A Wife’s Part: Part 1

I was told recently that I have a lot of things to learn. At that instant, I didn’t see the meaning of that sentence but in retrospect, I realise that my vessel can only be filled with wisdom from above. As I rummaged through the information on the internet I came upon this piece titled ‘A Wife’s Part: Part 1’ and though I am not a wife just yet, it has been my desire to get ready for the phase.

I pray you learn from this as I am learning from it all and hopefully, I would be able to share the Part 2 when I receive it ;). 

A Wife’s Part: Part 1

Inspired from the book titled ‘The Family By JR Miller’

"It is a high honor for a woman to be chosen from among all womankind to be the wife of a good and true man.  She is lifted up to be a crowned queen.  Her husband's manly love laid at her feet exalts her to the throne of his life.  Great power is placed in her hands.  Sacred dispositions are reposed in her keeping.  Will she wear her crown beneficently?  Will she fill her realm with beauty and with blessing?  Or will she fail in her holy trust?  Only her married life can be the answer.

A woman may well pause before she gives her hand in marriage, and inquire whether he is worthy to whom she is asked to surrender so much; whether he can bring true happiness to her life; whether he can meet the cravings of her nature for love and for companionship; whether he is worthy to be lifted to the highest place in her heart and honored as a husband should be honored.  She must ask these questions for her own sake, else the dream may fade with the bridal wreath, and she may learn, when too late, that he for whom she has left all and to whom she has given all is not worthy of the sacred trust, and has no power to fill her life with happiness, to wake her heart's chords to touch her soul's depths.

But the question should be turned and asked from the other side. Can she be a true wife to win who asks for her hand?  Is she worthy of the love that is laid at her feet? Can she be a blessing to the life of him who would lift her to the throne of his heart? Will he find in her all the beauty, all the tender loveliness, all the rich qualities of nature, all the deep sympathy and companionship, all the strengthful, uplifting love, all the sources of joy and help, which he seems now to see in her?

Surely it is proper for her to question her own soul for him while she bids him question his soul for her."   -JR Miller