Rent. Food. Garden. Repairs. Vehicles. Furnishings. Clothes. Medicines. Glasses. Outtings. Chickens. Flowers.

On and on the list could go of things I care about or should care about. And they are all things of this world.

How spiritual is that?

It could be very spiritual, if it is done joyfully and unto the Lord with the intent of meeting my “husbandly” calling:

“But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife” (1 Corinthians 7:33).

Interestingly, the preceding verse declares this “single” obligation: Care for the things of the Lord and be pleasing to Him.”

Whether single or married, God allows no room for self-centeredness.

(I wonder if young women should use verse 32 to measure suitors to determine if they would make good “Verse 33” husbands.)