I want to be a woman quiet in spirit. I want this kind of spirit as a wife: a gentle and quiet one. The kind of spirit that Peter says creates true, unfading beauty.
I want to be a woman seen for her good heart not her appearance.
I want to be known as a servant.
I want to listen and be heard.
I want to be a woman that is kind.
I want to be a woman after God’s own heart.
I want to be a woman who puts her hope in God… A gentle and quiet spirit comes when our hope is not in ourselves or our own abilities, but in God and his Spirit at work within us.
I want to be a woman who shows respect not just in her actions, but in her words and thoughts.
I want to be a woman who doesn’t battle with distrust, but rather trusts not only those around her but herself.
I want to be a woman who does not “give way to fear.” Fear is of the enemy, fear is what comes naturally to our sinful selves. I want to be a women of faith which is a gift from God. Faith in God and his promises, hope in him, this is what will enable me to be after God’s own heart.
I want to be a woman who loves, respects and trusts my husband, who is beautiful not because of my outer looks but because of the quiet and gentle spirit within me, that comes from God
"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear." (1 Peter 3: 3-6)
This is the kind of wife I want to be:
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life." (Proverbs 31:10-12)
I want to be the kind of wife in whom my husband can have complete confidence, and who he can trust fully. I want him to be able to trust me to bring him good, not harm, every single day.
I cannot be that kind of wife on my own willpower. I don't have the ability to do it alone. That's why I take comfort in the fact that God's strength more than makes up for my weakness. In fact, as God promised Paul, so he promises me, and I can say this with Paul:
"But he [God] said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)
For whatever trials I am experiencing, knowing that God's grace is more than enough.
His love covers me completely.
His forgiveness is unfailing and never-ending, and encompasses even those things for which we feel most guilty.
Jesus has taken away that guilt, paid the price for our sins, and enables us to live as his children.
I want to be a woman who takes comfort in this today and every day to come!
