{"id":8992,"date":"2014-07-16T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=8992"},"modified":"2014-08-08T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T15:40:52","slug":"thirty-days-in-proverbs-31-for-busy-busy-mamas-day-16-her-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/16\/thirty-days-in-proverbs-31-for-busy-busy-mamas-day-16-her-candle\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty Days in Proverbs 31 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 16: Her Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"30DaysProverbsDayWe’ve looked at the valiant wife rising up early to feed her household and assign responsibilities for the day. We can probably all agree that getting up before the rest of the family certainly does bear good fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n

But now verse 18 says her candle doesn’t go out at night either! No wonder this kind of wife is hard to find!<\/p>\n

As we take a closer look at this verse, I think you’ll be relieved to discover that you don’t have to walk around like a sleep-deprived zombie in order to be a godly, God-fearing wife and mother.<\/p>\n

Assignment:\u00a0<\/strong>Pray. Thank God for giving you the grace to persevere this far into our study of Proverbs 31, and pray that you would not only be learning\u00a0about\u00a0<\/em>the Proverbs 31 Woman, but also becoming more like her as you get to know her better.<\/p>\n

Then read all of Proverbs 31:10-31<\/strong>. Try to test yourself<\/strong> as you read. Can you recall the second half of each verse after you read the first half?<\/p>\n

Here’s one way to further your memorization of this passage: Copy and paste the passage into a text document, and then rearrange the text. After the first phrase of the verse, tab over a bit to create a second column of text for the second half of each verse. If you are memorizing in ESV, your page will begin like this:<\/p>\n

10 An excellent wife who can find? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0She is far more precious than jewels.<\/em><\/p>\n

11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and he will have no lack of gain.<\/em><\/p>\n

When you have arranged the entire passage this way, cover the right-hand side, and see if you can remember the second phrase of each verse as you read.<\/p>\n

When you get good at reciting the second part of each verse, start covering the left-hand side to test yourself on the first halves of each verse.<\/p>\n

Then, when that is going well, cover all the text except for verse 10. See if you can recite verse 11, uncover just that verse to check your accuracy, and then recite the next verse before you uncover it.<\/p>\n

You’ll get this passage memorized fairly quickly with this method, after the many times you have already read it in our study!<\/p>\n

Now let’s take a better look at verse 18.<\/strong><\/p>\n