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CATHERINE SMITH IS A GOSPEL ARTIST WHO IS DEDICATED TO OFFERING SOME INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES ABOUT GOD & HIS WORD. CATHERINE IS ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO PURSUE TRUE HAPPINESS AND LOVE SIMPLY BY TURNING TO GOD. CATHERINE IS MINISTERING TO MANY BROKEN SOULS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. CATHERINE IS OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING LIFE, AND GOD'S DIVINE PURPOSE FOR US. CHECK OUT HER WEBSITE AT: CATHERINEMINISTRIES.COM

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    THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN

    THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN


    THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF " A VIRTUOUS WOMAN AND A CONTENTIOUS WOMAN." THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN IS PRAISED BY GOD BUT THE CONTENTIOUS WOMAN IS CRITISIZED. A VIRTUOUS WOMAN CREATES A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT IN HER HOME, WHILE THE CONTENTIOUS WOMAN CREATES QUARRELS & DISPUTES IN HER HOME. THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN "BUILDS UP" WITH HER HANDS & KIND WORDS, WHILE THE CONTENTIOUS WOMAN "DESTROYS" WITH HER HANDS & HARSH WORDS. I'LL BREAK IT DOWN BETTER, FIRST LETS COMPARE THEM, SO STICK AROUND FOR THIS IS DEEP:

     

    VIRTUOUS WOMAN:

    THE BIBLE TELLS US IN PROVERBS 31:10, WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WOMAN? FOR HER PRICE IS FAR ABOVE RUBIES. SHE IS TREASURE AND HER VALUE FAR EXCEEDS PHYSICAL BEAUTY & MATERIALISTIC THINGS. FOR SHE IS KIND, COMPASSIONATE, POTENT, MORALLY EXCELLENT, STRONG, COURAGEOUS, HAS MERIT, AND IS RIGHTEOUS. THE FIRST STEP TO BECOMING A VIRTUOUS WOMAN IS ACCEPTING GOD IN YOUR HEART, WHO IS THE CREATOR OF LOVE. FOR IT IS THROUGH LOVE THAT WE SERVE AS JESUS DID, YET HE WAS A KING, BUT ENJOYED SERVING OTHERS. THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN/WIFE GLADLY SERVES OTHERS, FOR SHE IS MOTIVATED BY LOVE AND NOT OBLIGATION. SHE SPEAKS KINDLY TO HER HUSBAND AND CONCERNS HERSELF WITH HIS NEEDS. PROVERBS 15:1 SAYS, A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH, BUT GRIEVOUS WORDS STIR UP ANGER. SHE SUBMITS TO GOD AND THEN HER HUSBAND. SHE DOES HER HUSBAND GOOD AND HE SAFELY TRUST HER. SHE BUILDS HER HOME WITH HER HANDS. SHE ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF HER FAMILY. SHE IS NOT SELF CENTERED OR SELFISH, BUT RATHER PREFERS TO PLEASE HER HUSBAND FIRST. HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN BLESS & PRAISE HER. SHE WORKS WITH HER HANDS AND ISN'T LAZY. SHE ADMINISTERS HER MONEY WISELY. SHE CONSIDERS A GOOD DEAL AND PURCHASES IT WISELY. SHE DOESN'T APPROVE OF SIN IN HER HOME AND PRAYS FOR GOD TO KEEP HER HOME FROM DESTRUCTION. HER BEAUTY COMES FROM WITHIN WHERE GOD IS.

     

    CONTENTIOUS WOMAN:

