More Pilgrim thoughts
I think about those Mayflower folks and I’m in awe. What they took on was huge. These weren’t farm people – they were city people. They were living in England […]
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Pilgrims and their children
I was reading Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick recently. We hear a lot about the Pilgrims’ faith and courage that led them first to Holland and then, because they feared the
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Proverbs 31 #9
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works
Proverbs 31 #8
She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he
Proverbs 31 #7
Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
Proverbs 31 #6
She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet. She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Proverbs 31 #5
She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. (Proverbs 31:19-20)
Proverbs 31 #4
She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night. (Proverbs 31:17-18) Other translations say:
Proverbs 31 #2
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. (Proverbs
Proverbs 31 #3
She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet