Being a Good Old Stepford Wife – NOT!

12-29pm

Today I looked up the definition of “Stepford Wife”. Here’s what I found:“Old-fashioned subservient role” – that’s quite an interesting definition of what our parents and grandparents may have considered appropriate as the ideal wife. You just have to look at the word subservient to understand that I am not she!

Just look at that:”prepared to obey others unquestioningly.”  That’s not me! So if I’m not wanting to follow the example of a “Stepford Wife,’ what model can I follow?

In my Bible reading this morning, I came across Proverbs 19:14,

“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”

I guess that means that being prudent is good, so what exactly does it mean?Other synonyms mean cautious, discreet, wary, careful and circumspect.

I can try be that! In fact, I need to work on my Prudence! God has given us wisdom! We can’t go through life, repeating, ‘ah, don’t worry, God will provide’ and spending money foolishly. God WILL provide for us, but He has also given us a brain and ability to work and to be careful with the resources, He has provided.

I think I’m going to start a series on Biblical Wife Rules. Prudence can’t be #1 because there are a few Biblical wife principles prior to Proverbs, so I’ll have to apply my mind and work my way through the Bible, mentioning them. It will be interesting to see how many I come up with.

Talking of the future, today, the week spinning by and I have some stuff to plan for. We are wanting to buy another couch, so today I will be looking…Then, here’s some news that some of you who already know, must be wondering when it’s going to be mentioned on my blog. You know I’m turning 50 in a few months time….YEAH! Half a century. That’s so cool! Well, as an early birthday present, we are going to Zanzibar for a week!

It’s going to be a fun and interesting adventure. We’ve chosen a hotel that has free wifi in public areas, so hopefully it will be working and I’ll be able to carry on blogging!

I’m looking forward to it!

God bless you!

In His Grip,

Helga xx 🙂

Gratitude Pic…posted on FB by Leone, don’t you love South Africanisms… I’m going to get out of bed, JUST NOW!