{"id":8188,"date":"2023-07-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=8188"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:01:13","slug":"8188","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/8188\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift from God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8189\" width=\"329\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/He-who-finds-a-wife-finds-a-good-thing-and-obtains-favor-from-the-Lord.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Chronicles+7%3A1-8%3A40+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+27%3A1-20+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Acts 27:1-20<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+7%3A1-17+&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 7:1-17<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+18%3A22&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 18:22<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cHe who finds\u00a0a wife finds\u00a0a good thing and\u00a0obtains favor\u00a0from the\u00a0Lord.\u201d Prov. 18:22<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift from God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding a suitable mate, particularly a wife, brings God\u2019s favor. My sister-in-law told me long before I met my husband, \u201cYou\u2019ll make a good wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t understand why she said that at the time. Proverbs 31:10-31 titled <em>\u201cThe Wife of Noble Character,<\/em>\u201d hung framed beside my bed for years. I read the verses every morning and asked God to mold me into her.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cA wife of noble character\u00a0who can find? <\/em><em>She is worth far more than rubies. <\/em><em>Her husband\u00a0has full confidence in her<\/em><em> <\/em><em>and lacks nothing of value.\u201d Prov. 31:10-11<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following 19 verses describe the characteristics of a wife of noble character. As I go about my days, rising early, working hard, and becoming a Godly wife to Ron, I think of different verses, praying them into our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read over the description of the wife of a noble character. Delight in God\u2019s word and let it take root in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1-300x39.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lord, thank You for giving us scripture to guide and direct us. Help us become wives of noble character. Let husbands receive the Lord\u2019s favor because of the wife they chose. Give us the tools to make our marriages honor You in all ways. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40, Acts 27:1-20, Psalm 7:1-17, Proverbs 18:22 Daily Verse: \u201cHe who finds\u00a0a wife finds\u00a0a good thing and\u00a0obtains favor\u00a0from the\u00a0Lord.\u201d Prov. 18:22 Gift from God. Finding a suitable mate, particularly a wife, brings God\u2019s favor. My sister-in-law told me long before I met my husband, \u201cYou\u2019ll make a good&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/8188\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gift from God<\/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-8188","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\/8188","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=8188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8192,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8188\/revisions\/8192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}