“Her children stand and bless
her. Her husband praises her: ‘There are many virtuous and capable women in the
world, but you surpass them all.’” Proverbs 31:28-29
Virtue is behaviour showing high
moral standards. There is a long list of virtue’s synonyms such as: goodness, righteousness,
morality, uprightness, integrity, dignity, honesty, honour, decency,
respectability, nobility, worthiness, trustworthiness, purity and more.
(Thanks, Google.) I could almost do a blog post about each one!
I’d like to think I’ve mastered
them all (smile). It’s a good thing humility isn’t on this list which raises another
smile because that’s being silly. To have all these attributes of virtue is to embrace humility because, as a New Testament woman, I both need and have Jesus to teach me and
help me attain such high moral standards.
I like that idea…a New
Testament woman.
Morality is possible because I
have known grace. As much as I have been hurt by others, I have also doled out
my own share of hurting. There are times I have not been noble or decent or good. It’s a humbling exercise to admit it, to
confess these things before God yet it is a healing one, too.
To know and to accept the forgiveness of God does
something within our hearts that is beyond words.
Is forgiveness virtue in
action? I wonder…
Is this list of virtue synonyms
a revelation of Jesus’ identity? Is Jesus the embodiment of perfect virtue?
Oh, yes!
And more than anything I want
to emulate Him. I want to be the New Testament woman He calls me to be. I want
to be worthy of being His bride because nothing, nothing, would please me more than hearing His praise.
PS: In light of everything that has been explored in Proverbs 31, isn’t it interesting that “industrious”
isn’t on the list of virtue synonyms?
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