Proverbs 31: 26-27
She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and she does not eat the bread of idleness.
I have been so foolish in the past! I had not given my children hardly any reason to "rise up and bless" me, because I am still learning to open my mouth in wisdom, and apply it to my conversations.
I want the "teaching of kindness" to be on my tongue. So I cannot react, I must pause to think and pray for this kindness before I respond, considering how I may be received by the hearers.
I do not "know" how to do these things, I must learn to practice this wisdom and kindness in my thoughts, my attitudes, and my words. And I am such a slow learner in this new way of living.
I have "eaten" the "bread of idleness" and found it nonnourishing and unsatisfying.
O my Father, I depend on You! I am desperate for You! Please help me apply in my thinking processes and in my attitudes those things You have taught me so far.
Continue to teach me, Father; that I may use the moments of every day in pursuit of You and Your ways, in Your strength, using Your wisdom and understanding, to accomplish Your will according to Your plans for me--plans to prosper me and not to do harm to me or my relationships.
Dear Father, continue to work out Your plans in my life and in the Nations of the World to fulfill our purposes according to Your great Plan of the Ages.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
