Day 2..selfless

Being a virtuous woman doesn’t mean that you don't have struggles and challenges.

Read all of proverbs 31 and you will see a woman who is soooo totally busy all the time you wonder how does she have time to get to know anyone?

I feel like sometimes we take steps forward and then steps back. But I believe spiritual maturity is not just where you are but the direction you’re headed. I think staying stagnant and content with our relationship with Jesus is a perfect way to fail.

(Nancy Leigh Moss):
The woman in Proverbs is a woman who does have virtuous character, and she does have an intimate relationship with God.
Any woman who is a child of God can be like this woman. Any woman who is a child of God can be like this woman because Jesus lives in us, and He’s the One who fulfills the righteousness of God. So as we’re filled with the Holy Spirit, you and I can be a virtuous and excellent woman.

The most outstanding thing about this woman is not all the things she can do. It’s her heart. It’s her priorities. It’s her values.

Everything that she does flows out of this reverence for God. She’s seeking to please Him first and foremost

Here’s a woman who is a lover. She loves. She’s got the fruit of the Spirit in her life, which is love. It’s a love that’s joyful. It’s a love that’s peaceful, that’s patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle and self-controlled.

Then she’s a woman who has a servant’s heart. That strikes me as I read this passage, that she’s utterly selfless. There are hardly any references to her doing anything for herself. Now our culture would tell us that makes a miserable woman. But I just read that passage. Does that sound like a miserable woman to you?

Here’s a woman who has joy. You see the world has sold us a bill of goods. It has told us that if you look out for yourself then you’ll be happy. But look at all those women out there looking out for themselves. Are they happy? It’s the women who live for God and others, who serve, who are the women who are truly joyful.