Proverbs 31:10-12
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last;
but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
Virtuous... I wonder how often have you used that word today or perhaps this week or even the last month? That's a word we don't use too often. So I thought it might be good to look at that word for a moment. First some synonyms for that word. all right, decent, ethical, honest, honorable, just, moral, nice, right, righteous, right-minded, straight, true, upright, good.
Now a definition from Wikipedia - Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness.
I like the idea of a foundation of principle and moral being. A foundation is what you build upon. For example if the foundation of a building is poor no matter how you try and how beautiful the building eventually the building will have problems. conversely if your building upon a good foundation you can always rebuild and make corrections along the way. Now I know that it's not a good thing to compare a woman or a wife to a building. ha ha So if I've offended anyone I'm sorry. Its just an analogy even if it isn't very romantic. But if you think about it there are some beautiful and exciting homes that anyone would love to live in that have sound foundations. My guess is that the home listing doesn't mention anything about the foundation.
Yes, most women would love to be called beautiful, exciting, warm, sensitive, intelligent, funny, talented, and creative. I'm not sure you will get a big smile and a hug by calling your wife virtuous tonight at the kitchen table. But how blessed you are to have a virtuous wife. All those other qualities and characteristic I just listed build upon that foundation and we love our wives because of those things as well. But I hope that each man has a virtuous wife and that each woman is a virtuous person. These are the women that God blesses and these are the women that bless their children.
I believe the Bible speak of three great virtues. Faith, Hope and Love. These should be the foundation of all of our relationships and of course the foundation of our relationship with God. We should have faith in God in all things Secondly we have hope which is the certainty of God's goodness and love which the Apostle Paul says is the greatest of all.
For a Christian, virtuous starts with our relationship with God; Our trust in God and our complete surrender to walk in the ways of God. We will not be perfect but if this is not the desire of our heart then ours is a flawed foundation and we must repent and ask God to change and transform our heart to the image of Christ.
Tonight. If you are a husband of a virtuous wife find a way to let her know how thankful you are! and if you are a woman of virtue give thanks to God for he will greatly use you to be a blessing to others.
And by the way.... blessed is the woman who has a virtuous man as well.
but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
Virtuous... I wonder how often have you used that word today or perhaps this week or even the last month? That's a word we don't use too often. So I thought it might be good to look at that word for a moment. First some synonyms for that word. all right, decent, ethical, honest, honorable, just, moral, nice, right, righteous, right-minded, straight, true, upright, good.
Now a definition from Wikipedia - Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness.
I like the idea of a foundation of principle and moral being. A foundation is what you build upon. For example if the foundation of a building is poor no matter how you try and how beautiful the building eventually the building will have problems. conversely if your building upon a good foundation you can always rebuild and make corrections along the way. Now I know that it's not a good thing to compare a woman or a wife to a building. ha ha So if I've offended anyone I'm sorry. Its just an analogy even if it isn't very romantic. But if you think about it there are some beautiful and exciting homes that anyone would love to live in that have sound foundations. My guess is that the home listing doesn't mention anything about the foundation.
Yes, most women would love to be called beautiful, exciting, warm, sensitive, intelligent, funny, talented, and creative. I'm not sure you will get a big smile and a hug by calling your wife virtuous tonight at the kitchen table. But how blessed you are to have a virtuous wife. All those other qualities and characteristic I just listed build upon that foundation and we love our wives because of those things as well. But I hope that each man has a virtuous wife and that each woman is a virtuous person. These are the women that God blesses and these are the women that bless their children.
I believe the Bible speak of three great virtues. Faith, Hope and Love. These should be the foundation of all of our relationships and of course the foundation of our relationship with God. We should have faith in God in all things Secondly we have hope which is the certainty of God's goodness and love which the Apostle Paul says is the greatest of all.
For a Christian, virtuous starts with our relationship with God; Our trust in God and our complete surrender to walk in the ways of God. We will not be perfect but if this is not the desire of our heart then ours is a flawed foundation and we must repent and ask God to change and transform our heart to the image of Christ.
Tonight. If you are a husband of a virtuous wife find a way to let her know how thankful you are! and if you are a woman of virtue give thanks to God for he will greatly use you to be a blessing to others.
And by the way.... blessed is the woman who has a virtuous man as well.
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