Proverbs 31:25 gives us one of the beautiful pictures of the virtuous woman: “Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.” This clothing is not only talking about her garments but the attributes with which she is clothed.The interesting thing is that these two beautiful attributes, although used here to describe the capable woman, are also used to describe God. How incredible that God’s attributes can become our attributes. Of course, it is not anything of our own making. We are reminded in Ezekiel 16:14 that any beauty or glory we have comes only from God Himself.
The word “honor” is “hadar” and means “magnificence, splendor, beauty, excellency, glory, honor, dignity, and majesty.” Psalm 96:6 describes God in this way: “Honor and majesty (hadar) are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.”
Majesty is a royal attribute. Majesty belongs to God who is King of kings and Lord of lords. Dear ladies, we belong to a majestic kingdom and therefore our lives should show to the world that we belong to this kingdom. We should have a sense of majesty about us because God dwells in us.
I discovered 19 different versions of the Bible translate this Scripture with the word “dignity.” Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary says that dignity means: “true honor; nobleness or elevation of mind, consisting in a high sense of propriety, truth and justice, with an abhorrence of mean and sinful actions.”
May we as home-advocating, home-loving, home-keeping, home-cooking, home-working, home-mothering, nurturing, and training mothers to walk in an anointing of dignity and majesty. These beautiful attributes have been given to us by God.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
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Don’t cast away the dignity God has given you as a woman. Embrace your womanhood. Embrace your femininity. Embrace your motherhood. Keep your honor. Bring glory to God in the way you act, speak, dress, and even walk.
There is nothing greater you can do than impart God’s Word into your children’s lives. The greatest antidote to deception is God’s Word. In this deceived world in which we live they need it strongly implanted within them.
WHAT IS A MOTHER?
Another poem from Edgar Alan Guest. My favorite lines are:
TREASURES OF THE HEART
MOTHER'S DAY REFLECTIONS
I’M A STAY-AT-HOME MOM
A Mothers’ Love
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This is Mother's Day week and therefore I am going to post a lovely poem about motherhood from this Wednesday until next Wednesday. I trust you will be blessed.
Everything comes back to the family. Marriage and family were the first institution God designed--before church and before government. They were in the heart of God in eternity even before He created the world. Therefore, God has blessed parents and given them authority and anointing to "be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue, and take dominion . . . " (Genesis 1:28).
Have you thought of inviting someone home for lunch after your morning service tomorrow? Currently we have a fellowship meal each Sunday after church which provides such rich fellowship with one another. But in the seasons when we have not been doing this we always asked a family, or families, to our place for lunch after church. It was always such a blessing and such joy. Church is not just going to a building to listen to the pastor. It is togetherness. It is fellowship. It is one anothering. It is ministering into one another’s lives.
The 12 loaves of shewbread which were upon the table of shewbread in the tabernacle were always there. They were never off the table. At the end of the week when the priests gathered the old loaves and placed the new fresh loaves upon the table, they placed them immediately the previous loaves were taken off so there was not one moment when the loaves were not upon the table. They speak of Christ who is our daily bread and of the Word of God which is our daily sustenance. Make sure God’s Word is daily bread and daily sustenance in your home. We must give it to our children daily. It is as important as our daily physical food.
When something traumatic happens, Sarah’s daughters don’t fear, they look to God. They trust God. God is bigger than any situation you face. Get into the habit of lifting your heart to God and trusting Him. Confess your trust on Him.
...than to bring forth an eternal soul into the world.
Jessica Britton shares her joy of motherhood: "I am a mother in my forties with my sweet 10th baby, Lucy Pearl, and loving every minute of it. Motherhood is such a gift. God is so gracious to me."
When my granddaughters were young, they loved to go to the dress-up box. It was their favorite thing to do. I don’t have lots of beautiful princess dresses in my Dress Up Box (they don’t last very long here) but I have tulle and sheer white curtains and lace and such and they were very creative at making themselves look like princesses, queens, and brides.
I often hear mothers say, “I wish that this [being a stay-at-home mom] was the case for me, but we can't afford for me to stay home.” Why are these words such a common reply? I think it is because we feel we must take things into our own hands to make it work. We don’t think that God is able! That’s the bottom line.