How's the fruit you're bearing? If the crop is rotten or a little sparse, it may be a good time to take stock. Though we are saved by grace, it matters to God what we produce for Him on this earth.

Matthew 3:10
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Bible Gateway link: Matthew 3:10 (ESV)

As wives, we just know what's best. Right? Don't trip on that snake. Your husband may not have a clue, but you don't either. If you discuss a decision first, you may, between you, think to ask God for guidance.

Genesis 3:6
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Bible Gateway link: Genesis 3:6 (NKJV)

Come join me for my 8th year reading the Holy Bible from beginning to end. The Bible has changed my life. It will change yours. Take a little time each day and persevere. God is near, bring Him nearer. (Check the lower right side of my blog for links to a 1-year Bible reading program and to Bible Gateway.)

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Bible Gateway link: Genesis 1:1 (ESV)

With the end of the year so comes the end of Revelation. It is not an easy book of the Bible but it is a jolting reminder to make sure your name is in the book of life. Read the Holy Bible for instructions!

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Bible Gateway link: Revelation 20:15 (ESV)

This is what is required. We can do this.

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
Bible Gateway link: Micah 6:8 (NKJV)

For so long I felt unworthy, but time is teaching me that God loves me. I no longer question why, but it still takes great strides of faith for me to believe it's true.

Psalm 144:3-4
Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
Bible Gateway link: Psalm 144:3-4

It is a book full of mysterious things. But here is one thing in Revelation that is not mysterious: In red letters, "Fear not..."

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,
Bible Gateway link: Revelation 1:17 (ESV)