I've been thinking of my role as a wife and mother, and like many other women, my thoughts go to Proverbs 31.  I was reading thru this chapter thinking of blogging my way thru the chapter, but I realized that this would, first of all, bore me to death... sorry I have no attention span anymore.... and it would be overly pretentious as I really have very little to say that hasn't been said by a million others in a much better way.

I did read thru the chapter, and re-read it stopping on verse 25....

Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.

This verse, for whatever reason, meant something to me today.  I see my role as wife and mother as my job in life... I don't have the best hours, don't get vacation regularly, nor do I get alot of respect for it.  Being a wife and mother is not the most noble profession by today's standards.

My epiphany for the day is that God expects us to kick butt at what we do... He doesn't want second best.  He doesn't want whiners or insecurity.  I think He want us to be strong and powerful in our roles, to educate ourselves and to be the best for our families that we can be.

I've never done a real study of these verses, but what strikes me is that thru out Proverbs 31 this woman is not a pushover or someone to be messed with.  She doesn't strike me as having any fear or worry.  She also doesn't seem to have regrets.... or if she does, she doesn't show it.  She realizes that tomorrow it's all going to be okay.  That her goals aren't for today, but for eternity.  Yeah, some days are going to be bad, there will be rough times, but it's all how you choose to deal with it.  She can laugh in the face of adversity because she's got her act together... she's planned and prepared, and if nothing else, the stress isn't going to get to her.