“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, nor harm, all the days of her life. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.’ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” Proverbs 31:10-12, 28-31

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for describing a godly woman who takes care of her husband and children with a humble heart. Thank you for giving me a mother and a wife who honestly tried to be the virtuous women like you describe here. Thank you for all the women who trust that true feminism is found in fulfilling a role that only they can, -to be the heart of their home and a benefactor for those came from their own womb. Thank you for all the women who adopted children into their homes and gave them what some other woman wouldn’t or couldn’t. Thank you for wives‘ long hours, uncomplaining consistency and patient demeanor with their fallible and aging husbands. God, please fill this generation with plenty of virtuous women who will raise up the next generation of godly female mentors for the future of this planet. Amen.

If you have breath in your lungs and a sense of compassion as a compass in your heart, then you have a woman somewhere to thank.