She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. Proverbs 31:16 “Whether it be fit for use and of a reasonable price, and how she may purchase it. This excludes the rashness, as the proceeding to buy it excludes the inconstancy, which is often incident to that sex” (Benson Commentary). Yes, many of us women often buy things on impulse. We see something we like and buy it without pondering if we…
Some people believe that if a woman has been divorced and then married another man, she is living in continual adultery and needs to divorce her second husband and try to be reconciled to her first husband or remain single for the rest of her life. Because I don’t agree with this, I have been accused of supporting divorce and remarriage, so I want to set the record straight. I hate divorce as God hates it, and I do everything…
Yes, this was me forty years ago on my nineteenth birthday. I was celebrating it with my friends from Westmont College. At this point in my life, I had no aspirations to be a career woman, rich, or famous. I had lived a relatively mundane life and dreamed of continuing to live one by being a wife, mother, and homemaker, if the Lord blessed me with a husband. I grew up in a relatively stable home with a mother and…
One woman’s husband read a post about submission that she had written and responded to her this way: “I think the word submit is outdated; respect is a much better alternative.” A very wise woman responded: “Here’s the thing, ladies (and this is coming from someone who is NOT in a Christian marriage, and has lived a life of submission for the past ten years of our 22-year marriage. I’m 51), we can’t pick and choose and substitute words in…
There are two places in the Bible that specifically say that our failure to obey the Word of God by women results in blaspheming the Word of God and causing the adversary to speak reproachfully. …that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Titus 2:4 I will therefore that…
She rises also while it is yet night, and gives meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. Proverbs 31:15 “She doth not indulge herself in too much sleep, but is an early riser, before the break of day, to make provision for those who are to go abroad to work in the fields, and to set her maidens their several tasks at home.” (Benson Commentary). “A person will get the best results in every area of life…
This is the most persuasive passage in the Bible that shows God’s will for us and is an argument against sending our children to public schooling for most of their entire childhood years: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God…
Written by Nancy Campbell Many women don’t like this phrase. Even Christian mothers. And yet it’s in the Bible! Isn’t that amazing? However, I think it comes down to the fact that we either believe the Bible, or we don’t. If we believe the Bible we must receive every word as the living, breathing Word of God. It is an eternal Word. It is as up to date as tomorrow’s newspaper! Therefore, if you believe the Bible, would you like…
She is like the merchants’ ships; she brings her food from afar. Proverbs 31:14 We spent several months in Wisconsin this summer in the cabin my dad bought 30 years ago. Since Ken works from home, we had the opportunity to do this, and we greatly enjoyed it. In order to find fresh food, once a week I would drive about 40 minutes to the nearest health food store and buy up things mostly on sale. They have great monthly…
There’s an old home we walk past every day. It is not in good shape. The yard isn’t either, and the whole place appears completely unloved. A few weeks ago, there were a lot of trucks in the driveway. After a week or so, it was empty, and I told Ken I thought that they had probably been evicted from the way they left it. One day, we walked by, and the garage door was left open, so while Ken…