{"id":9425,"date":"2023-12-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=9425"},"modified":"2023-11-22T05:36:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:36:07","slug":"9425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/9425\/","title":{"rendered":"An Excellent Wife"},"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\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9428\" style=\"width:331px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Light-Blue-Jewel-Treasure-Post-Instagram.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Malachi+1%3A1-2%3A17&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Malachi 1:1-2:17<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+21%3A1-27&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Revelation 21:1-27<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+149%3A1-9&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 149:1-9<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+31%3A10-24&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 31:10-24<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse: <\/strong><em>\u201cAn excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than&nbsp;jewels.\u201d Prov. 31:10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excellent wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding a wife of noble character blesses any man. Described as virtuous, honorable, and strong, she works hard to create a loving home for her family and friends. Like wisdom, her value far exceeds that of precious jewels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cShe does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.\u201d Prov. 31:12<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, I prayed these verses over my life and my husband\u2019s long before I met him. Knowing my many shortcomings, I hung these verses on my bedroom wall and began to pray them, asking God to mold me into a wife of noble character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth gives us a glimpse of an excellent wife. Found in the Old Testament, the Moabite woman endures heartache and suffering, losing her husband and leaving her homeland to follow her widowed mother-in-law back to Bethlehem. Eventually, she married Boaz and secured a place in Christ\u2019s lineage from her virtuous life dedicated to the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strive for excellence and develop a noble character with God\u2019s word.<\/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 Ruth as a model of a noble woman. Help us pursue excellence by developing a strong character based on virtuous and honorable ways. Let us become more precious than jewels to our spouses. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Malachi 1:1-2:17, Revelation 21:1-27, Psalm 149:1-9, Proverbs 31:10-24 Daily Verse: \u201cAn excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than&nbsp;jewels.\u201d Prov. 31:10 Excellent wife. Finding a wife of noble character blesses any man. Described as virtuous, honorable, and strong, she works hard to create a loving home for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/9425\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Excellent Wife<\/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-9425","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\/9425","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=9425"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9435,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions\/9435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}