Making Progress

On evenings when I read through random parts of the Bible I often find myself ending up back at Proverbs 31. To be honest, I never put much thought into the passage until I attended the funeral of a good friend's grandmother several years ago. I have never heard a funeral service quite that... inspiring. Strange for a funeral, but the minister had known the lady well and talked about how she had lived a Proverbs 31 life. It was a awesome testament to her life and by far the best way he could have possibly honored her to her family. I knew then that I'd like to be in a position to have that service preached when my time comes.

Last night was one of those night where, after reading through another chapter I found myself back at Proverbs 31, reading through King Lemuel's thoughts on being a good wife. I was still pondering these thoughts while talking with Greg before falling asleep. I told him I'd been reading up on being a good wife. He pointed out that he thought I was doing a pretty good job - I'd made dinner, cleaned the kitchen, and made a very courageous run to Walmart, all since getting home from work. I pointed out I still had some work to do:

Me: But I haven't bought a vineyard.
Greg: We don't drink wine.
Me: Doesn't matter.
Greg: We could just eat the grapes.
Me: We do like grapes.
Greg: But that's an awful lot of grapes. You'd have to start making grape juice.
Me: Have you seen the cost of grapes lately?? I'd be selling 'em!

Clearly, I'm quite up to the standard of the Proverbs 31 wife yet, but I like to think I'm making progress. Hopefully I'll have quite a few more years to practice. One step at a time...