happen. I’m grateful He helped me see some things coming and I was ahead of the game in this last month but now is the time for me to put in the work to continue what God has planned for me and my family.

So with these three things I will have to use discipline to make it work. We use discipline in so many areas of our lives and don’t even think twice about it, but when it comes to taking a nap or picking up things in a room, we are tempted more to do the first thing.

Hebrews 12:11 states “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

If we want to keep the life we pray for and show our kids the right path, we have to be disciplined. We have to want to grow in our faith as well as becoming a better woman. Also, we have to show our children that whatever new things are happening in the world, we still need to be faithful to the Word of God. I will be working on this moving forward and I hope you will too.