Some have asked for the notes from this week's message on a Proverbs 31 woman (P31). Here is the short version:
Read Proverbs 31:10-31...She is...
I. Priceless in her Worth (vv 10-12) - "Who can find" her? A P31 is'nt easy to find because she gets overlooked even ignored in a culture that's changed the price tags and made a woman's value something to be measured by outer physical beauty. But keep in mind that though man looks on the outside, God looks at the heart (I Samuel 16:7) Question is, husbands, are you willing to dig into the rich soil of a wife's soul to find the treasure?
II. Tireless in her Work (vv 13-24). There's more written here in our passage about the work ethic of a Godly woman than any other point made today, and the point I want to make here is not to encourage a P31 to work harder. What I hope you notice is the encouraging truth that the work she does is being praised. Let this inspire you as you go about the the day at the speed of life. Let your heart be glad that as you run out of hours and fall into bed wondering if anything worth doing really got done...it did...and the P31 has been praised!
III. Matchless in her Wisdom (vv 25-27). She laughs at the future (v 25)! She's not anxious - It's a fact...Satan dangles in front of every P31 the potential for anxiety. But her hope's in God and not in the circumstances of life. Therefore, even when the day becomes frantic, the P31 has a quiet confidence that God's always in control. So what has she to fear? Therefore, she's able to quiet her soul, because she's not easily rattled...and when she speaks, people listen, because they've found peace in her words...words that have become a salve to their spirits.
She not only demonstrates wisdom in what she says as her household counts on those nuggets of truth...she also demonstrates wisdom in what she refuses to say (or hear).
1. Course jesting is not something that will interest her at all.
2. She doesn't eat the bread of idleness…that is she doesn't gossip and cares nothing for spending time with those who do.
Have a good day