{"id":202,"date":"2017-10-31T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=202"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:44:27","slug":"one-of-my-favorite-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/31\/one-of-my-favorite-ladies\/","title":{"rendered":"One of My Favorite Ladies"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.”\u00a0 Proverbs 31:30<\/strong><\/em>
\nOne of my daily practices is to read a chapter of Proverbs each day.\u00a0 I read the chapter which correlates to the date.\u00a0 Today is the 31st so I read Proverbs 31.\u00a0 Months that have only 30 days in them make me miss one of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible.
\nThe Proverbs 31 woman who is described in verses 10-31 has always been who I aspire to be.\u00a0 When I was single, I had these verses framed, hanging beside my bed.\u00a0 I remember lying in bed, I would look over and read them.\u00a0 My prayer was one day I would get to be that kind of wife, that kind of mom:
\n[a<\/a>]<\/sup>A wife of noble character\u00a0who can find?<\/em><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>She is worth far more than rubies.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>Her husband\u00a0has full confidence in her<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and lacks nothing of value.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>She brings him good, not harm,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>all the days of her life.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>She selects wool and flax<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and works with eager hands.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>She is like the merchant ships,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>bringing her food from afar.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>She gets up while it is still night;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>she provides food for her family<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and portions for her female servants.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>She considers a field and buys it;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>She sets about her work vigorously;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>her arms are strong for her tasks.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>She sees that her trading is profitable,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and her lamp does not go out at night.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>In her hand she holds the distaff<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and grasps the spindle with her fingers.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>She opens her arms to the poor<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and extends her hands to the needy.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>When it snows, she has no fear for her household;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>for all of them are clothed in scarlet.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>She makes coverings for her bed;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>she is clothed in fine linen and purple.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>Her husband is respected at the city gate,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>where he takes his seat among the elders\u00a0of the land.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>She makes linen garments and sells them,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and supplies the merchants with sashes.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>She is clothed with strength and dignity;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>she can laugh at the days to come.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>She speaks with wisdom,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and faithful instruction is on her tongue.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>She watches over the affairs of her household<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and does not eat the bread of idleness.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>Her children arise and call her blessed;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>her husband also, and he praises her:<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cMany women do noble things,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>but you surpass them all.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>but a woman who fears the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0is to be praised.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>Honor her for all that her hands have done,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and let her works bring her praise\u00a0at the city gate.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nI have heard many a messages about the Proverbs 31 woman.\u00a0 I’ve seen spoofs on how impossible it is to be her.\u00a0 None of us can live up to her standards.
\nIt’s true, none of us can.\u00a0 \u00a0I don’t think we are supposed to be exactly like her.\u00a0 I fall short in so many ways, but it is in my shortcomings where I grow.\u00a0 It’s where I learn.
\nI won’t ever be all She is, but God did answer my prayer.\u00a0 I do have a wonderful husband.\u00a0 He gave me the chance to try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.”\u00a0 Proverbs 31:30 One of my daily practices is to read a chapter of Proverbs each day.\u00a0 I read the chapter which correlates to the date.\u00a0 Today is the 31st so I read Proverbs 31.\u00a0 Months that have only 30 days in them make me miss… Continue reading One of My Favorite Ladies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}