Wisdom Calls Us Home

Wisdom has built her spacious housewith seven pillars.She has prepared a great banquet,mixed the wines, and set the table.She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.“Come home with me,” she urges the simple.To those without good judgment, she says,“Come, eat my food,and drink the wine I have mixed.Leave your foolish ways behind,and begin to live; learn how to be wise.”

Proverbs 9:1-6

This proverb paints a picture of wisdom as a woman calling us home. Dinner is on the table. It’s a beautiful and inviting picture. Truly there will never be a more important place to learn and be nourished by good wise living than at home. Mary Farrar, in her book Choices, writes, “For most of known history, the home has been central to woman. It has been her primary place of work and influence and thus the natural place to express her womanhood. Therefore, throughout history . . . as the home has gone, so has gone woman.” But because the structure of the home has been shattered over the last few decades, women have struggled with their sense of identity and worth. People are adrift.

We are longing for a place where we belong. Therefore, we need to redeem the concept of home as more than just a crash pad. Dear ladies, no matter what your age, marital status, how you grew up, or if you work outside the home, we are called to be homemakers. Wisdom is calling us to create within our homes a place of order and welcome, warmth and wise living.

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

Above all things, our homes should be godly homes. Will you look around your home and see if there is anything that you would be ashamed of if the Lord himself knocked on your door unexpectedly? Will you prayerfully walk around and ask him if there is anything you need to eliminate? That said, will you also pray about how to add some things to your home that reflect his presence? I love to have Scripture in every room of my house, in keeping with Deuteronomy 6:9. You can go to my website (BibleBusStop.com) and download Scriptures that are beautifully designed and perfect for framing.

One Year Bible Reading

Exodus 34:1–35:9; Matthew 27:15-31; Psalm 33:12-22; Proverbs 9:1-6