Day 8 Watchful and Disciplined

Proverbs 31:27 She carefully watches everything in her household
and suffers nothing from laziness.

Keep a watchful eye over what goes on in your household. There is no time to rest on this. You need to know what your children are reading, what they’re listening to, what they’re wearing and what they talk about.
This part is hard for me because I want to control everything and I know I cannot.I do know if we start young we can help kids fill up with God's way of living, thinking, and acting.

We are all busy but families need talk time, turn off the tv time, time to let kids and husbands know that we see them, we hear them, we love them, we have time for them, and we are paying attention to their life just as God pays attention too. Part of having a watchful eye is knowing and caring to know our family.

Then comes the end of the scripture: she suffers nothing from laziness some versions say she does not eat the bread of idleness.
The truth is being a virtuous woman is some crazy tiring, hardcore work! It means constantly working and being alert. If we are idle, things will be out of control in our homes. If we spend too much time doing things that aren’t for us at this point in our life (like Facebooking! heheh) , then our home will suffer and be a wreck. Homemaking is important because it’s important to God. Does this mean you never take moments to just sit down, relax, play with kids, and to do things you like? yes you do because things will be and stay in order and you will have time. There’s so much freedom in being set free from idleness.

Some basic organizational skills to help or get started:
•Get your family calendar organized. (Know your obligations, where everybody needs to be, what you need to do.)

•Organize your meals and menu plans.(Care that your family eats healthy. Nutrition is important and makes bodies and brains work better. Help protect the health of the temples of the Holy spirit that depend on you. If you don't know how to cook learn! It's truly not brain surgery)

•Organize your household cleaning. (There is a peace and ambience to a clean good smelling home) Household cleaning is only hard if you don’t do it. It’s really not that bad if you keep up with it and you have a strategy. Plus kids should be taught, expected to and held accountable to help.)

•Organize your finances. We are stewards but God owns it all, so every spending decision is a spiritual decision. Financial stress can suck the life out of lives. If you don't know God's perspective on finance start learning it. There are over 2,350 verses that address how to earn, save, spend, invest and give money.