Proverbs 31

Dear Tiffany,
I am SO EXCITED to get to spend this year cooking with you!  I'm sure it will be a year full of random trips to the grocery store, silly mishaps, laughter and love.  I hope what I share can be helpful, but more importantly, I hope you have a lot of fun learning to cook!  And I hope you know that I love you, and every day I spend cooking and blogging for you and thinking of you is a poor substitute for our movie nights where you fall asleep 20 minutes into it, our fun times complaining about/laughing at the men in our lives over hot chocolate, bonding over our shared love for moose-tracks ice cream, and the times we've spent praying teary-eyed in the car (with Sam waiting in the car behind us haha!).  You are such a blessing to me.
Proverbs 31: 10-31
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.


I hope that you go through this year learning to be a wife with courage, enthusiasm, and a sense of humor, and that God continues to do the work in you that he's been doing all your life.  Be a Proverbs 31 woman!
Love,
Joy