Thursday, February 21, 2008

Good wife to be

From the Bible,
[1] An excellent wife who can find?She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,all the days of her life.
13 She seeks wool and flax,and works with willing hands.
14 She is like the ships of the merchant;she brings her food from afar.
15 She rises while it is yet nightand provides food for her householdand portions for her maidens.
16 She considers a field and buys it;with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
17 She dresses herself [2] with strengthand makes her arms strong.
18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She puts her hands to the distaff,and her hands hold the spindle.
20 She opens her hand to the poorand reaches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of snow for her household,for all her household are clothed in scarlet. [3]22 She makes bed coverings for herself;her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gateswhen he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them;she delivers sashes to the merchant.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,and she laughs at the time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her householdand does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,and let her works praise her in the gates.

I feel down when I read this chapter 31 of Proverbs :(; I am not a bad wife but I am a constantly improving so-so wife. Since I am a working woman, I just donnow or I am not clear of how much I am able to obey these verses and be a good wife. "She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." In fact, this is a real stab - I open my mouth mostly to say some poor jokes or some freaky ideas!! But, I do give my opinion where its needed.

However, after work, If my bones are not weary, I do cook food for my husband. I clean the house and wash the clothes during weekends (not regularly). I love my husband and take care not to constantly nag, cry and scream (brat wife) (inspite of being an emotional cry baby!!). If I didn't know to cook well - I must confess - Life would have been a disaster!!! I just wait for the twinkle in his eyes after he has food just to confirm that YAY!! I have did a good job.

Wish me good luck to be a good wife asap!

4 comments:

Aji's prespective said...

Great wisdom for all who are married .A must read for all married women.I should refer this to my better half..

woman undercover ;) said...

Thanks Aji for reading my post!!

Yeah!! its really difficult to be a good wife - hope your wife likes it tooo!!!

renji said...

Nobodys Perfect.... YOU are a Good Wife ... :-)

woman undercover ;) said...

this sounds great!!!! :) :) :)