i have neglected this blog please forgive me,

i have not had the time to research the next verse, so instead have included my testimonym ( writen a while ago)

Beginning is always the hardest part.

I am not very good at speaking to groups of people, so I will do my best.

I was brought to a saving knowledge of Christ when I was four, every night mom read to us the story of the crucifixion, and that particular night it had brought me to tears. Mom asked me what was bothering me and I told her it wasn’t fare that Jesus had to die when he hadn’t done anything wrong, I understood that Jesus was the sinless son of God, mom explained to me that if Jesus hadn’t died we all would go to hell, I felt so indebted to Jesus that I repented of my sins and was saved.

I remember after that, every night I would ask dad “I didn’t get in trouble today, was I perfect was I like Jesus?” he explained to me that no matter how hard I tried I would never be sinless even the times I thought of doing something bad and didn’t that Jesus said it was just a s sinful. It broke my heart, but he also told me that because Jesus died for my sins that I was perfect in Gods eyes and that if I prayed the Jesus would help me to become sinless.

Over the next few years my Love for Christ did not dim often mom would catch me sitting on our front step belting at the top of my lungs “Jesus loves me” for the whole neighborhood to hear. Every one of my friends knew that I was a Christian, slowly I began to care more about what people thought of me that what God wanted me to do and God was pushed a little farther back.

When I was nine my father left my mom and my world was torn apart, daddy had been the apple of my eye, I may have loved him more that God intended me to. I don’t remember a whole lot of that time of my life, only that my goal was getting daddy back, Once aging God took second.

God is a jealous God and he has every right to be, I should have turned to God in my times of need. God teaches us lessons, we are disciplined and scolded, we are called back and we are pulled back when we ignore him, he makes himself heard. Dad had become my little “G” god , he was my hero.

When I was eleven I lost my hero, he died of a cardiac arrest, a result of his sinful lifestyle. I believe that he is with God, and that his passing was the very best thing that could of happened to him, It was a blessing a proof of Gods everlasting love, I turned to God in my grief, in a way that a child who has lost a parent should. I talked to him almost every night told him of my troubles and prayed for help. He listened, he answered and most of the time he gave me the things I prayed for, some of them took so long I had forgotten I prayed for them, like dad, Barry.

I was baptized in this church and I seem to have come full circle, because here I am giving my testimony.

I said earlier that beginnings were the hardest, well endings are next in line.

My absolute favorite verse from this chapter

She openeth her mouth with wisdom(khok-maw'
From H2449; wisdom (in a good sense): - skillful, wisdom, wisely, wit.)
;and in her tongue is the law of kindness.(kheh'-sed
From H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely reproof, or (subjectively) beauty: - favour, good deed (-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach.
)

this is one of the verses i truly can strive for before i am married, to be a woman who is kindness and wisdom of it's self is my goal. before i even started this bible study this is the verse that truly grabbed my attention.


So my challenge to us all is
use the wisdom of the WORD think you decisions through
And be kind, in your reprimanding and punishment, be kind be not rude, but loving in all you say.


something else i would like to add today.
1Peter chapter 3 v1-6
Likewise ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on apparel;
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible , even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God a great price.
for after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves being in subjection unto their own husbands:
even as sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as longas ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Sunny had mentioned it earlier about the modest adornment being of the heart aswell as of the outside self.

thank you all

She maketh fine linen and selleth it;
and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Strength and honor are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice in time to come.

I think sunny pointed it out before, we should regard all of our labors as something to make worthy of the highest price, so in everything you do strive to do it the best.


Strength and Honor are her clothing; and she shall Rejoice in time to come.

i think that is rather straight forward, it gives me great hope, clothe yourself in strength and Honor.

next challenge

sorry i missed this wednesday.

one for you married ladies, and one we unmarried ones can begin to work on.

"Her husband is known in the gates,
when he sitteth among the elders of the land."

me thinks it's rather clear, not only is he known by his own merit but by his wife's.
in Isreali tradition the men of the city would meet at the gates and have court, any problems they could not solve they brought before the king.

not much of a challenge her though tell me what you think, any challenges you see?

thea

next Challenge and an Apology

"Now I must admit, i have been somewhat of a hypocrite, i have been giving out these challenges, but unless a situation presented itself i didn't remember to follow the challenge, please forgive me."

our next verse is as follows

"She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household is clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple."

the obvious is that she provides well for her family, and not just her family, but her household, servants, guests, ect.
she clothes herself beautifully, she does not ignore herself, even in all the caring she does for her household she still makes time to make herself presentable if not beautiful.

she is most likely modest ( as women would have been in those days) but her clothing is not a potatoe sack that hides her curves. it is instead the nicest that can be had. not Chanel or Gucci, necessarily but NICE if not fancy clothes.

Take time with it.

the raiment can also be taken in the spiritual form, a man dressed in purple is a Prince or in this case a princess. her soul belongs to the almighty and because of that she is a Princess of the Almighty's kingdom. take care in how you DRESS your soul.

in Christ Thea

Feeding the poor

She stretcheth her hand to the poor;yea,she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.


Very obvious! I think you ladies can decipher this verse on your own.

Do as it says. May the lord bless your endeavors.

in God Thea

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?
And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.

I know you're all like
"okay were is thea?"

but you see i haven't been able to update because i've been so sos so busy! (notice the sos) You know how it is.

BUT... anyways here is the long awaited/belated challenge


She perceiveth that her merchandise is good:her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff.

so the first part of the verse, could be taken to mean, or have something to do with actual merchandise, But I can see it relating to something more precious, the woman herself.
I am sure that is not what was intended but it can be taken that way, that she herself is valuable, it says so at the very beginning "her worth is far above rubies."

second sentence
she works all night long, now i do not expect this from you. one could also say that it refers to a night light? children like to keep a night light. still i can't really make sense of this verse. Any help would be welcome.

third sentence
She spins wool, which leads to weaving/sewing i think it says later that she clothes her house in red and purple, she sews. So it's not like, not sewing makes you woth less than rubies, it just adds, and i can understand the burden of learning to sew, if your mother taught you when you were younger that it will not be as hard for you sewing clothes and such for your family. af course there's always *cough cough* SEARS(aka value village)

love you may the Lord bless you in tour endeavors to serve him better.

thea