Becoming a proverbs 31 woman

This passage strictly relates to a wife but the principles can apply generally to all women. Have you read it recently? I have been challenged on becoming a woman of god so I’ve been investigating and reflecting on what that means so I thought id share some of my musings on proverbs 31. (you should perhaps grab a bible and read it first)

In verse 11 it expresses that other people have full confidence in a proverbs 31 woman.
Are we trustworthy people that others can have confidence in? This is not just for husbands and men, we need to be trustworthy to our female friends also. How important do we value our own trustworthiness? It is easy to fall into gossip or other such silliness. We may not think it harmful or degrading to others but by doing this we not only disrespect our brothers and sisters in Christ we detriment our own character of trustworthiness. To grow into trustworthy women of god we need to consider how our actions affect others and if indeed we are a person that other people would have confidence in.

Verse 15 expresses how a proverbs 31 woman is a ‘doer’, she doesn’t leave things for other people to do or whimp out if it seams too difficult.
I don’t want this blog to be full of finger pointing, I certainly struggle in these areas, but I recognise the importance of working in this area and changing for the better. I need to actively work on this in order to change and to grow, to develop as a woman of god. We don’t always do the things that we find difficult, mostly because we don’t want to; ‘its ok someone else will do it’, ‘that’s not really my thing’, ‘that’s such a good idea…but I personally don’t really have the time’. These things are all too easy to say but they can prevent us from stepping out in faith and playing our part. God gives us this description of a woman of noble character as a guide for us, we too need to be active and start doing, even if we don’t want to. As Christians we shouldn’t be under the impression life is going to be any easier, what we are told is that God will be with us every step of the way and that we can do all things in his strength (Philippians 4,13)

Verse 18 tells us that the lamp of a proverbs 31 woman doesn’t go out at night.
How easy is it to let our lamps go out when our circumstances or situations change. We can be on fire for god one day but then when with our non Christian friends we struggle to stay strong for the lord or we hide our light for fear of others judging us. This woman strives to keep her light burning and so must we. Why would you light a lamp and put it under a bowl? Your light needs to be put on the stand for all to see and from all to benefit from.

There’s lots to think about so I’m going to break here and make it 2 separate blogs. I pray that you don’t just skim over the bits that are difficult to read. Think about what God might be trying to tell you and reflect upon it yourself.