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How the Proverbs 31 Woman Glorifies God

By On April 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

She is not a damsel in distress. She does not serve tea to the church ladies with Martha Stewart flawlessness. She is not finding her identity in her career. The Proverbs 31 Woman glories in helping her husband.

He is first and [...]

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Imposing my idea of perfect on the Proverbs 31 Woman

By On April 11, 2012 · 1 Comment

Some times my vision of what life is supposed to look like as a wife and mother gets muddled with the the fifties and I find myself striving to be some kind of spiritualized Martha Stewart. The Proverbs 31 Woman is the ideal woman, right? So I begin imposing my view of what makes a perfect [...]

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Bringing Him Good

By On March 18, 2012 · 1 Comment

The fact that the poem celebrating the ideal woman in Proverbs 31 only mentions her children once sat uncomfortably with me.

Only once? Why? It’s such important work. It takes so much of a mother’s time and thoughts and energy. Surely it’s more important than making a lot of money (which is mentioned more than [...]

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Pray, don’t nag.

By On March 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Shortly after I was married, I came up with this little saying: “Pray, don’t nag.” And the frequency I’ve had to remind myself of these words has much more to do with my lack of trust in God than anything about Eric.

Here’s how it plays out. I tell Eric something’s important to me [...]

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