My hubby's first day of work!

Praise God, this day has finally come! Today is my hubby's first day of work. Which also means that this is the first day that it's just me and Moby, the dog. I'm going to miss being with my hubby every day, but I'm glad that he now has a job to bring home the bacon :) It's been a grueling month and a half of applying for jobs everyday with little or no response back from places. Praise God, that He is sovereign and controls all things and He always provides.


Since my in-laws work at the same place, they will be carpooling together while I stay home and manage the house. They drive an hour drive to Omaha to get to work, so they have to get up while it's still dark. This morning it was raining too, so it added to the excitement of today. I'm a very proud little wifey :)


My bible passage of choice for the day:

- Psalm 34 -

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul will make its boast in the LORD;
The humble will hear it and rejoice.
3 O magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
9 O fear the LORD, you His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is no want.
10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they do not seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.
11 Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD,
12 Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of the LORD is against evildoers.
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The LORD is near to the broken hearted
And saves those who are crushed in the spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones,
Not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

--Proverbs 31:10-31--

10 An excellent wife, who can find?

For her worth is far above 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 evil all the days of her life.

13 She looks for wool and flax

And works with her hands in delight.

14 She is like merchant ships;

She brings her food from afar.

15 She rises also while it is still night

And gives food to all her household.

And portions to her maidens.

16 She considers a field and buys it;

From her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 She girds herself with strength

And makes her arms strong.

18 She senses that her gain is good;

Her lamp does not go out at night.

19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,

And her hands grasp the spindle.

20 She extends her hand to the poor,

And she stretches her hand out to the needy.

21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,

For all her household are clothed with scarlet.

22 She makes coverings for herself;

Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

23 Her husband is known in the gates,

When he sits among the elders of the land.

24 She makes linen garments and sells them,

And supplies belts to the tradesmen.

25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,

And she smiles at the future.

26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,

And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

27 She looks well into the ways of her household,

And does not eat the bread of idleness.

28 Her children rise up and bless her;

Her husband also, and he praises her, saying;

29 "Many daughters have done nobly,

But you excel them all."

30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,

But a woman who fears the LORD, she is to be praised.

31 Give her the product of her hands,

And let her works praise her in the gates.

(emphasis added)

This is my bible passage for this morning since I do a proverb a day, and then I went on to Genesis... notice how in Genesis it was Eve who took the first bite of disobedience, and God slaughtered the animal to make coverings to cover their nakedness...

--Genesis 2:16-17--

16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, "from any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die,"

--Genesis 3:6-7--

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and it was a desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

--Genesis 3:21--

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

I thought it's interesting how it's generally women/wives who enjoy making clothes or are usually the ones who are interested in shopping for clothing, and in our fallen state, we even pervert this gift of covering our sinfulness by dressing immodestly for our own vices. By nature, woman sinfully use their nakedness or immodest dress to try to gain attention, power and control over men, but a Proverbs 31 woman is praised for making coverings for her family, to cover their nakedness.

Dressing modestly, and a willingness to submit to her husband and the will of the Lord doesn't come naturally, it stems from the new desires of her heart, placed there by the Spirit of God. When a Proverbs 31 does all these things for her household, she is doing them not as an independent woman who is wanting to over-power her husband, but as a helpmate to her husband who is willing to submit herself under his leadership and come alongside him as she ministers to the needs of their household. She is someone he "trusts in" and "praises her" for them as "She does him good and not evil all the days of her life."