The Noble Woman
Are you a noble woman?” “No.” “Why not?” “That’s for queens and princesses and people like that.” “Ahhhh, the nobility. Women of noble rank. Royalty, in other words.” “Yes. Why?” “Do you think a woman could be noble in any other way?” “I don’t know. I’ve never really thought about it.” “Me neither, until recently. I’m wondering. Maybe we need to search it out and see just what that word ‘noble’ really means.” The New King James Version shows Proverbs 31:10 like this: “A virtuous wife who can find? For her price is far above rubies.” The literal translation from the original text renders the phrase ‘a virtuous wife’ as ‘ woman of valor.” The NIV says: “A noble woman who can find?….”...
Read MoreEvery Girl: Am I “Ms. Right”, For My “Mr. Right”?
Have you ever wondered what your future husband is doing right this moment? What his plans are for the weekend, or how the two of you will meet? Most likely the majority of you will answer, “Yes!” to each of these questions. The idea of “Mr. Right” weighs heavier on my mind the older I get. Though I am not desperate, I do find myself wondering about, even searching for at times, my future husband. I like to believe that my future husband is wondering about, and searching for me, too! This very thought pushes me to begin developing now, the kind of woman I want my husband to find down the road. Proverbs 31, a passage we know so well, describes the ultimate wife and mother—Ms. Right. But before we read of her description, we read this short, yet...
Read MoreCathedral
Over the summer, my husband and I were blessed to travel to Washington D.C. and see many of the beautiful sights in our nation’s capital. We spent one afternoon walking around the National Cathedral, which is a very impressive building. But as we took in the tall ceilings, the incredible stained glass windows, and all the ornate details and carvings, the building felt more and more empty. I kept remembering the verse in Acts 7:48 that tells how God does not dwell in temples made with hands. Many hands must have worked on the building of that cathedral. But I would guess that this cathedral has never felt the presence of God. The physical building, although beautiful, is simply an empty building. The Lord asked the prophet Isaiah “where is the house...
Read MoreThe Excellent Wife
“An excellent wife, who can find?” the proverbs writer says. The Bible gives so many examples of wives throughout history, some good, others bad. We have a duty as women to be excellent wives to our husbands. On the wedding day that most dream of our entire lives, we vow to love, honor, and cherish in sickness and health, for richer and for poorer, ‘till death do we part, but do we mean it? Do our husbands find great value in his bride or is he met with strife and disdain through the trials of life? Let’s examine two different Biblical examples of wives in the Bible, the wife of Job and the worthy woman of Proverbs 31. Job was a man of great earthly gain but mostly he was a man of great faith. The devil sought to cause his fall and was...
Read MoreBlooms of Grace
Evening Primrose is a beautiful flower with a very interesting characteristic…it only blooms at night. I was recently blessed to witness this event one beautiful, albeit hot, summer evening. In the dusk of the evening, I watched with excitement each bud slowly open, layer by layer, into a full and vibrant yellow blossom. Each of us in attendance at the event tried to guess which one would open next. We then watched with amazement as the flowery scent attracted a hummingbird thirsty for the sweet nectar that each bloom provided. As I watched the wonderful workings of God’s creation, I wondered, “What made that first bloom open and what was the signal for each additional bloom to open?” My mind affixed upon the order in which each bud opened and...
Read More5 Love Languages
What happens to love after the wedding? We all know that as times goes by we seem to lose focus of the relationship we had at the beginning with the one we love. Tons of books are written on this subject. Television and radio talk shows deal with it, the internet is full of advice and our parents and friends have a lot of advice. Keeping love alive in our marriages is serious business. With all this help available, why is it so few couples have found the secret to keeping love alive? How can couples attend workshops or seminars on communication, hear a lot of wonderful ideas, return home, try two or three of the ideas, feel it’s not working then give up on all the other ideas they heard? The problem is that people speak different love languages. Not...
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