Value, Confidence & Post-it Notes

Day 2

Proverbs 31:11 NIV
"Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value."

While walking in nobility yesterday (or rather, trying to figure out what exactly that means), I was reminded of something. It's very hard to keep a challenge like this at the forefront of your mind. They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit. That's convenient...we have 20 days left. (I bet "they" don't know what they're talking about anyway.)

On topic of memory, I've been thinking of new ways to keep this Proverbs 31 challenge in line with my consistent vision. I'm going to put a post-it note in my car, write it on a post-it note app on my phone & put post-it's in my bathroom. (Big shoutout to the genius behind the invention of sticky mini paper!) Try this with me and let me know if you have other ideas!

Moving on!

Today's verse has a plethora of synonyms that I love! Check these out...

-NET "The heart of her husband has confidence in her, and he has no lack of gain."
-NIV "Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value."
-KJV "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil."
-ESV "The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain."

Confidence & trust. Powerful words. The interesting part there is how both words require each other to be true. Can we have one without the other? Think about it. If you trust in someone, you're giving them your confidence. Just the same is true for the reverse. If you're confident in someone, it's conducive of trusting them. 

In turn, the verse also says her husband has no "lack of gain", "no need of spoil", "lacks nothing of value". He knows that he can trust in her and be confident in her because she gives him nothing left to desire. She is full of value to him. With her, he is gaining. She brings him no spoil. Geeze, I sure hope my future husband thinks he's married up the way that this guy does! This man sees his blessing by way of his wife and he acknowledges the fact that she is an asset to him. Because of this... he trusts in her. It's a beautiful, endless cycle of cause and effect. Because of this... she is this. Because of her... he feels this. Isn't that the way life works. Everything we do has an effect on the way others perceive us, just the same as our perception of ourselves causes us to act out a certain way.

Today... Be someone worthy of trusting. Make yourself someone's confidence. Be a blessing and an asset to those you encounter. And make post-it notes!