During the annual lectureship in 1979, at the East Tennessee School of Preaching and Missions in Knoxville, Lois McCord spoke to the ladies’ class on the topic of: A Worthy Woman Some Bible scholars think that Bathsheba, in the thirty-one verses of Proverbs 31, in describing a woman of value, tells her son Solomon [under the name of Lemuel, Proverbs 31:1; 1 Kings 2:13] what kind of woman he ought to select. She is virtuous, pure, strong, poised and dignified. She is filled with wisdom, kindness and patience. She is energetic and not slothful in business. She is a cheerful and devoted mother, a loving and faithful wife. Above all, she reverences the Lord. I hope, when we read about all her talents, that we do not immediately become discouraged and think, “I could never do all those things!” We need to understand that this is a description of the ideal woman. She is the perfect wife, mother, housekeeper, etc., set forth as our example. She is the five-talent woman. God does not make as many five-talent women as he does two-talent and one-talent individuals. But the important thing to remember is that each one of us has a talent or more and we must develop the talents God gave us. We will have to give an account of them at judgment day (Matthew 25:19). Find your talents and develop them, realizing that God blessed you with the ability to do some things that others cannot do, while others can do things