    THE BIBLE TELLS US IN PROVERBS 21:19, IT IS BETTER TO DWELL IN THE WILDERNESS, THAN WITH A CONTENTIOUS AND AN ANGRY WOMAN. THE BIBLE TELLS US SHE IS LIKE RAIN, WHO CONTINUES TO DROP WATER AND DOESN'T STOP. SHE IS NEVER SATISFIED OR HAPPY. SHE IS NOT CONFORMED WITH WHAT SHE HAS. SHE IS EASILY CONSUMED BY ANGER, ARGUMENTS, DEMANDS, AND DISPUTES. SHE FEELS OBLIGATED & COMPLAINS OFTEN. SHE IS HARSH WITH HER WORDS. SHE WANTS TO CONTROL EVERYTHING. ISAIAH 3:12 SAYS, AS FOR MY PEOPLE, CHILDREN ARE THEIR OPPRESSORS, AND WOMEN RULE OVER THEM, O MY PEOPLE , THEY WHICH LEAD THEE CAUSE THEE TO ERR, AND DESTROY THE WAY OF THY PATHS." SHE IS SELF CENTER, FEELS SHE SHOULD GET THINGS HER WAY. SHE DOESN'T CONSIDER HER HUSBANDS FEELINGS OR OTHERS. SHE IS INFLUENCED BY THE WORLD AND ITS MATERIALISTIC THINGS. SHE SPENDS HER MONEY IN A VAIN WAY. EVEN CAUSING THE FAMILY TO LOSE MONEY OR GO BANKRUPT IF NECESSARY. SHE IS LOOKING TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT HERSELF BY SEEKING ATTENTION FROM OTHERS. SHE DESTROYS HER HOME WITH HER WORDS AND BRINGS SHAME TO HER HUSBAND. SHE DOESN'T FEAR THE LORD. SHE DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF HER HUSBAND AND HIS NEEDS. SHE NEGLECTS THE DUTIES OF HER HOME. SHE'LL TELL HER HUSBAND "I'LL DIVORCE YOU" MORE OFTEN "THAN I LOVE YOU," TO MANIPULATE AND GET HER WAY.

     

    GOD'S STRUCTURE FOR A FAMILY:

    GOD'S STRUCTURE FOR A FAMILY IS THE HUSBAND AS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE, THE WIFE, AND THEN THE CHILDREN. EPESIANS 5:23 SAYS, FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, AND HE IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE BODY. OFTENTIMES, HUSBANDS ARE MISTAUGHT THEIR ROLE AS THE HEAD OF THE HOME AND THINK THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH CONTROL. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THE HUSBAND SHOULD LOVE THE WIFE AS JESUS LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE CHURCH. EPESIANS 5:25 SAYS, HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT. SO ITS NOT A "ME, ME," OR "I'M THE BOSS TYPE OF ATTITUDE." WIVES ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THEIR HUSBANDS BUT NEVER WALKED ALL OVER OR TREATED AS SLAVES. THE HUSBAND IS TO BE THE PROTECTOR AND NOT THE ABUSER. THE FIRST STEP TO LOVING A WIFE IS LOVING GOD, AND HAVING HIM IN YOUR HEART. GOD'S LOVE IS KIND AND PATIENT, SELFLESS, PLEASING, PROTECTING, WILLING TO HEAR & COMPROMISE. THE HUSBANDS RESPONSIBILITY IS BIG, AND HE IS TO OVERSEE THE HOME, AND LEAD HIS FAMILY TO GOD, AS ABRAHAM DID. 1 PETER 3:7-12 SAYS, LIKEWISE, YE HUSBANDS, DWELL WITH THEM ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE, GIVING HONOUR UNTO THE WIFE, AS UNTO THE WEAKER VESSEL, AND AS BEING HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE GRACE OF LIFE, THAT YOUR PRAYERS BE NOT HINDERED. YOU SHOULD HONOR AND LOVE HER, NEVER BEING HARSH OR CRITICAL FOR YOUR WORDS CAN KILL YOUR MARRIAGE. PROVERBS 18:21 SAYS, DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE, AND THEY THAT LOVE IT SHALL EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF. SPEAK KINDLY & LIFE TO YOUR WIFE NOT CRITICIZING & KILLING HER HEART. FOR CRITICAL, HARSH WORDS CAN BUILD UP INSIDE A PERSON AND RESULT IN DESTRUCTION.

