| The wife - the radiant sun of the family |
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The family is illuminated by its own radiant sun, which is the wife. Of her Scripture says, with feeling:
The grace of a wife will charm her husband,her accomplishments will make him the stronger.
A silent wife is a gift from the Lord, no price can be put on a well-trained character.
A modest wife is a boon twice over,a chaste character cannot be weighed on scales.
Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord is the beauty of a good wife in a well-kept house.
The wife and mother is indeed like the sun shining in the
family. She shines by her generosity and the way she gives herself to
others. She shines by her alertness and watchfulness and by her wise and
gentle providing of all that can give joy to her husband and children.
She radiates light and warmth.
A marriage will prosper if each partner goes into it not
for his own happiness but the other’s happiness – but although it
belongs to both partners, this emotion, this goal is particularly a
quality of the woman. Her very nature as a mother entails it. Her wisdom
and prudence mean that even if she encounters troubles she will respond
to them with joy; if she is belittled, she will respond with unaltered
dignity and respect. She is like the sun that brightens a cloudy morning
with the dawn; the sun that illuminates the shower-clouds at dusk.
The wife is like the sun shining in the family with the
brightness of her glance and the ardour of her speech. Her looks and
words enter into the souls of her family, softening them, touching them,
raising them up from the tumult of emotion. They recall her husband to
joy in good things and delight in family life after his uninterrupted
and often heavy work of the day, whether in an office, in the fields, in
trade or in industry.
The wife is like the sun shining in the family by her
unforced, transparent sincerity, by her simple dignity, by her decent
Christian behaviour; by her inward thoughts and her upright heart; and
also by the appropriateness of her dress and bearing, adorned by her
open and honest way of life. Subtle signs of feeling, shades of
expression, silences and unmalicious smiles, little nods of approval –
all these give her the grace of an exquisite but simple flower opening
its petals to reflect the colours of sunlight.
If only you could know the full depth of the feelings of
love and gratitude that such a perfect wife and mother inspires in her
husband and children!
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