Category: Moxy
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She gives food to her household and an allotted share to her maidens. Proverbs 31:15 I managed a women clothing store for two years. It was an interesting experience to say the least. There was a lot of butt checking, arm wiggling, and tummy tucking. There was a great deal of comments like, “I’d never…
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I’ve been working on Moxy for some time now. Moxy is my name for the woman described in Proverbs 31. A proverb that I’ve been studying since I was in Jr. High. This is a proverb that has been used by some to set an unrealistic expectation for women to become the perfect wife,…
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Each year I find myself revisiting Proverbs 31. It’s been a proverb that I have loved and read since a teen. Back then, this Proverb was all about being the perfect wife – HA!- the perfect wife only exists when there is a perfect husband – HA!HA! In my 30’s it spoke to me on…
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Down through history, this proverb has been minimized to describing the perfect wife. If that is what you are looking for, you will certainly find her tucked away in these verses. But Proverbs 31 is so much more than that. It is a detailed description of all that a woman can be. It is an…
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At the beginning of Proverbs 31, Queen Mum is giving instruction about what kind of woman her son should seek in a partner. She wasn’t saying “find this wife and take her from her current husband”. She was describing the qualities required to be a wife, mother, and partner. She was describing a woman first,…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/_fjIOQAZg4s Her children rise and call her fortunate; her husband praises her. This is where the saying, they will rise up and call her blessed comes from. Heard many children speaking to their parents recently? There’s not a lot of rising up and blessings going on. It’s rare. Just as rare as our…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/3qrBSbt8ZJg She supervises the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Supervising is not controlling. Supervisors assure that everything is working, they give direction when needed, they train, teach and enhance the lives of those they are responsible for. They aren’t the busy bees either. They do their…
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She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue. Forget the wisdom and kindness for a moment. She opens her mouth…. She controls it. She opens it, it doesn’t just flap uncontrollably. She doesn’t vomit words, allowing them to spill out on those around sending a retched stench through the…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/qKLyd7ntbL0 Strength and beauty are her raiment, and she laughs at the last day. We know she is strong, she has legs of vigor and strong arms. We know she is beautiful, she has created her own style and wears it well. Now we know that she laughs. I love laughter. Laughter is…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/2Fp_j8g1JhE She makes a cloak and sells it, and she gives a belt to the trafficker. She is making stuff again. She’s a handy-mandy. We don’t make stuff much anymore. It’s becoming a lost art. Back in the day, it was a school requirement. How else were you going to be able to…
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Audio Lesson on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3PVH5SnVBGo Her husband in known in the gates, when he sits with the elders of the land. Not everyone is invited to sit at the gates with elders. There is limited seating. The cartoon image I have is hubby hanging out with the boys, smoking cigars while wify is tending to the…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/ydnXjbsWc5M She makes beautiful bedspreads for herself; fine linen and purple wool are her raiment. If you are picturing a woman to has no time for herself, you are wrong. This isn’t the raggedy lady that has thrown on the same old blue jeans and T-shirt because she is so busy taking care of…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/mRpgq-MucJw She fears not for her household for the snow, for all her household are dressed in crimson. Can we just stop at she fears not! Fear is driving our current world. We are paralyzed by it, consumed by it, drugged up in hopes to ignore it, physically sick because of it; it controls…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/uu0nGhGiGFg 19 She stretches forth her hands onto the distaff, and her hands support the spindle. 20 She spreads out her hand to the poor man, and she stretches her hands out to the needy. You gotta get your hands a little dirty. She isn’t afraid to. The distaff is the part of a…
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Audio Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-mHlyy9CI She advises that her merchandise is good her lamp does not go out at night. She doesn’t just think it, she knows it. She knows that what she accomplishes is good and she is relentless, never turning off the light, never calling it quits. It’s not easy to be confident in your finished projects.…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/g7yLip3lVic She girds her loins with vigor and strengthens her arms. Sometime we read scriptures as some spiritual metaphor and sometimes we can just read it literally. I’m going with literal on this one and it’s called being physically fit. I’m not sure I’ve ever described someone to have vigorous legs. It’s an image…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/I4_os4Rg5TY She contemplates a field and purchases it; from the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She not only buys and sells land, she turns it into a vineyard! She is a wise business woman who can hold her own. Not everyone is destined to be CEOs, CFOs, or an entrepreneur. But…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/1kyVPYuurX8 She gives food to her household and an allotted share to her maidens. I managed a women clothing store for two years. It was an interesting experience. During my time there, my little store did fashion shows. We would take eight women and dress them up in three outfits and then allow them…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/8LBoy4Y6WeM She rises when it is still night; I am an early riser. Always have been, always will be. When my grandkids are visiting they know that I’ll get up with them no matter how early it is. I think it’s a waste of time laying in bed waiting to other people…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/eDHWYQ2D1OM She seeks wool and flax, and she works it with her hands. She is like the merchant ships, she brings food from afar. I’m guessing that McDonald’s Drive Thru does not qualify for being like a merchant ship bringing food from afar. Seeking wool and flax, working with her hands, bringing food…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/n1DcJ-moFL4 She requites him with good and not evil all the days of her life. I love watching old couples. There seems to be two types. The first are the two who walk hand in hand, slowly, peacefully – simply enjoying being with each other. The others walk apart, the front one…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/rSY4_GyksN4 Her husband relies on her, and he will lack no gain. It takes a lot to rely on someone. There are many we think we should be able to rely on, there are only a few that are truly reliable. It takes time to build the level of trust required to be…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/vh4ALPUQB1Y Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to the pleasure of kings. Son, before we look at who you should seek out, let’s look at a few things you need to remember. Queen Mum may be referring to those I call “Life Suckers”. They are those who enter a…
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Audio Lesson: https://youtu.be/7HSA0FKULJo 1 The Queen Mum 1 The words of Lemuel the king; a prophecy that his mother chastised him; Translation: the king is retelling what the Queen Mum taught him about being a woman. In this first stanza I am already flooded with questions: How did she teach this? Undoubtable it was not a one…