Her Children Say,"You Rock"

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Prov 31:26,28

Early in marriage I had an interesting discussion with my wife. She had asked me about the direction our family was heading. At first I had winced anticipating the discussion to follow. But actually it was a good question then and it's a question we all need to keep asking ourselves and our Lord.

We had just had our first child, I was working, and Deja was immersing herself in motherhood. We were living in a new city, became members at a church, and we had some good friends. But Deja wanted to know what our purpose(s) were and what was next. This certainly didn't start as a fun conversation and I'll admit I was a little defensive. My answer though, thank the Lord, came straight from heaven. In fact it is still a guiding principal in our marriage today.

I answered,"We are just a family that lives in Albany, we have a church home, friends, I go to work, we have a daughter, and you are providing the atmosphere for our family to thrive." It seemed that all of her concerns vanished immediately and she was encouraged greatly.

When our homes are filled with love and our words are filled with kindness we thrive. The tongue does have the power of life and death. A godly woman speaks with wisdom and truth and kindness. Her hearers are receptive. Her children and her husband will praise her. In our house they say,"You rock!"

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Prov 25:11