Day 12 - Personalized Proverbs 31 Woman

This is a bit of light humor.

I was reading Proverbs 31 woman and realized a few things. The woman in these scriptures was (or does) the following:

• She sews and/or knits clothing and bedding for her family, merchants, and servant girls.
• She cooks/prepares food for her family and servant girls.
• She HAS servant girls!
• She buys property with her own $$$.
• She turns a profit from her wise business decisions.
• She gardens (vineyard).
• She donates to charity and helps those in need.
• Her business is making linen garments and selling them for profit.
• Her wisdom comes from the Lord.
• She is encouraging and hardworking.
• She is respected and loved.
• Her children and husband adore her.

So I wrote out what my own personalized Proverbs 31 might read like, starting with verse 13 (in comparison to the actual scripture verses):

• 13 She seeks out bargain sales and purchases fabrics for sewing projects.
• 14 She travels to several different grocery stores in town to shop for the best value and to find the freshest produce.
• 15 Her alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m. so she can shower, do her hair, put on her makeup. She tends to her 2-year-old while doing so. She rushes out the door for work at 7:55 a.m.
• 16 She helps her husband pay for household expenses and the cost of raising a family. In their back yard, she plants an herb garden and vegetable garden.
• 17 She works out at the health club to maintain her health and vitality.
• 18 She enjoys finding sale items. She tells her husband how much moeny she saved them through bargain hunting; she helps pay household expenses so that the utlity bill is current so that they have power to run their home efficiently.
• 19 She sews with her Singer sewing machine, and threads her bobbin carefully.
• 20 She volunteers her time and donates to charity.
• 21 She does not worry about 40-degree-below-zero-days because her children are wearing Lands' End snowsuits and boots on the playground.
• 22 She would like to make her own pant suits for work, but she doesn't have that much talent. Instead, she shops the year-end 75% off clearance racks...or Goodwill...for her work clothes.
• 23 Her husband is like Norm from "Cheers." Wherever he goes in town, people know him and greet him.
• 24 She earns a great paycheck, and provides health insurance for her family members. She is building up retirement savings. She gets 2 weeks paid vacation for her family to enjoy. She gets paid sick days in order to stay at home with her sick children.
• 25 Dedication and hardworking are her attributes at work; and she shall rejoice when she retires because all of her hard work will reap retirement benefits.
• 26 She gives encouragement to her friends, prays with her friends, and has a hug for the neighborhood children.
• 27 She delights when her home is running like a "tight ship." She is so busy that she doesn't have time to idly watch TV (well, very often) or even take a bath in solitude.
• 28 Her children tell her she's a great mother and her husband is grateful to have her help with finances.
• 29 Many working mothers have done fabulously; but she is just chugging along.
• 30 Flattery is deceitful -- and hot, super-model looks are a waste of time -- but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.
• 31 Give her the checkbook balance and let that be her reward for all of her hard work.