Proverbs 31:19

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"She's skilled in the crafts of home and hearth, 

   diligent in homemaking."

Quality: 

          Homemaker: Provides & creates a godly, happy, healthy, functioning  

          Diligent: Intentional in the performing of her tasks. 

Breakdown: 

To be direct & honest, a P31W is to be all the things that the world scorns a woman for being. Her first priority should be her household. Her role is to create a godly, happy, healthy, & well functioning hub for her family to retreat to. I strongly believe this means a return to bygone values & skills. This means a mother who makes well rounded, healthy meals for her family...and expects them to sit down at the table together to eat them (with the TV off). I think this means she keeps a clean & orderly house because that directly impacts the mental mindset of those who live there.  I believe she should be a mother not a friend to her children because a mother does not compromise on expectations so that her children will "like her".  I believe this means that if you can't afford to buy something then you make it. I think this means a mother who establishes such a loving and nurturing relationship and environment for her children that they do not need to seek elsewhere to find them. Furthermore a P31W is to be diligent in the pursuit of these skills. She should be intentional, not lackadaisical, in being a godly effective helpmate to her husband & mother to her children. Our world scorns this 1950's vision of femininity & traditionalism, but Sisters that does not mean that it is not what God desires & requires of us. I am in no way saying that every woman should be a stay-at-home wife & mother, that is between you, your husband, & the Lord. I am saying that regardless of a career in the home or out of it the priority, the focus, & the passion of her life should be her husband & children. I also admonish women whose career is homemaking to be intentional in that role as well. It is easy to get caught up in soap operas & romance novels. It's easy to pacify our children with television & toys so that we are free to do what we want...let us be diligent whether we spend all day in our homes or come home to it after being in the workplace. Very clearly in the above scripture is it stated that we are not only to be skilled in the keeping of our heart & home, but to be diligent in the task.

Application: 

Find an area of homemaking in which you struggle & intentionally work towards improving in that area.

Be conscious of the impact that you have upon your family, see how your hardwork & efforts give them a loving retreat to reside in & be blessed by that!