My Daily Meditation
Honor Her
Friends, today is a day that we here in the USA, have dedicated to the honoring of our mothers, daughters, and wives. It is a good thing, but let us not also to remember them daily as well. There is a song by Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter Paul and Mary fame, that I am certain we are all familiar with titled “The Wedding Song". In it there is a line that has always been a reminder of the importance of a woman to a man in the service of God:
“Woman draws her life from man, and gives it back again”
Let us therefore ever be mindful that our mothers, daughters and wives, are to us to be lifted up and place as vessel of honor.
7 Likewise ye husbands, dwell with them as men of knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, even as they which are heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted
The First Epistle of Peter Chapter 3:7
3 Let the husband give unto the wife due benevolence, and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
The First Epistle to the Corinthians Chapter7:3
10 Who shall find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above the pearls.
11 The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good, and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool and flax, and laboreth cheerfully with her hands.
14 She is like the ships of merchants: she bringeth her food from afar.
15 And she ariseth, while it is yet night: and giveth the portion to her household, and the ordinary to her maids.
16 She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She feeleth that her merchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.
19 She putteth her hands to the wheel, and her hands handle the spindle.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, and putteth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She feareth not the snow for her family: for all her family is clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
24 She maketh sheets, and selleth them, and giveth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honor is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall rejoice.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and the law of grace is in her tongue.
27 She overseeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed: her husband also shall praise her, saying,
29 Many daughters have done virtuously: but thou surmountest them all.
30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vanity: but a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.
The Proverbs of Solomon Chapter 31:10-31
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