Fresh start... yet again

I thought I'd start this post by talking about my bad blogging habits, but decided against it. The short of it is I'm writing the 10th post for this poor blog I started when I left for college.

I am, what I like to call, your newly arrived average adult. What I mean by this is that I can no longer claim "student" as an occupation on forms anymore. Nope, I'm fresh out of college with a degree in theatre arts and one week from now will be celebrating my first wedding anniversary to my sweet and darling husband.

I'm excited, because I can finally explore with complete and total freedom what it means to be a wife 24/7. I don't have to pause to do homework, or run off to class and think about what I'm going to cook for dinner that night. I can just think about dinner.

Not to say that I'm not going to work. That will replace class time fast enough. The point is, I can usually just go home afterwards and not think of how many pages I have to write about the Greek Chorus.

Now, I know that life isn't all just about excitement and freedom. I know it keeps going. Summer breaks aren't for me anymore, and I know I'll experience homework once again when I have a teary-eyed 4th grader overwhelmed by long division. But I think it's important to point out that life has those moments no matter what, in school or out. They're just a horse of a different color. In the end though? Still a horse.

But more importantly to me, I want to take this new found time and use it wisely. I feel, I have not done so in the past, and I'm embarking on changing that now. In aiding me in that, I've decided to crack open proverbs 31 again and really study it. I read it over and over again before Sam and I got married. I did it out of not wanting to just be the perfect wife, but I wanted to learn how to honor my husband. Sam and I have been together since we were 13 years old, and in all that time he managed to guide me bibically because of his love of the Lord. He is not just a lover, he's also my greatest friend. He has been a precious gift to me. What better what to honor him than by studying the word of God faithfully, as I promised to do a year ago?

The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 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 Sheseeks 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 night

and provides food for her household

and 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 with strength

and 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 poor

and 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.

22 She makes bed 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;

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 household

and 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.