What is Your Worth?

The Living Bible says it this way, If you can find a truly good wife, she is worth more than precious gems. In the King James it says, Who can find a virtuous woman? Her price is far  above rubies.

I have always believed that in biblical times the woman’s family paid a dowery “mohar” to the man who was going to marry her. But today, when researching this verse I discovered that the dowery was paid to the woman, as a gift from her father, to take with her if her intended did not have sufficient means to give anything to her as his bride. It was typical for the man, if he was of any means, to give his beloved gifts to bring into the marriage. Not unlike what some do today with that spendy engagement ring. 

So here we have Bathsheba telling her son, Solomon that a worthy woman is worth MORE than expensive rubies! This, ladies, was spoken well before the Women’s Right Movement came along!

It is said that the ruby was the most precious of the 12 stones that God created when He created all things. The “king” of all the stones on earth. A man of biblical times in the position of a king would have been well aware of this fact.

Do you value who you are today? Do you see yourself with a value far above rubies? It was curious to me that the stone here is red, and rubies of the greatest value are blue/red . . . the color of blood. 

We know marriage in the Bible is pictured as the relationship between Christ and His Bride, the church. The gift God gives to us in the relationship He has with us is the Blood of Christ, it is our cleansing, our freedom, our hope & our salvation. Jesus paid for the eternal relationship He wanted with you and I with the ruby red blood of his own body. He has placed such value on us. How can we not value ourselves as who we are in Him, worth more than rubies? 

The charm for today is: a Ruby Ring

Recite the verse:

Proverbs 31:10(a & b) Who can find a virtuous woman? Her price is far  above rubies.

Look at your engagement ring if you still wear it, remember that day it was first placed on your finger, was it magical, were you amazed that someone wanted you that much. Ask your spouse today if he had to put a value on you what would would that be? Pray the words of the verse and seek more insights from your heavenly Father on it.

Blessings!

Virtuous Woman?

The Living Bible says it this way, If you can find a truly good wife . . . in the king James it says, Who can find a virtuous woman?

The idea here is for a man to seek out a good woman, find a woman who is a woman of quality characterists. These, as most of you know, are words of a mother to a son, some say it was Bathsheba to Solomon and then it was given a fictional name by the writer. But whatever the case the man is given a directive to seek out this type of girl for himself. Wise words from a mom, would you instruct your son(s) in the same way?

My husband proposed to me when I was all of 19, I am quite certain I did not possess the charateristics of a virtuous woman. It is said that a man typically will seek after a woman like his mother, it is usually unintentional, it seems to just happen that way. I like to think, if that is the case, he seeks after the things he loved about his mom, maybe the way she spoke to him, the way she loved or protected him. And . . . love is blind!

Our society is certainly different than biblical days but one thing is true, when a man makes a decision to ask a woman to marry him he really believes that the girl he has chosen is the best, the prize of all prizes. The most amazing creature and right for him. He believes he has found "the one above all others" So today when you say those words "Who can find a virtuous wife?" Lovingly say your husbands name, picture his face when he proposed, be in that moment, feel being treasured again and again. He really believed it was you who were "the one", enjoy the truth of that moment. Relish the idea that you have a lifetime to live being "virtuous" out, not in perfection, but with God's hand in your life, giving you the power to be a virtuous woman in the daily events that come along. Go find your wedding album, take a look at those people in the pictures, see yourself as God's virtuous one and your husbands choice.

The charm for today is: a man on one knee

Recite the verse:

Proverbs 31:10(a) Who can find a virtuous woman?

Project for today: Discuss with your hubby what it was that made him "pop the question"  Rejoice in your husband's choice. Thank him for trusting you the be the one for him. Pray the words of the verse and seek more insights from your heavenly Father on it.

Blessings!