She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. I was discussing this with a friend of mine and we acknowledged how the immature may view this verse as "she keeps a tight grip on her husband so that he does not cheat and if he does she's not tripping". Doesn't that sound like the majority of women these days? But no, this is not speaking of affairs as in to cheat. The affairs of her household means she is praying that her husband rises in the morning with strength and works diligently when he goes out, comes home to a meal prepared by her eager hands, fellowships within their home that she sees to it remains clean, and lays with him at night giving faithful words (communication) from her tongue. She is praying that her children do well in school, she helps them study, monitors who their friends are and keeps them involved in activities to help them grow. She knows when it is okay to open the windows and let cool air in or when she should have on the heat. She knows how the clothes should be washed, who needs a favorite shirt or work pants ironed. She knows what time to send her children to bed on a school night and what fun they can have on the weekends. These are just a few affairs of her household, the daily things she must watch and pray over.
Keeping her eyes on God and the affairs of her home she has no time to become idle. Let me remind you that the devil is like a lion when he smells an idle mind. He can take over it and devour all that it was destined to be. Do not forget, you become as you think. I am living proof of that. I clearly remember the days I use to walk, talk and think in an idle state. Day in and day out being devoured by the devil within my mind. He filled it with some crazy thoughts and I lay many nights crying for him to release me and God to take over. It didn't happen over night, it was a long journey. Even now at times I drift into an idle moment, because sure we all have those moments. But the key to everlasting joy is to have control over your mind. So when it drifts I now find myself gaining control and focusing on things like the trees, the moon, the sound of silence. See I don't want you to get confused and think in order to not become idle you must stay busy. No, that is not the answer. In order to not fall into the pit of idle you must learn how to find your inner self and hear it when alone. Know how to balance life, whether it be a single life or married life; with or without children.
Watch and pray over your household affairs and don't feast on things that are not of God!
(c) 2011 Ebony Larijani
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