The Signs of a Good Wife

For years I have believed that the signs of a good wife are her ability to keep her home clean and cook good meals for her family. Unfortunately, I have never been very good at either. Sure, I can clean our apartment and do a good professional job, in fact, I worked as a cleaning lady over the years, of course, the clean home doesn't last long and I have never been a fan of cooking. As you can imagine this has not helped my self-esteem or my mental health issues. Thankfully for me as a Christian wife who also works full time there are a lot of other qualities that make a good wife, such as my love and respect for my husband, my ability to submit to him, the fact that I am a hard worker and last but not least my love for a and my relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for my sins and gave me my husband.
I also figured at one point that as a good wife I needed to take up cooking and baking as a hobby. One small problem though, I'de rather not. I figured from a financial and practical perspective that they would be great hobbies for a wife. Except I have no interest in spending hrs in the kitchen. For those of you who do, I praise your name and those around you who are benefiting from your love of the kitchen are blessed because of you.
Thankfully the sparkling reflection of the tub or the three-course meal with dessert included are not the only signs of a good wife. They are just two of the many signs of a good wife. They are two physical signs, but there are many other physical, mental, emotional, and physiological signs of a good wife. Some of those signs include being a good listener and cheering my hubby on when he has a bad day at work.
So just because you would rather watch tv than make a cooking show worthy meal every night is not a sign of being a bad wife. It shows that you are human and that there are many signs of being a good wife, including sending your hubby out for takeout because you had a long day at work and have no energy to cook.
God has given us each our own gifts, talents, and strengths and by his grace, we all are wonderful wives blessed with amazing husbands.

I pray that you are as blessed by reading this as I am to write it.
God Bless
~Ruth