The Proverbs Wife Pt. II

Gahhh, it's taken me a long time to write this...bear with me :)

A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds. Her husband trusts her without reserve, and never has reason to regret it. Never spiteful, she treats him generously all her life long.

This is not suprising to me. A good woman is hard to find. If you have been sought after by your husband, be happy! He has searched and through his trial and error has hand picked a good woman!


 Self Worth
Your first lesson in recognizing what makes a good wife, is UNDERSTANDING and BELIEVING your self worth, in that you ARE a good woman. Many times women get married for the wrong reasons, making the marriage a strain for both partners because the woman is looking for someone to fill a void versus looking for a companion. If you don't have self worth in you, you will always be depending on someone else to provide that confidence, value and self worthiness.  Truly, your value should come from who you are in Christ. Knowing who you are in Christ will help you establish a firm foundation in how you will see yourself no matter what circumstances come your way.

Trust
Your second lesson, is in trust. You have got to trust your partner and he's got to trust you. I understand things happen in life, that may cause a strain on your trust and that you will have to work diligently to get to a solid level of trust. Now your probably thinking of the obvious trust factor, which is being 'faithful' but also consider trust as in, that your husband will trust that you will: make the right choices, be honest with him, share with him, that you will do what you say, that you will honor him and your relationship, that you will put your relationship first...etc, etc. And that you will do all those things, GENEROUSLY. Give to your husband whenever you can and however you can, support him, provide for him and honor him the best you can.

Now you may be thinking "Well what about me?" Well this is lesson about being a good wife, so throw that 'me centered' thinking out!!

Alas -- if you are married, chances are that you both have dated at least a one or two people before you met, and that you have searched and by gods divine plan have found each other. Your husband  chose you. Out of all the fish in the sea, he has chose you. You! And that in itself should always keep a burning fire in your heart for your husband...

On to part III...

Ciao.