Champions and Kings

As I was preparing for our annual ladies event, I was getting into my usual state of panic about how to inspire and breathe courage and life into the women. At one point, my husband, Craig burst into the room with a bit of revelation that God had shown him. 

(“Oh God, give ME the revelation not him. I need it more” was my first grumpy response!).

Craig’s revelation came from Prov 12:4 “The integrity and strength of a virtuous wife transforms her husband into an honoured king.”

When Craig told me what God had said, it prompted me to go and look at that verse myself in the hope that God would reveal something to me as well.

What I did find (or what was revealed to me) was in the footnote!

Footnotes are those extra writings under the line at the bottom of the page that explain the verses above the line!

I love the footnotes in the Passion translation:

The word “wife” here in Proverbs 12, is an amazing Hebrew word, “chayil”, that is commonly used to describe “warriors”, “champions”, and “mighty ones”.

The meaning of the word “chayil” is better translated “an army that is wealthy, strong, mighty, powerful, with substance, valiant, virtuous, or worthy.”

Wow! Women, all women, let’s rise up to be the type of woman that God has destined us to be – a women who embody all those good, strong, lovely words!

And, those of us who are married, will transform our husbands into kingly figures in our worlds! So good!

God’s word breathes courage and life into us.

Be inspired today.

#footnotesrock

#timelesstruth