HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
to all the beautiful mothers I know!
You are doing a great job - just keep pressing on!
A woman of valor who can find, for her price is beyond pearls. |
| Her husband relies on her, and he will lack no gain. |
| She requites him with good and not with evil all the days of her life. |
| She seeks wool and flax, and she works it with the will of her hands. |
| She is like the merchant ships, she brings her food from afar. |
She rises when it is still night;
she gives food to her household and an allotted share to her maidens. |
She contemplates a field and purchases it;
from the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. |
| She girds her loins with vigor and strengthens her arms. |
[When] she advises that her merchandise is good
her lamp does not go out at night. |
She stretches forth her hands onto the distaff,
and her hands support the spindle. |
She spreads out her hand to the poor man,
and she stretches her hands out to the needy. |
She fears not for her household for snow,
for all her household are dressed in crimson. |
She makes beautiful bedspreads for herself;
fine linen and purple wool are her raiment. |
| Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits with the elders of the land. |
| She makes a cloak and sells it, and she gives a belt to the trafficker. |
| Strength and beauty are her raiment, and she laughs at the last day. |
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and instruction of kindness is on her tongue. |
She supervises the ways of her household
and does not eat bread of idleness. |
| Her children rise and call her fortunate; [also] her husband, and praises her. |
| "Many women have acquired wealth, but you surpass them all." |
| Charm is false and beauty is futile; a God-fearing woman is to be praised. |
Give her of the fruit of her hands, and her deeds will praise her in the gates.
[Prov 31:10-31]
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