This is not another post to add to your “try to do better/be better” list. This is simply six ways to see your value as it is. It is a fresh perspective that will help you to see the fruit of your presence. Doesn’t that sound nice? To see visible fruit from all the work that we do? This, sweet sister, is the desired outcome of this post.
These six things stem from Proverbs 14. My prayer is that we will see the beautiful fruit (value/worth/wisdom) of our presence in place of the stress that fills our {seemingly} never ending days.
Six Ways to see your value
- Your hands ~ v. 1
- There are a thousand things we do with our hands and our sense of touch day in and day out. Will you consider each deed as a building up or a tearing down of your people and/or home.
- Your direction ~ v. 2
- Are we moving forward in our growth as a human? This may be a silly question, but it is worthy of ponder. What if we compared ourselves with ourselves of yesterday, last year, last decade. What growth would we see?
- Your kiss ~ v. 3
- How sweet it is! Lips smile. Lips kiss. Oh, how powerful and beautiful and wise are the lips of a wife and a mom! Much can be healed in the power of wise lips.
- Your work ~ v. 4
- This verse is debatable pending your season in life. I suggest a fill in the blank. “Where there are no _______, the ________ is clean. but abundant ______ come by the strength of the ________. Maybe you filled in those blanks with “children, house, playdough, and giggle.” Maybe you applied it toward a specific job. Either way, I think stress would scale down if we saw the benefit of the mess rather than the mess itself.
- Your truth ~ v. 5
- Girl, we know there is only one thing to say here. Don’t lie. Don’t lie to your man or to your child or to your list of humans. Big girl panties are required here. 😉
- Your knowledge ~ v. 6
- Do you know things? Good. Use what you know to advance the people around you. We all know different things. I think we simply need to get a handle around our individual knowledge and see how beneficial it is for that two year old, that teenager, that grandchild, that man of yours.
You are Valuable and Worthy and Wise
Just think how wise you will be throughout your day when you begin changing your perspective in the things you are already doing. No longer will you be in autopilot just doing what you do. Now you will be in autopilot with a smile knowing that what you do is valuable and worthy and wise. For you are the wisest of women building her house (v.1).
Allow me to say a quick thank you to the ladies of the Live Group at Eagle Christian Church for engaging in this conversation. XOXO
I hope you all have a beautiful day,
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