By Haley C.

 

“She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life” (Proverbs 31:12, emphasis added.) Have you seen that before? It says, “...all the days of her life.” Does that mean when she is 14 years old and doesn't even know who she's going to marry yet, she's going to do him good? Yes! When she makes a deliberate choice to keep her mind free from needless thoughts about the cute guy down the street or at church, she is doing her future husband good. When she honors her father, she is doing her future husband good. How is that? She is learning to respect and honor her authorities. When she cleans house, takes care of a child, lends a helping hand to the widow down the street, she is doing him good; because she is learning to take care of the home and family, and is making a good name for herself that will carry over into their marriage. Proverbs 22:1 says, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.”

Are we doing our future husbands good, ladies? When that cute guy walks in, do you let yourself dwell on how good looking he is and dream of marrying him or do you surrender him to God, knowing that he's probably someone else's husband, and focus your thoughts on God and other edifying things? Do you realize that the way you treat your father is the same way you will treat your husband? Are you respecting your father's authority and honoring his wishes? Are you making it a daily habit to be found faithful in the menial tasks around the home? Or are you too busy working elsewhere with the excuse that you're ministering to others, while at the same time you’re neglecting those tasks that God has called you to do in order to keep your home running smoothly? One day you may be blessed with a husband who desires to come home to a clean house, or maybe even run a ministry out of the home that requires a clean home in case he should bring someone for dinner at the last minute. Did you ever wonder what a pastor's wife's duties are? Would YOU be qualified to be a pastor's wife? We may not all be called to be pastor's wives, but wouldn't it be a testimony to our future husband if we lived like we were? Who knows, you might be one some day. Your life, the way you live, could qualify or disqualify your father or husband to be an elder or deacon in the church. Are you a gossip? Are you loud in actions and volume? Such actions lead others to think poorly of you and in turn, your father or husband. Proverbs 12:4 says, “A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.” No man wants to have a gossip for a wife or one that is loud, but one with a meek and quiet spirit. So let us work on doing our future husbands good and not evil now. The choices you make today could disqualify you for the man that God has planned for your best. Don't settle for good, work for the best!
 

 

 

 

 

 

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