Becoming A Woman of Excellence; An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.

The Rich Harvest of A Woman's Hopes

'Again let me say, that no wife can over-estimate the influence she wields over her husband, or the measure in which his character, his career and his very destiny are laid in her hands for shaping.

The sway which she holds over him is the sway of love—but it is mighty and resistless. If she retains her power, if she holds her place as queen of his life—she can do with him as she will. Even unconsciously to herself, without any thought of her responsibility, she will exert over him an influence which will go far toward making or marring all his future.

 If she has no lofty conception of life herself—if she is vain and frivolous—she will only chill his ardor, weaken his resolution and draw him aside, from any earnest endeavor. But if she has in her soul :



 - noble womanly qualities
- if she has true thoughts of life
- if she has purpose
 -strength of character
- fidelity to principle

she will be to him an unfailing inspiration toward all that is noble, manly and Christlike.

The high conceptions of life in her mind will elevate his conceptions.
Her firm, strong purpose will put vigor and determination into every resolve and act of his.
Her purity of soul will cleanse and refine his spirit.
Her warm interest in all his affairs and her wise counsel at every point, will make him strong for every duty and valiant in every struggle.

Her careful domestic management, will become an important element of success in his business life.
Her bright, orderly, happy home-making, will be a perpetual source of joy and peace, and an incentive to nobler living.

Her unwavering fidelity, her tender affectionateness, her womanly sympathy, her beauty of soul—will make her to him God's angel indeed, sheltering, guarding, keeping, guiding and blessing him! Just in the measure in which she realizes this lofty ideal of wifehood—will she fulfill her mission and reap the rich harvest of her hopes.'
    J.R. Miller


Blessings
Jasmina

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