Are you a Proverbs 31 woman?

I would like to encourage you to analyze how you fulfill the Proverbs 31 woman.  But we first need to realize that although she sounds magical and impossible to be, she didn’t do all these things at once in her life. This chapter talks about all her virtues in stages. 

As women we have stages in our lives:

The teen stage: We have to decide who we are and recognize our worth
Proverbs 31:10 “She is worth far more than rubies”

The single woman: We have to learn to be strong and how to stand on our own 2 feet
Proverbs 31:16 “She considers a field and buys it: out of her earnings she plants a vineyard”

The wife: We have to learn to share our life with someone else and create our home
Proverbs 31:11 “Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value

The mother: We become the role model for them to imitate and follow
Proverbs 31: 20 “She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy”

The empty nester: We start to hear “Thank you mom” from our children who are no longer children
Proverbs 31: 28 “Her children arise and call her blessed; and her husband also, and he praises her”

The grandma: We enjoy the children again but we get a different view this time around
Proverbs 31:26 “She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue”

God is seeing your hard work: 
Proverbs 31:31 “Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gates”

We don’t have to be “Supermom.” We have to enjoy whatever stage we are on because soon it will be over and we can’t go back. If you are single then begin to pray for your future spouse. If you are an empty nester keep your future children-in-laws in prayer while your kids are in college or single.  Always remember our Heavenly Father is always there for us no matter what stage we are on.