A Virtuous Woman

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.” (Proverbs 31:10)

For years and years this well known passage has been read, quoted, used as a text for Mothers’ Day sermons and is used as an example of a Godly woman. There are so many outstanding traits here it is difficult to know which one is best. A sermon could be preached from each of the twenty-two verses beginning with our text.

When my mother died a few years ago and my siblings and I were deciding what inscription to have engraved on her memorial stone, we all agreed on the latter half of Proverbs 31:26. It reads, “…and in her tongue is the law of kindness.” Only because we could not find a stone large enough, we could not include the entire passage of Proverbs 31:10-31. Like many of my readers with strong, loving feelings for your mother every trait of the virtuous woman would be an appropriate description of our mothers.

My desire is for the mothers who read these lines today to have a happy Mothers’ Day. If your mother is still living do whatever you can to help her have a wonderful day.