If we look at the
Proverbs 31 woman we can find out so many things. What becomes clear straight
away is that she is very active! God has often blessed us with many talents,
but the Proverbs 31 woman is using them! She is doing business in the areas she
is talented in, she is helping the poor, not by pulling them up to her
standard, but by getting down and walking through their struggles with them.
She is majorly committed to her family and their needs, not because she has to
but because she wants to. Her dress is also an outward expression of her heart,
she was clothed in silk and purple! A lot of people think of modesty as dull
and drab, but the Proverbs 31 woman was modest and clothed in silk and purple,
which was the height of fashion in those days! The main thing that is apparent
is that she is totally submitted to the Lord, and if you are totally submitted
to the Lord your life will look somewhat like hers. She is actively and busily
serving the Lord in ALL the ways she can. This transforms her into a totally
different person. She is doing something she really loves. She will be a
joyful, cheerful, bright person who is bubbling with Christ. Whether you are an
outgoing person naturally or a quiet person, you will both be glowing with the
same radiant smile, a smile that comes from more than just a passing happy
emotion, but a contented glow that her identity is in Christ and Christ alone.
Miriam was the big sister of Moses. Her name (sometimes rendered as Mary in English) means 'bitter' although it could also signify 'one who loves or is loved by Yahweh'. Yahweh means 'the self-existent one'. Yahweh is one of the ways the children of Israel referred to God. Meet the family Amram and Jochebed were the father and mother of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Moses was the youngest of the three yet became the leader of the pack (Exodus 2:3-4; Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59). Moses was the man who led Israel out of Egypt. As the big sister of the family Miriam knew all the secrets. Women often get to know about things that men don't. When Pharaoh of Egypt decreed the death of all Israel baby boys in a desperate attempt to curb the growth of Israel, Amram and Jochebed put baby Moses into a waterproof basket and set it on the river in an attempt to save his life. It was Miriam who was watching the basket when the daughter of Pharaoh discovered it. It w...
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