She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And portions to her maidens.
Proverbs 31:15
So many of us GOD girls wait till it is light out...till we have reached the mountain top...to share the testimony. I have done it countless times. I guess we think we have to wait till we make it all the way through before ministry can happen. We figure if we are such a mess, we have nothing to offer...so we wait till the morning, when the sun is shining again...to share the story.
The song in the night that the LORD gives us, is usually a personal song...a song of hope that ministers to our individual weary state and aching heart. Agreed.
That valley experience is a lonely walk where the LORD leads us to private streams of refreshing in the wilderness. I got that.
Our heart surely knows its own sorrow. It's our unique suffering...that only we and the LORD understand. For sure.
But when i read this simple verse today i was struck to the core. This Proverbs 31 lady did not wait until the morning. She did not lay in bed in fear...or cringe in the corner, trembling in the darkness. She got up, while it was still night and she did something.
This brave lady rose up in the midst of troubled times and she feed her family with spiritual food.
And she nourished her maidens with portions of the WORD.
I'm afraid if i wait till my life is calm...and all the storms have settled...if i tarry till it is only bright and sunny all around me...if i chose to linger while i watch for an intermission to my life's play...i maybe in for a very loooong wait.
Instead i will grab on with both hands... to the grace available for me at the CROSS....and i will rise up while it is still night...telling my stories...nourishing my children...and supplying meat for my girlfriends.
Proverbs 31:15
So many of us GOD girls wait till it is light out...till we have reached the mountain top...to share the testimony. I have done it countless times. I guess we think we have to wait till we make it all the way through before ministry can happen. We figure if we are such a mess, we have nothing to offer...so we wait till the morning, when the sun is shining again...to share the story.
The song in the night that the LORD gives us, is usually a personal song...a song of hope that ministers to our individual weary state and aching heart. Agreed.
That valley experience is a lonely walk where the LORD leads us to private streams of refreshing in the wilderness. I got that.
Our heart surely knows its own sorrow. It's our unique suffering...that only we and the LORD understand. For sure.
But when i read this simple verse today i was struck to the core. This Proverbs 31 lady did not wait until the morning. She did not lay in bed in fear...or cringe in the corner, trembling in the darkness. She got up, while it was still night and she did something.
This brave lady rose up in the midst of troubled times and she feed her family with spiritual food.
And she nourished her maidens with portions of the WORD.
I'm afraid if i wait till my life is calm...and all the storms have settled...if i tarry till it is only bright and sunny all around me...if i chose to linger while i watch for an intermission to my life's play...i maybe in for a very loooong wait.
Instead i will grab on with both hands... to the grace available for me at the CROSS....and i will rise up while it is still night...telling my stories...nourishing my children...and supplying meat for my girlfriends.