Day 12 – Prov 31:21
"She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household is clothed in scarlet."
- (New King James Version)
Our virtuous woman is one thing - prepared. She is strong, determined, optimistic even perhaps, but she acknowledges that sometimes in life, storms come. And it's not because of anything we've done. One of my favorite passages is Matthew 5:45 - "... for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust." Bad things happen to people, good or bad. The smart thing is to be prepared.
And here is where the first portion of the verse is virtually obliterated in the all-consuming radiance of the second: "... all her household is clothed in scarlet." Again, I believe the Bible is open to interpretation, and perhaps it meant something else at that time, but can you think of anything more wonderful that a house being clothed in scarlet? Recall Ex 12:7. That was just the doorpost. This is the WHOLE household.
But here's the beauty. It doesn't even say house; it says "household," implying those that dwell in it. What greater blessing, what sweeter treasure can their be than the precious knowledge that all your household is bathe in the redeeming blood of our Savior.
Here I may have struck a chord. If you are not as fortunate as I, to know that all your living family knows Jesus and is walking with Him, take the time to pray for them. No matter what they've done in the past, no matter how short a prayer you can stand to make before you shake with emotion - trust me, "everybody ought to KNOW who Jesus is."
showcase your true beauty.
God Bless,
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