Noble Character

Who can find a wife of noble character? Just by asking the question, it would seem to imply that she is hard to find.

Who is even looking for a wife of noble character? What in fact are they looking for? Is it the beautiful women on the cover of the Sports Illustratated swimsuit edition? Is it the conniving woman of one the Real Housewives shows? Is it the young woman twerking up a storm in a music video? Is it the actress taking off all her clothes in the movie that is almost soft-core pornography? What kind of character do these women have?

The men looking for a wife of noble character are the treasure seekers? “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field. (Matthew 13:44 NET) When these men find a women of noble character, they should drop everything and marry her for she is like the kingdom of heaven. Would one look at me and see the kingdom of heaven? Would one look at me and see noble character? That's what I want to be seen in me. May God in His Grace make it so.

Does It Fit?

We sometimes don't want to talk about submission. It seems demeaning to us. But when we realize the context, it becomes easier to understand.

Wives submit to your husbands. God has provided a special blessing to you ladies - your husband. He's not perfect. Perhaps he is far from it. But God has given him to you. He is part of you and you are part of him. Submitting doesn't mean that you are giving up all of yourself but that you are yielding yourself so that together God can have His way through the two of you. Your wants aand desires are part of your husband and he should be sensitive to them as he is leading.

As is fitting in the Lord. This is not some that constrains us, but something that we rise up to. It is not as if we are little girls trying on Mommy's high heels and stumbling about as we try to walk. No, we are growing into them as we and our husbands grow into being the couple that God wants us to be. Isn't that beautiful?