'The Woman I want To Be' series (part 11)

The woman who properly manages her home.

Father, I know you expect me to be a good and diligent caretaker of all that you have placed in my possession. I take charge and care of the home you have blessed me with. I am the woman who handles and governs the affairs of her home to bring about success despite difficulty in any area. I choose to put my time to the profitable use of building a strong and sturdy environment for my children to grow in, I choose to ensure my home is always filled with love and warmth, I choose to ceaselessly seek for your peace to reign over my dwelling in all circumstances, and I choose to keep you as the author and foundation of my home to lead myself and household in all and help me protect that which you have entrusted to me. I use your wisdom and direction to effectively maximize all the resources you make available to me and I will ensure the place I call home is a place that exudes with the light and warmth of your love, and a place where, through you, countless can find lasting help, healing, counsel and comfort.

As I am yet unmarried, may I apply such wisdom, diligence, organization, discipline and love as I assist my mother in managing her own home.

You're a God of order who values the institution of the family. I’ll continue to value family and ensure order reigns in my home.

xxx, Kwiksie.

The Woman I Want To Be series (Part 10)

     The Woman Who Honors Her Parents.

     Exodus 20:12, Leviticus 19:3, Deuteronomy 5:16, 1 Timothy 5:4 and Ephisians 6:1-3, are some scriptures expressing the importance You place on the respect and honor we show to the primary individuals You've placed over us on this earth. Though each individual is unique, and parenting styles cannot all be the same, I am fully aware that I could never have better parents than the ones You have blessed me with. Sure they can improve and better align their hearts, minds and actions to Your desires and instructions, but it's not like I could select two individuals who'd 'fit' me better. Even if they didn't get to know You, nor learn to treat me with love, kindness, or consideration, I'd yet have reason to thank You for salvation, for helping me endure in love and righteousness, for equipping me with the grace to forgive any wrongs done to me, and for the power in your word and prayer. Still, I'm grateful that I've been blessed with people who're devoted and loyal to You.

I am the woman who consistently treats her parents with high respect, as befitting under-shepherds of Jesus . You have a reason for placing them as my earthly heads and I will value them as stewards you use to guide me, and vessels who help to impart your wisdom and truth to me. I refuse to succumb to the temptation to be haughty or insolent in my relations with them; even when we disagree. Help me to be reminded that because they know You and practice loving like You do, that their every action is taken with the intent of providing the best for me. If ever their desires or instructions are in contradiction to your will and plans for my life, help me express my refusal to such in love and not in arrogance, and give me the wisdom to handle such situations only in a manner that would bring you honor and joy.

I live my life to honor You, and that includes honoring my parents.

xxx, Kwiksie.