Renewal

Good morning to a few of my favorite ladies,
It is a beautiful day.  It is even more beautiful this day, because it is a special day.  It is a special day because... (Drum roll please) it is my birthday!!! Yea!  Love birthdays, it is great time to reflect and make new commitments for a brand new year of your life.  Looooooove birthdays.  We shall just  ignore the growing older part for now.  How shall we celebrate this brand new year?  This year that God has allowed me to see?  Glad you ask!
Proverbs 31:25. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
I love this verse.  It is one of the few verses in this chapter, that is all about her.  The KJV says, 'strength and honor are her clothing'. Strength and honor... To be honorable, to be known as one who is honorable, in a society where it seems few women aspire for that title.  Honorable..  But why strength and honor?  Why strength?
She needs strength in order to be honorable.  We need to be strengthened in The Lord in order to be honorable.
I determine whether I will be called honorable. It is up to me.  No one outside of God, can help me.   You see after a while, everything I do and say in the flesh, even if it is 'nice', it gets old pretty quickly.  Especially if there is no earthly reward for it.  When no one says 'good job', when it seems as if I am being taken for granted, when what I  do is taken for granted..
Celebrate this special day, by leaning on The Lord, for His perfect strength. Laugh today, play today, find sometime today to read and as always  have some quiet time with The Lord.  But let this day be a new beginning.  Claim your identity.. We are children of the Almighty King. He loves us perfectly.

Have a great day.