Read & SOAP: Proverbs 14:1 (Image Above)
S: The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
O: A wise woman builds her house... a wise woman knows what it takes to build up her house. Not the actual building, but her house that is her family. A wise woman knows how to build up her family, do things that will effect each positively. A wise woman knows to praise her husband, to be a supportive and loving wife. To be there when he needs her. To build their family together. The man may be the head of the house, but the wife is the neck, as an old pastor of mine used to say. It means that the husband heads up the house, but the wife determines the direction it takes.
A foolish woman, however, can very easily tear apart her family by not being there to support them. To not be supportive. To not teach her children. To make so many mistakes that there is no saving any of it.
I know about that kind of woman, because she is me. I've made so many mistakes in my life and because of those mistakes and poor choices made along the way, I've pretty much lost what family I do have left.
Don't be the foolish woman. Be the wise woman.
A: I need to follow my own advise. I need to be the wise woman. I have learned from my mistakes. Or I hope I have. I will say some of my choices of late, no matter how right it feels or I think are the right choices, I've still lost. But I have to cling to the hope that Jesus knows my heart. He knows I'm trying to do the right thing. I come to Him first when I try to make a decision and just hope that He knows I'm trying.
P: Lord, show us how to be the wise woman. Remind us how our words and actions can either build up or tear down. Let us be wise with our words and actions. Helps us to build up rather than tear down.
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