Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
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WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?
I have a dear friend who literally built her own home. Her husband worked full time and earned the money, but because she was at home with her little baby, she decided she may as well build the house. With the advice of her father and studying building books she did it! She built this beautiful five-bedroom two-storied home which she and her family continue to live in today. And now she is a grandmother!Lois Jordan was the design artist for Above Rubies back in the beginning days, over 46 years ago! I would often call her down from the roof to do some art work when we were working on a new magazine.
I know there are very few women who would have the capacity to do what Lois did. She is not the ordinary person! But God says that women are builders! We don’t have to build a house with hammer and nails. We are building a family. We are building godly generations.
Proverbs 14:1 says: “Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.” What are you putting your time into? Into building up someone else’s organization or business? Or are you building up your home? That takes being at home. It takes time to build up your home and family. It doesn’t happen by gadding about here and there,
What about your marriage? Are you building into your marriage? That takes time too. What are you speaking into your marriage? Loving words? Encouraging words? Sweet words? More than anything else we build our marriage and our family with words. Words either build up or destroy.
You can have the marriage you dream of if you build into it. Things don’t just happen; you have to make them happen. You have to build into it every day. Nail in encouraging and loving words. Embrace a serving spirit. Make your home a haven for him.
Let’s be builders, not destroyers.
Love from Nancy Campbell
