A Wife Who's Kind

This morning I got a link to the blog Grace Full Mom and she had an article called "A Kind Wife." In the article she tells of how she wrote down a list of things she could do to make her home better for her husband. The list had things like home-cooked meals, home-made bread, clean house, washed and ironed clothes, etc... . She wanted her husband to rank them most important to least important. Her husband, in reply, said none of that stuff really matters if when he came home at the end of the day she was frustrated, tired and snippy. All he wanted was A KIND WIFE. Yes, the chores need to be done, but don't work yourself so hard that there is no joy and kindness left for your husband and children.

I think this is very profound. How hard, I try everyday to be as perfect as I can be and get everything, and more, done. I am always trying to do more to please my husband and I need to realize that above all these things that I am trying to accomplish, the most important thing is to be a loving, happy, and kind wife and mother. <3

Proverbs 31:26 says: She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

Even though the proverbs 31 woman isn't idle (v.27) she isn't overworked either, or tired, or angry, or stressed. I know I will never be 100% proverbs 31 but I also know that in this life there won't be any who come to perfection. Only Jesus was perfect. Each day we just need to lean on the Lord and try to live our life as a homemaker in a way that pleases God, and I know that being kind is very pleasing to the Lord.

I will end with a challenge: don't just be kind, be kinder than necessary. If you want to overachieve or go that extra mile in anything, it should be kindness.