Apart from coming to know Christ as my Savior, the day I married my wife was the best day of my life.
I can remember standing at that wedding altar, and in my pride thinking to myself, “I’m going to be such a great gift to this woman for the rest of her life.” Little did I know that as the years would pass, not only would I become more humble (lol), but I would come to realize more and more every day what a beautiful and priceless gift God gave me on the day I married Charity.
She has become more to me than I could have ever hoped for as a friend, a wife, and a mother. Like fine leather, becoming even softer, smoother, and more luxurious with age, my wife continues to surprise me in similar ways. Her virtues continue to flourish with age, her beauty increases, and she continually grows in grace, becoming more and more like Jesus.
Maybe you too, like me, are blessed with the gift of a woman in your life (maybe your wife, your mom, or even both) who possesses the characteristics of godliness. Here are three of them that make a godly woman more valuable than just about anything in life.
A godly woman is a priceless gift.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10
She is valuable beyond words. Any man understands what Solomon said in Proverbs 21:19, that “it is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.” The opposite is equally as true, that a godly and virtuous woman is a joy to come home to and someone you and others greatly desire to be around.
The world is lacking in virtuous women who properly understand the beauty of godly virtue that comes from within—virtue that clothes itself in generosity (vs. 20), modesty (vs. 11&22), and wisdom (vs. 26).
A godly woman prioritizes her husband and family.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her… Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Proverbs 31:11, 28
She is faithful to her family. The godly woman recognizes that among her many responsibilities, her primary priorities are to her family. Her heart is close to home. This is certainly not politically correct, but it is the biblical example we see over and again in the Scriptures (Titus 2:4-5). My wife demonstrates this so very well in both big and small ways on a daily basis.
Not only does her family trust her, they praise her. She is not only a godly wife who prioritizes her husband, but a godly mother who prioritizes her home above other things. She understands that the greatest investments she will ever make are within the walls of her own home. As William Ross Wallace once wisely said, “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”
A godly woman produces the fruit of the Spirit.
Strength and honor are her clothing… She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Proverbs 31:26
She is spiritual in her thinking. The older that many women get, the more set in their ways they often become, solidifying their own opinions and becoming calloused to the harsh realities of life. We have all seen older women who have grown more in grit than grace, naturally becoming more of what they already are than what they want to become.
John Mark Comer said it well, “This is why most elderly people are either the best people you know or the worst. You don’t meet many middle-of-the-road 90 year olds.”
However, the godly woman is always growing in grace (2 Peter 3:18). She recognizes that wisdom is not determined by a certain age, but by continual growth, and that this will become more obvious to others with age.
One of the things that I so appreciate about Charity is that she is daily becoming more gracious, more humble, and more like Christ. Not only is it a beautiful things to watch, but a priceless gift to be given, and a gift that keeps on giving as its value increases with age.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30
Who is one of the godly women that God has placed in your life? (Feel free to share and tag them.)
