Gracious Women, ruthless men

The book of proverbs always has amazed me in how it is put together. Manytimes I read it and have to take some time to think how the two verses go together. Here is today's verse:

Proverbs 11:16
16 A gracious woman retains honor,
But ruthless men retain riches.

My, my how times have changed for women....or have they? I am amazed at how ladies dress today...even for church!!! God has told us in His Word that ladies are to be modest...look at this verse:

1 Timothy 2:9

9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,

I wonder how many women daily without even realizing it cause men to lust by the way they dress. The world has even inflitrated godly young women by telling them they must flaunt what they got. How sad this reality has become. As God's word says here retain your honor ladies...for God, yourself, and your husbands both now or in the future. Of course you can lose your honor in other ways too but this is just one example that has grabbed a hold on women today.

The second part of this verse talks about ruthless men. Plenty of those to go around today. As I thought on this verse and how it was connected to the first part of this verse it came to my mind how many men are driven by two things....taking advantage of ungracious women and money. Many men are concerned with getting all the money they can and will do anything they can to get it. Then they use this money to satisfy the desires of their heart....which many times will be using women.

So here is the point today my friends...ladies be gracious and retain your honor! Keep your eyes focused on God and get in His Word and find the desires He has for your lives! Men our desire in life should not be riches and women...it should be fullfilling God's will in our lives. We too should be in the Word finding what God has planned for us.

Pray my friends for a turning back to God's ways...not the worlds ways that seem to be sucking us in!

Tom