The Virtuous Wife

"Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.  The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain.  She does him good and not evil all the days of her life...She considers a field and buys it; from her profits she plants a vineyard.  She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms...She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy. . . Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come.  She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness... Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised."

-Proverbs 31:10-31

This passage are just some parts from one of my favorite Bible passages, the Virtuous Wife.  This woman described is the type of woman I hope I can become.

The Virtuous Wife is strong, intelligent, wise, and honors the Lord.

Lately, I have felt opposite of all that I know that God calls a daughter of His to be.

This thing called life calls for us to form relations with others, as well as forming a relationship with our Creator.

How this woman accomplishes all of this, I believe it is all through God!  This woman is one who is to be trusted (the heart of her husband safely trust her), she considers her choices and their consequences (she considers a field and buys it), she is kind to those who have nothing and cannot give her anything back (she extends her hand to the poor).

This Virtuous Wife is the Virtuous Woman I desire to be!

No, it doesn't say that her life or ways are easy, heck- it says that she has strength in her arms and plants vineyards.  Her life was nothing but easy!  She was a woman who cared and provided for her family!

This passage doesn't say, but I bet she was patient as well- she just did not leap from intuition into her choices.

I hope and pray that any young women reading realize that this is true beauty!  Beauty is having love in the Lord!

"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matt. 6:33)