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The Wordy Woman Speaks

Well here I go.  This is my first shot at blogging.  This first entry is a bit like a first date – awkward and exciting.  Wondering if it will be a flop.  I’m asking myself, “What will I write about?”  Hmmm… “ANYTHING!” Anything that pertains to being a Christ – following wife, mother, servant, daughter, friend or any other hat I decide to put on.  Being a woman is a multifaceted thing these days.  Why Proverbs 31?  Well, it is the most comprehensive list of all the characteristics I would like to grow into.

The text says that a “woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.”  Fearing the Lord.  Solomon said fearing the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10).  After living a carnal life to the max with women, riches and power, Solomon also closed out his life saying this is it. The whole point of everything is to “Fear God and obey His commands” (Eccl.12:13).

Really?  Wasn’t the whole point to find my soul-mate, get married, and have kids?  Or what about finding a life’s work that I’m passionate about?  Could the purpose of my existence be so simple? And why God?  Why fear Him?  I thought He was all about love, goodness, and positive energy?

God is love (1 John 4).  But God is also Most High, Creator, law-giving Father, and Sacrificial Lamb. Who am I to question His ways?  A conversation was recorded thousands of years ago between God and a man named Job.  Job questioned God.  He questioned the essence of who God was.  In Job 38-41 God answers for himself why we should fear Him.

Tell me, if you know so much?
Who determined its dimensions…
What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
as the morning stars sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy?
Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
as it burst from the womb,
and as I clothed it with clouds
and wrapped it in thick darkness?
For I locked it behind barred gates,
limiting its shores.
I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!”

I wasn’t there when the earth was formed.  I have no idea how to even describe gravity let alone discover its origin. I can’t hold oceans in their place.  I can’t even keep water from flooding my kitchen ceiling.  God deserves my fear because He is everything that I am not. So I will resolve to be a woman who fears the Lord. For choosing that life, I know I will be blessed, and one day I know I will receive my praise. “A woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.”

So there it is.  My first blog entry.  Its over.  Will there be a second date?

Mar 1, 2012Serena
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Comments: 9
  1. Trish Preston
    9 years ago

    Im lovin’ it!
    I look forward to more posts!

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  2. Amy Crume
    9 years ago

    Okay! I am in. I needed that message alot today, well and everyday. Thank you and God bless your blog. 🙂

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  3. Rhonda
    9 years ago

    Looks good! I’m sure this will encourage many people. Congratulations on getting it done. 🙂

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  4. Church Mouse
    9 years ago

    Welcome to the bloggy world! I look forward to reading more!

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  5. Derek Guyer
    9 years ago

    You are a woman to be praised, Serena. The fear of the LORD is in you and I’m thankful to have seen Him living in you. I pray Father will send people to your site who could use the presence of a virtuous woman. They will find it here.

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    • Serena
      9 years ago

      A humble thank you. Totally amazed at what God is doing here… in one day.

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  6. Melissa Thornton
    9 years ago

    Good afternoon Serena – your post inspires my tired spirit! I feel lately especially weary and overloaded with the demands of motherhood, wifehood (if thats a word) and with my job as a realtor. somehow most days end with my feeling insufficent and unworthy. Life can surly get the better of us if we allow Satan to overpower us with stress, responsibilites and distraction. My happiest moments are with my children and my husband at our farm working together – enjoying each other and our animals – but life and its worry and stress so often press in on me distracting me from what is important. A gentle reminder today was just what I needed to get my thoughts and my spirit back in line! Many thanks to you my sweet friend!

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    • Serena
      9 years ago

      Thank you! Its that way for most of us. Finding the balance. Praying for you today. Lift our spirits Lord to you!

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  7. Daphne Edwards
    9 years ago

    Yayyyy!!!! I will so look forward to reading your posts. 🙂 Praise God for women like you who diligently seek His will for your life.

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