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The Priceless Woman
Vol. 2, No. 9 — Sep 2000
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20
I stood over my 6:15 coffee, bleary-eyed and barely awake, mulling the day’s schedule over in my mind and hoping I hadn’t forgotten anything important. Nonchalantly, I reached for the creamer, and remembered from the day before that it was empty. Mechanically, my reaching and grasping motion continued on autopilot and, lo and behold, someone had refilled the creamer dispenser. No doubt my beautiful wife, who takes care of all the “little” things in our home, had taken the time to complete but one more of the many thankless tasks necessary to keep our family going. It is like that all too often, and to my shame, I fail to say “thank you” nearly enough. “Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies” (Proverbs 31:10). The subjective, submissive role of women in the home and in the church has never lent itself to public accolades or front-page recognition. It is unfortunate that we forget the many references Paul makes to our equality of value in Christ where “there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). “Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness” (1 Corinthians 12:22-23). The very nature of a woman’s glory is in her quiet spirit, so that their