     

    NOW WHEN GOD'S DIVINE ORDER OF FAMILY IS VIOLATED THIS IS WHAT YOU GET:

    WIFE IS BOSSY AND DEMANDING, CONTROLLING EVERYTHING, HUSBANDS ABANDONING THE HOME OR SEEKING OUTSIDE ATTENTION, AND CHILDREN REBELLING AGAINST PARENTS. HOMES LIKE THIS THE DEVIL HAS TAKEN OVER, UNLEASHING HIS EVIL SPIRITS. YOU ALSO HAVE HUSBANDS LEAVING THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN, NEGLECTING HIS DUTIES TO HIS FAMILY. ALL THESE THINGS GO AGAINST GOD'S ORDER. HUSBANDS EXAMINE YOURSELVES, YOUR ROLE SHOULD MIMIC JESUS, HE GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR AN UNRIGHTEOUS PEOPLE. TRUE LOVE MEANS WILLING TO GIVE UP SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSES EDIFICATION & HAPPINESS. HE DIDN'T ABANDON US BUT EMBRACED US AND SAID "NO" TO THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE WORLD. HE STOULD FIRMLY AGAINST SIN BUT NEVER JUDGED ANYONE. HE WAS WISE AND TAUGHT PEOPLE WITH SO MUCH PATIENCE AND LOVE, SO HUSBANDS SHOULD ALSO BE WISE AND TEACH THEIR FAMILIES. WIVES EXAMINE YOURSELVES, YOUR ROLE TOO SHOULD MIMIC JESUS, FOR HE IS SUBMISSIVE, AND SUBMITTED TO GOD & TO DEATH AT THE CROSS, WILLING TO SERVE OTHERS WITH LOVE, BEING PATIENT & HUMBLE, HAVING A KINDRED AND SUBMISSIVE SPIRIT, EVEN WHEN JUDAS BETRAYED HIM, HE KNEW IN ADVANCE BUT HE NEVER STOPPED LOVING HIM NOR DID HE GIVE UP ON HIM. YOU SEE FOR JESUS DISPLAYED A LEADERSHIP ROLE TO THE CHURCH, STANDING FIRM AGAINST SIN AND GUIDING US UNTO THE LIGHT, BUT HE ALSO DISPLAYED A SUBMISSIVE ROLE TO GOD & SUBMITTING TO HIS DEATH AT THE CROSS. HUSBANDS & WIVES ARE TO LOOK UPON JESUS AS THE EXAMPLE AND PRAY TO GOD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DESCEND UPON YOU & TEACH YOU WHAT YOUR ROLE IS. REMEMBER SUBMISSION STARTS AT THE HEART FIRST. LOVE IS THE BEGINNING OF SUBMISSION FOR THE WIVES AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE HUSBANDS. SOME WIVES GO THROUGH THE MOTION BUT INSIDE THEY ARE IN REBELLION. SAME FOR HUSBANDS WHO GO THROUGH THE MOTION BUT INSIDE ARE NOT THERE. GOD WANTS BOTH HUSBAND & WIFE TO BE EQUALLY YOKED AS A MARRIAGE, CARRYING THE WEIGHT TOGETHER AND EVENLY BUT HANDLING EACH THEIR OWN SIDE OF THE YOKE, NOT GIVING UP AND LETTING YOUR PARTNER CARRY ALL THE WEIGHT. JESUS SAYS IN MATHEW 11:29, TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN OF ME, FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART, AND YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS. JUST IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A YOKE IS, HERE IS THE DEFINITION: A WOODEN BAR OR FRAME BY WHICH TWO DRAFT ANIMALS ARE JOINED AT THE HEADS OR NECKS FOR WORKING TOGETHER. JUST THINK OF RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER AND THE OTHER REINDEERS, HOW THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PULL SANTAS SLED WITH ALL THAT WEIGHT, WELL A YOKE IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. IT'S ALL ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER BY PULLING YOUR END OF THE WEIGHT, AS A RESULT, ACHIEVING THE SAME GOAL. A MARRIAGE TAKES THREE, GOD, HUSBAND AND WIFE. FOR GOD CREATED MAN & WIFE, IT WAS HIS IDEA SO HE'S HERE TO HELP...

     

    P.S. THIS INSPIRATIONAL IS NOT RELATED TO WOMENS MINISTRY WITH GOD, FOR WOMEN CAN BE LEADERS FOR GOD. BUT THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT INSPIRATIONAL...GOD BLESS...

     

     

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