An Honorable Woman

One of the most important needs a man has is for his wife to look up him as her hero, not look down on him as a man who cannot do anything right. A woman of noble character esteems her husband for she knows how valuable he is to her and how much he loves her.

It has been said that a happy marriage begins with the wife. She must treat her husband nice, and in turn, he will be able to treat her even better. I personally think that most men are very naïve compared to women, at least emotionally. The man sees things more in a black and white world, whereas a woman sees the world in many shades of gray. But when the wife treats her husband with love, he will do the same thing the lady in Scripture’s husband did. In verse 28, it says he praises her.

PROVERBS 12:4 says,

“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.”

The woman in PROVERBS 31 is not only supportive of her husband but she takes care of her home.

Verse 27 reads,

“She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.”

Verse 15 continues with,

“She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.”

Verse 21,

“When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed with scarlet.”

I know that it is not politically correct to say that a woman’s job is in the home. But I’m not very politically correct. And I am not afraid to stand before you and tell you that each wife and mother has a responsibility to manage the affairs of her home.

Do you know why that is? It is because men will mess it all up. Ladies, you leave a guy in charge of the house for any length of time and you know what happens. Ask Diana, what she has found after coming home from visiting her family in Florida. I keep telling her I do that so she will know I need her, but she just rolls her eyes and starts fixing the mess.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the man is supposed to be in charge of the daily operations of a home. Men are called to be the spiritual leaders and priests of their home, but the day-to-day management is the wife’s responsibility.

A woman called from the office and asked her husband to make dinner. She arrived home and saw her husband laying on the couch. She was angry and asked, why he hadn’t made dinner as she requested.

He said he did make it. He said he made pasta salad, and the directions told him to chill before eating. And that is what he was doing …. chilling!

That’s what happens when a man manages the affairs of the home. Women, on the other hand, have a God-given ability to know more about how things need to get done in the home.

Some of you might think I am saying a woman’s place is in the home. You are right, I am. But instead of getting upset at me, hear me out. A woman’s place is in the home because she is the one who has the abilities to hold it together and because she is the one who has the most influence over her children.

But a woman’s place is not just in the house. In verse 17, it tells us she works hard and her arms are strong. She is no stranger to work and eagerly pursues it. So, just as much as a woman’s place is in the home, it is also out of the home and in the workforce. Look at some of the things she does.