Proverbs 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Yesterday {Tuesday} was the second night in our VBS studies of The Virtuous Woman found in Proverbs 31. On Monday, the character trait we focused on was Faith. Tuesday we talked about wisdom.

My {Tangi} husband is teaching the high school class and one of his students quoted this:

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

It made me chuckle, but what a great way to put it.

I wonder how many times God has looked down at me from Heaven and saw me trying to put tomatoes in the fruit salad.

Do you pray for wisdom?

Myself? Not nearly enough. Usually, I ask for Godly wisdom when I have made such a mess out of things already.  How different the landscape of my life would be if I had asked God to give me wisdom to begin with!

God knows that I need Him.

I need Him so much.

Generally, when I think about the verse Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands., I imagine a woman with scandalous behavior. I think of a woman who is dressed like a “woman of the night”, leaving her family to commit adultery and spending the grocery money on parties and clothes.

I know there are women like that, but that is just one side of the spectrum.

Women can damage their families just by being careless. 

My husband made an excellent point to his high school class. He told them that there are a lot of smart people who are not wise and there are a lot of wise people who aren’t book smart. He went on to say that people who usually don’t make wise choices tend to have a lot of conflict in their lives. He went a little further and told his class {all guys} that if they marry a woman who had a habit of making unwise choices, those consequences would follow her into their marriage and effect their relationship. Isn’t marriage hard enough without added strain?

Am I right?

Can I get an amen?

..Ahem… moving on…

As you can see, my hubby is very wise. After all, he married me. 😉

I can’t help but to be honest with you. There are so, so, so, many things that I am not good at. I fail constantly. I’m impulsive. I can be selfish. I can be stubborn. I internalize my feelings until I explode– I have a long fuze, but it still ain’t pretty. {Gosh. Y’all pray for my husband!} I’d go on, but I’m embarrassing myself.

I really DO want to be a woman with Godly wisdom.

I really DO want to speak wisdom into the lives of my children.

I really Do want to help my husband by being that partner that helps him in making wise choices about our family.

Jesus really does love me. Not only does He love me so much He shed His blood for my soul, but He also has to deal with me. I’m thankful for His grace.

May God bless us with wisdom and may we all put our tomatoes in the correct salad. 😉