Christian Women Blogging About Proverbs 31 & Titus 2 Virtues

This week we are doing a Christian Women Blogging About Proverbs 31 & Titus 2 Virtues post on several blogs. We are going to share how we struggle with the Proverbs 31 & Titus 2 calling in our lives.

My area of struggle is Proverbs 31:26  ^"She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness."  Often times I open my big old trap and the wrong thing comes out. With working on the air in radio for 20+ years and many of those years I was not a Christian. I made my living by being sarcastic and goofy, and made a very nice living at it too I might add.......lol.  

I've been reading the book Lord Change My Attitude by James MacDonald, the chapter on having a critical attitude has really been of help to me. I challenge you to read the book, there are Bible study questions in the back of the book. I've been very impressed with the book and have learned a lot from it. Though it is a daily struggle, it's getting easier the more I rely on my Lord.

Where is your struggle when it comes to Proverbs 31 and Titus 2?
Moe

Thankfulness during the Pantry Challenge?

As I think about being thankful for the surplus I have and how I am able to be wise in using it, the 10 leprous men come to mind that Jesus healed.

Luke 17:12-13 ^12"And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: ¹³And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. ¹⁴And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. ¹⁵And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, ¹⁶And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan."

A couple of key things here, 10 guys with leprosy (some sort of nasty skin disease that is painful) and only 1 guy says "THANK YOU to Jesus for healing him", only 1 guy fell down and gave thanks and praise to Jesus, and that 1 guy was a Samaritan! Which is very key because "Samaritans were hated by the Jews as part of a complex and ancient racial prejudice." In James MacDonalds book Lord, Change My Attitude he says it like this

"The point is, no one has an acceptable excuse for ungratefulness.Everyone can make the choice to give thanks and acknowledge the goodness and the grace of God. Sadly, however, only a small fraction of the human population ever personally thanks God for His grace."

Have you taken time to thank God for His saving grace? For the things that you have in your life? Good things and things that you suffer for? Take time today to thank God and pick up a good read. Lord Change My Attitude Before It's Too Late by James MacDonald with forward by Dr. Erwin Lutzer. Our 11 year old son read this book first and then told me that he thought I should read it. I have been wowed by many things it the book. The most captivating so far is the fact that many of us, including me (gasp!) are living in the 'wilderness' like the Israelites. If you are a Child of God, you have it all (not meaning stuff either) yet you may not realize it and suffer for it.

Get out of the wilderness!
Moe