Faithful Friday

It's Faithful Friday!! I have been really missing blog land and sharing and keeping up. I know that I have had a lot of adjusting and things going on, but I plan to work really hard at being better at this. Not only because I miss all of you, but for a better family journal.

On to the topic of this post... I am so glad to share in Faithful Fridays, and if you want to join in, it would be great. You can click on the button and it will take you to our awesome host.

I thought I'd share about what I have been up to... I have been working hard at being a Virtues Woman! I am striving hard to be a Proverbs 31 Woman. To be the best wife and mother that I can be.

Not that I didn't before, but since we moved (New Years was started in a new home to us). I have tried even harder to be better and happier at doing my chores and all the tasks of a wife and mom. Many ask me why I take the role of being a stay at home mom so serious, because I wanted this job for many many years. It was literally my dream job! I wanted to be like my momma. And when I think of a Proverbs 31 Woman, I think of her.

So I share with you today, the 3 areas that I have taken to another level in how I am striving to be better.

Being a better happier wife. ~ Marriage – A Virtuous Woman respects her husband. She does him good all the days of her life. She is trustworthy and a helpmeet. (Proverbs 31: 11- 12, Proverbs 31: 23, Proverbs 31: 28, 1 Peter 3, Ephesians 5, Genesis2: 18)

Being a better mom. ~ Mothering - A Virtuous Woman teaches her children the ways of her Father in heaven. She nurtures her children with the love of Christ, disciplines them with care and wisdom, and trains them in the way they should go. (Proverbs 31: 28, Proverbs 31: 26, Proverbs 22: 6, Deuteronomy 6, Luke 18: 16)

Being a better home keeper in many many ways. ~ Homemaking – A Virtuous Woman is a homemaker. She creates an inviting atmosphere of warmth and love for her family and guests. She uses hospitality to minister to those around her. (Proverbs 31: 15, Proverbs 31: 20 – 22, Proverbs 31: 27, Titus 2: 5, 1 Peter 4: 9, Hebrews 13: 2)

(like keeping a cleaner house all the time, but also doing the chores with a smile and a purely happy heart. Staying on task instead of being so easily side tracked. Keeping our routine has made a big difference. I don't know about you, but once I get behind, I become overwhelmed and then before I know it, I get discouraged. This was the cycle and Satan kept it going. But now I am not letting him win, and I am following God's word and doing all I can do to fulfill the job he has blessed me with.)

I found this list to be so helpful and it's easily lined out. You can find it here, 10 Virtues of the Proverbs 31 Woman.

By no means am I perfect, but the closer I grow my walk with Christ, the more I want to be a real Proverbs 31 Wife and Mom! I want others to see what a joy this job is! I want it to be used to be a true testimony of his!

I have began to follow many other virtues to help improve our family. It is making a big difference, with the harder I yearn to be that, the happier and smoother things are going in our home! Not to say they were bad before, but I can for sure tell it's at a new better level.

Hugs and Blessings,