Mothers Day and My Good Wife

Proverbs 31:30

The Voice (VOICE)

³⁰ Charm can be deceptive and physical beauty will not last,
    but a woman who reveres the Eternal should be praised above all others.

Sunday was Mother’s Day. Sylvia has been married to me for almost 50 years and a mother for over 45 of those years. She loves the Lord and often spends an hour a day reading his word and meditating on it.

She is widely loved, and her advice and sympathy are often sought. A mother with growing children and living down the street is fighting a battle with breast cancer. She came to Sylvia for support and wisdom. Another woman on our street just lost her job. The first thing she did was to come into our home for sympathy and counsel. Another single mother is seeking answers in her own life, help for an ailing teenage daughter, and watching her beloved grandmother die from advanced liver cancer. Sylvia surprised a homeless former GI in front of the post office the other day by reciting to him his family problems and his desire to help the family. He had opened his soul to her on a previous occasion months ago. He forgot; she didn’t.

While walking around the neighborhood, I often run into people, kids, strangers who will say to me, “Oh, you’re Sylvia’s husband. She is a truly wonderful person.” Often they will proceed to tell me of an incident where her caring love helped them through a bad time.

Sylvia’s influence is not limited to locals. In the past fortnight, she has been on the phone with a widow in Tennessee who has suffered more major health problems than anyone should have. She lost her home in a fire not too long ago. Another widow who is a long time friend phoned from Michigan. This time it was about a grandchild who had to leave church school because of her parents’ financial mismanagement. Sylvia sent a care package to another long time friend who is living with an abusive husband in Canada. Sylvia has the back of our car loaded with her late mother’s clothes to take to a widow in her 70s who is living hand-to-mouth on odd jobs she can find.

Sylvia has her own bank account that she delights in using to help provide, often anonymously, for others in need. She speaks of Adventist Frontier missionaries as though they are her own family members.

Her love for children has led her to produce a CD called Angels by my Bed to bring hope and encouragement to them when their problems loom over their little heads. You can visit her website with the same name.

Thank You, Lord, for a wife who reveres You consistently.

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