June 21

   
Proverbs 30-31
A wife of noble character . . . This passage has been used for millennia to describe godly women. When our daughters were very young our whole family committed these twenty-one verses to memory. Any time we were on the road for extended periods of time it was common for all four of us to be testing each other with these memory verses. There were other passages that we challenged each other with, but this particular one was one of the most notable. As the girls approach middle age, raising children of their own, it is quite apparent that these words have been residing in their hearts, for they are virtuous women, just as their mother and the wife of King Lemuel's words. The word of God is powerful! Especially when we take the time, and make the effort, to commit it to memory, filling our heart and mind with its truth.