Nancy De Masuagmauwagmou says, as you grow in godliness,

expect to engage in manual labor.

You see, working with our hands is the cure,

the antidote to laziness, to stealing, and to uselessness.

This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy Damas Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude. For August 12, 2024, I'm Dana Gresch. Last week Nancy began a series in Proverbs 31. She helped us explore the words of a wise mother to her son. Then she took us through the

first few verses about a virtuous wife. Those verses are who can find a wife of

noble character. She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of

her husband trusts in her and he will not lack anything good. She rewards him

with good, not evil, all the days of her life.

If you've missed any of the series so far,

you can listen or read the transcript

by visiting revive Our Hearts.com,

or going to the Revive Our Hearts app. Here's Nancy. Now as we come to

verse 13 we begin to see how this woman's excellence and virtue, how her love and

devotion works itself out in practical everyday ways.

You see, we've seen that she has an excellent and a virtuous heart, but only God can see her heart.

So what does this kind of heart look like in everyday life?

What is a woman with this kind of heart act like? How does it affect her

schedule, her priorities, her activities, her day? How does a woman who is loyal to her

husband, as we read about in the last session,

how does she spend her time?

How does she live out that commitment?

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