Lem 6: her business mind

"...a smart and savvy woman, not to be taken lightly.
Should you ignore her mind
only your dreams and your family will suffer.
Should you truly see her,
you secure your family and your community.

Be aware of her and the kind of woman that she is...

she is real estate savvy
'considers a field, and buys it'

she is fitness focused
'she girds herself with strength and makes her arms firm and strong'

she is business minded
'she makes fine garments and leads others to buy them'

she is community service driven
'she opens her hands to the poor, yes, she reaches out her filled hands to the needy'

her attire is regal
'her clothing is of linen, pure and fine, and of purple such as that of which the clothing of priests and the hallowed cloths of the temple were made'

she is prepared
'she is not afraid of the snow for her household...is doubly clothed'

her home is lovely
'she makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry'

she is a balanced woman
'expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties' remember that she 'considers' before she makes a move

she is a leader and she has help
rising 'while it is yet night and...assigns her maids their tasks.'
looking well 'to how things go in her household'

she guards her mind
refusing to eat 'the bread of idleness, gossip, discontent, and self-pity.'

she is beautiful in the way that she lives, in the way that she sees, in the way that she serves
she is powerful in the way that she stands for her husband, for her family, for her community and for herself
she is effective in the way that she impacts the people that cross her path.

Son, Lem, understand that the woman you choose will change your life because she has an intimate position that rest in the fold of your arm or that spot in the curve of your neck, the way that I fit with your father."

He could see his parents hugging with his mother held in his father's arms looking like two pieces designed to connect at that point. He began to remember the countless times that he caught them in a quiet moment in the hallway, the living room; they never hid their love from him. It always seemed like an endless moment for them, even when he caught them after an argument

"I'm sorry baby."

"Me too honey." And then they held each other right there in the kitchen, like they hadn't just finished raising all kinds of hell from the front to the back of the house.

He knew they loved each other.
There was something in their eyes that told him.
But he now knew that they spoke to each other
in ways that he never heard before;
in ways that his mother is trying to make him understand;
in ways that he is beginning to think that he will need from a woman some day.
But not just any woman . . ."

(c) Jamillah Warner, www.gospelnerve.com, I got the nerve to say . . .