Title: What you need at home
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Home is a very precious place. What this family needs is its members. For example, fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, as well as beloved sons and daughters. When these precious members live in harmony and live in peace, even if they lack a little wealth, or if there are some shortcomings, it will not be a big problem. Especially if all the family members are people who serve God and follow the Lord, it is a good family. And home is a place for children to learn. Children from families living in love learn to love. Children from honest families learn what the truth is. Children from families who live with an equitable spirit learn justice. A child from a family living with fear learns anxiety, and a child from a family living with criticism learns to curse.
Virginia Stair, a famous women's family scholar, spoke of four characteristics of a good family. The first is a family that recognizes and respects each other, the second is a family that understands each other, the third is a family with rules and order, and the fourth is a family that harmonizes well with society. It was defined as a more creative and happy family.
We must keep this family by faith and prayer. Yang Eun-soon, author of "Invitation to Love and Happiness," said in his book, "A home without prayer is like a house without a roof." Imagine what the house would be like without a roof. It will not serve as a home. Likewise, prayer protects the family from the evil forces of the world and plays an important role in maintaining the family. We must cherish this family and strive to keep it intact.
Then, let's share the grace together while examining what is essential in the family.
There should be 'children who give thanks' in the home.
Verse 28 says, 'Their children will rise up and give thanks'. Children who know how to be grateful, these children will not lack enough to be loved before God or before people. The same Greek word for 'gratitude' is used in Luke 17:9, 'Are you going to give thanks to your servant for doing everything you were commanded to do?' The word “case” in the Gospel of Luke is used as a word for grace. Therefore, to give thanks can be interpreted as knowing how to be thankful and knowing grace.
In Leviticus 22:26-30, there were rules that must be observed when offering a bull, goat, or sheep as a sacrifice to God, especially when offering a newborn baby as a gift. In other words, he said that it is okay to have them stay with their mother for at least 7 days and to offer them as gifts after the 8th day. Animals also feed on their mother's love. Even animals born to be caught and killed were allowed to drink the milk of their mother's love for at least 7 days. It would be a tragic life if we couldn't remember the grace of our parents when they raised us.
A song is not a song until it is sung, a bell is not a bell until it rings, love is not love until it is expressed, a blessing is not a blessing until it is grateful You should say 'thank you' to God. Since humans live with language in time and space, expressing 'thank you' to God is faith. You should also express 'thank you' to your parents in words and in your life. I believe that this is the basic courtesy and life of those who have become children.
There should be a 'husband who knows how to praise' in the family.
First, husbands must recognize the preciousness of their wives. Proverbs 18:22, 'He who finds a wife finds a blessing and finds favor with the LORD', and Proverbs 19:14, 'A prudent wife comes from the LORD'. Whether you admit it or not, your precious wives are God-given. We should always live with thanksgiving before God. Therefore, husbands should live while remembering the words of Proverbs 5:18 and below. “Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. She is like a lovely doe, like a beautiful female deer. Always be content with her bosom, and love her always.”
Judging from the text, there are things husbands must do at home. Verses 28-30 say, “A husband praises many virtuous women, but you are superior to many.” What is beautiful is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but those who fear the Lord will be praised. A husband should be able to praise both.
First, you must be a husband who praises his wife for her virtues.
Support for her husband, affection for her parents, superior care for her children than her husband, the economic feasibility of living a frugal life, giving love to those in need rather than just letting them go, and towards relatives and brothers, in fact, deeper than her husband. You should be commended for showing gentle love. The home should have the praise of the husband.
Second, you should praise your wife for her reverence, that is, her faith.
Above all, the wife should be able to acknowledge that the family can grow more mature and live in peace and gratitude through prayer and be able to praise her faith. Because we have faith, we live with gratitude even when it is difficult, and we need a husband who praises us from time to time, realizing that we can live in peace even when we are having a hard time because of his wife's prayer. I hope that you will become saints who can handle these precious tasks well.
There should be a 'wives who want to laugh in the future' in the family.
Verse 25, 'Laughing at the latter days' comes out. 'A woman who can smile for the future' is truly a wonderful person. Proverbs 12:4, 'A virtuous woman is the crown of a mother-in-law'. I am not discouraged by the appearance of my husband now. I do not become discouraged or complain about my husband's social status, financial ability, measure of faith, or immediate health problems. There should be a wife in the family who is trying to laugh 'in the future' rather than overcoming the difficult and difficult cases of the present. Proverbs 14:1, 'A wise woman builds her house'. We look forward to God's blessings in the future without sparing ourselves by giving alms. Verse 26, 'He opens his mouth to give wisdom, and his tongue speaks the law of charity', verse 20, 'Opens out his hand to the needy, and knows how to reach out to the needy'. A woman who knows how to live a life of giving and smiling while looking at the blessings of God that will be given to her in the future is indeed a blessed wife.
She is a wife who looks forward to the future while taking everything from the people in the house. No matter how difficult it is, he never neglects to work hard for his family. Verse 21 says, “All the people in his household are dressed in scarlet, so even when it snows, he is not afraid for his household.” Verse 15, 'getting up before nightfall and handing out food to the household' is not easy. A wife who lives looking forward to the day when a good family will be able to smile later is absolutely necessary in the home.
Why is there no blessing for such a family? Didn't it say in verse 31, 'The fruit of his hands will return to him, and he will be praised in the gates for what he has done'? First, he promised that his status would be elevated with material abundance and honor in this world. Second, 'the gate' in the Bible refers to the place of judgment. Verse 23, 'a husband sitting at the gate with the elders' speaks of securing a social position, but it is safe to say that to be praised at the gate is to say that the family is 'recognized before God'.
It is said to be a family in which perfect blessings are guaranteed both spiritually and physically. We now conclude with Proverbs 15:16-17. He said, 'It is better for each other to fear the Lord than to have great wealth and affliction.' He also said, 'It is better to eat vegetables and to love each other than to eat fat cattle and hate each other.' In the name of the Lord, I pray that you will become a family community that builds a blessed family by fearing the Lord and loving each other.