She is unbreakable for the kingdom come

 There is a temptation to be ignorant.  With knowledge comes power and responsibility.  With ignorance: bliss, the earthly kind that looks like spend without thinking of the future, do it because it feels good now, neglect what is difficult and enjoy your life today.... 

But God tells us this is not truly the way, and there is much more joy in His way!  Check this out, though knowledge can make one puffed up, prideful, and hypocritical, with the wisdom of the Lord, we know how to apply it for kingdom gain.  Anything we do for kingdom comes with multiplication reward.

I can get stuck in so many proverbs and verses on wisdom, and how God takes our faithful actions and mutliplies them, and these are great studies to pursue, but how do we apply it to our mothering and wifing?

Porverbs 29:15  The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.  

Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son and he will give you peace/ he will bring delight to your soul.

Proverbs 19:14  House and wife are inherited from parents, and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

It would be so much easier to neglect discipline of self and our children in those moments... when they're throwing a tantrum, to just give them what they want and get momentary peace, to let them spend hours in front of a screen, to send them wherever their little hearts would desire to go  to have fun, or simply (my own conviction) to let somebody else deal with them.  

A prudent wife thinks of the future with care and her actions are intentional as she recognizes actions lead to consequences.  

Proverbs 16:21 "the wise in heart shall be called prudent (or discerning) and pleasant words promote instruction (sweetness of the lips increaseth learning)."

This reminds me of the importance of how I admonish my kids: more specifically, to use pleasant words instead of criticizing or assuming the worst.  How I care for my children, directing them and recognizing consequences has future and eternal repurcussions.

Wisdom starts with fearing God in recognition of real and eternal consequences for our actions.  Fear causes us to pay attention to what God says, knowing that he is quite serious in his blessings and cursings.  Each child is different but the bottom line is don't give up, keep teaching, keep showing them there are consequences, because without this, they will not understand there is great brevity in their actions.Without this understanding there is a disconnect in their recognition of God's hand.

So my wisdom, knowledge, and impartation of consequences is pivotal for my children, the future of what God brought the two of us together for: to reproduce and multiply... but there's a second part to this multiplication.  What do I do with our earthly gains?  Do I squander them or invest and multiply?

A good woman has a lot to offer to the marraige.  She is not the nagging "drippy faucet", mentioned in Proverbs 27:15, who has no self restraint or compass, nor does she slap down dinner accompanied by a side of complaints as in Proverbs 17:1.  Rather, she brings her husband, and their family, "good all the days of her life," Proverbs 31:12.  a quick breeze over Proverbs 31 reminds us, that:

She is an eager worker, is selective to the benefit of her family, is willing to sacrifice her comfort for the benefit of the family, and brings her family profit.  She is prepared in and out of season, not having to make spontaneous purchases for a rainy day, but rather conducts herself and her family with careful wisdom and prudence.

A good woman doesn't look for equality in contribution, but rather realizes that she is a jewel, invaluable, and that her works will bring her praise at the city gate (Proverbs 31:31).  What she brings to the marriage, is not easily duplicated, not to be quickly or easily given to anyone else for charge, but rather for her careful and continual commitment to bring her husband and her Lord Honor in her attitude and presentation of all her duties.  She is eager to find more value to bring to their marriage, rather than looking for a break.  She is unstoppable, strong, courageous, and of beauty beyond compare because hers does not age.  "Her children will arise and call her blessed, her husband also praise and delight in her" (Proverbs 31:28).

A man is wiser and more successful in his endeavors because his wife continues to be resourceful and educate herself to achieve the next level, and the next....  She is eager to grow in knowledge, making the effort to learn new skills to make their dollar go further or earn more.  Even if she doesn't particularly enjoy a task, she will confront it and complete it with determination and deftness.  There is nothing that will get in the way of her and what God has made clear to her.  

God is pleased with our learning.  He calls it being prudent.  Learning how to cook healthy, low-cost meals is a prudent thing and would certainly qualify us as a good woman.  For us to learn how to bring natural healing to our children instead of taking them to the doctor (which would mean high medical bills and unnecessary risks, as well) would be a prudent thing to learn and would make us a good woman.  To not only be playful and engage with the kids at their level, but to seek out ways to enroll them in the daily chores and further educate them in ways to be helpful and which will lead to their independence and future success is the blessing of being a mom.  To learn how to increase our husband's profits, and even create our own without forsaking our children is next-level wifing.  This is my goal!

Lord, for myself and for the ladies who would come after me, be inspired by me, I pray discernment, prudence, boldness, and choices that would bring our husband and our family blessing!