Tag: Proverbs

Lord, How Wise She Is!

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Lord,

There are days when a cloud carries us through the path You lead us down.

Today was that day. Although, my words are minimal in Your presence this very moment. My heart is singing Your praise for calling me to do what I do – to proclaim the name of Jesus.

How full is my soul.

Father, I pray for the ears of the women I spent this day with. I pray your truth will hold their hearts. I pray they will walk in the footsteps of wisdom as they leave their prints behind for others. Oh, how beautiful is your path of wisdom.

How free is my soul.

Spirit, You speak. You always speak. Just as You promise. Thank you for speaking through me for the hearts in need of a sweet, simple truth. I pray your voice will ring in their hearts throughout each opportunity to proclaim the wisdom you have filled within them.

Oh, that we will stand as women of wisdom.

Hear us when we pray for wisdom (James 1:5), see us as we study your Word (Proverbs 4:7), and shine Your light upon us as we pour out Your wisdom with confidence and surety (Proverbs 31:26). How spoiled we are to be Yours, to be filled by Your wisdom, and to proclaim the name of Jesus.

Oh, how spoiled we are.

Amen & Amen

Thank you to the women of Eagle Christian Church for your open arms this morning.

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Six Ways to See Your Value

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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,

Jaclyn

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Open Your Mouth ~ Proverbs 31

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Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth.

How refreshing is this turn of events? Sometimes our lips fail us. Sometimes words fly to another’s heart and much heartache ensues. Sometimes we judge, we put down, we compare, we lift ourselves high. Sometimes.

But, here we are given full permission to utilize the sweet gift of words and use them with a purpose. How refreshing.

Open your mouth for the mute.

There is a person out there that is in need of a defender; not as a lawyer but as a friend. I can think of a child who was sinking in a classroom with a heavy heart.

Every day his parents were fighting. Every day was a day closer to their divorce. Every day he was dropped off at school. Every day he was getting in trouble in class. This poor child had not one outlet. He had no voice. This amazingly bright and happy child was suffering a “normalcy” in today’s society. This breaks my heart. Open your mouth for the speechless.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the poor and needy.

I love how God connected this verse as He did. Judge righteously then defend the rights. In that order. This is what my ears here…

  1. Open your mouth
  2. Ask questions
  3. Hear the cry
  4. Gather the details
  5. THEN judge the situation with wisdom.
  6. And THEN proceed to help in the manner that you can.

It’s sad that we need to judge before we proceed, but the fact of the matter is, not all who cry ‘poor and needy’ are in fact poor and needy. However, this should not stop us from hearing the cries of those in need.

There are memories of my story that I pray I will never forget. Memories of Cabbage Patch dolls and food and wrapped presents randomly at our door. I never had the chance to thank the Stranger who cared for us, the poor and needy.

But, I can do my part in passing on the sweet blessings that come by obeying a beautiful command given by a loving God.

The season of giving is upon us. I pray we will hold this verse dear to our hearts. I pray that our hearts will see, our hands will provide, our feet will go and our smile will radiate!

Open your mouth for the speechless in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9