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She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)

At one time, I owned a large Day Care.  One of our methods of discipline for the children was a “time out” chair.  You know, it is a chair away from everyone and the child can sit and just think about what happened or cry until their anger is gone.  Do you know there are times when I need a “time out” chair?  Sometimes I’ll snap at my sister, be aggravated with a co-worker or even get into a, “Did not!” “Did too!” argument with my brother.  I need someone to come over to me and say, “Melissa, you need to sit in the time out chair.”

At those moments, I am anything but a godly, Proverbs 31 woman.   I think of the mature things I should have done or said.  I see myself as I wished I’d been: calm, gentle, and dignified.  How do I sometimes drift so far from the woman I want to be?

When I see the word dignified, I imagine a self-controlled woman making deliberate choices about what she says and does.  I imagine a woman whose personality is unchanged by circumstances and exhibits grace under all challenges.  Proverbs 31:25 tells me that dignity is something to be desired.  I believe that a woman clothed in dignity is one who knows who she is in Christ and chooses to act in ways consistent with her high calling as a high child of God.

Now when those frustrating times begin to get the best of me, I have to remember I am a woman chosen by God .  He has given me the strength to deal with daily challenges, and I can be a woman of dignity.

“Lord thank you for allowing me the opportunity to be a woman of dignity.  I know You see my potential.  Please help me give up my selfish nature and replace it with Your gracious spirit.  I know I need Your help.”

For His Glory

Melissa Tucker
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