Her Desk

 

My mother’s desk is just a piece of furniture… beautiful selections of oak carved and curved into function. But to me, it represents all she was… when I close my eyes I can still picture her there, sitting in that old gray office chair, talking on the phone to the left and doodling as she went.  

 

It was from this desk that she served God, studied His word, loved and honored her husband, educated her children, was a friend and support to those needing encouragement, organized our home, planned Sunday school lessons, home schooling group activities, wrote a kind individual reward for each one of her forty 4-Hers and created cherished family memories like poems of her grandparents; this was her command station…this was her place.

 

and now... I sit here and receive the blessings that come with doing the same. How I wish she was here to sit with me…but I am grateful for the time we had and value her legacy as I teach it to her grandchildren…from her desk.   

 

 

 

Her children arise and call her blessed;

her husband also, and he praises her

Proverbs 31:28

 

 

*a special thanks to my father who gifted me with this treasured heirloom.

 

Proverbs 31

The Wife of Noble Character

¹⁰ A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
¹¹ Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
¹² She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.
¹³ She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
¹⁴ She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
¹⁵ She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷ She sets about her work vigorously;
her arms are strong for her tasks.
¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
²¹ When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
²² She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
²³ Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
²⁵ She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
²⁶ She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
²⁸ Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
²⁹ “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
³⁰ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
³¹ Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.