June 19

The Most Precious Thing About Her


… you wives … your godly lives will speak to them better than any words. … You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfolding beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit which is so precious to God.

1 Peter 3:1, 4 (NLT)


She will not hinder him, but will help him all her life. … When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule….

Proverbs 31:12, 26 (NLT)


I love so many things about my wife. One of them is the fact she is pure honesty. Through and through, she is true to the core. With her, what you see is what you get, and I like that trait. I like it a lot.

She will be the first to admit however, that she is extremely human. It’s when she looks at herself that her truth takes a harder tone. Occasionally, she will reflect on her weakness, on some shortcoming, or something she didn’t do but should have. So, with herself she is less forgiving. Again, she is honest in expressing her feelings, and I understand. This rather firm communication however, is the exception and not the rule.

It is her other words that truly move me. The thing that absolutely melts my heart and wraps me around her finger is when she uses kind, quiet, gentle words. These words are precious to God … and they are precious to me.


Father, rule in my wife’s heart and let her words reflect the beauty of her spirit—gentle, quiet, and precious. Amen.