{"id":2590,"date":"2013-05-11T05:39:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T02:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T13:36:13","slug":"the-excellent-wife-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/the-excellent-wife-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"The Excellent Wife Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day I want to honor the mother of my five children, Christina, for her unending love and devotion to our family and to God.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know Christina I suggest that you get to know her! You can start by listening to a bit of her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Christina Answers Your Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=917\" target=\"_blank\">testimony here.<\/a><\/span> We are from two very different worlds but I&#8217;m thankful that God brought us together and has already given us 16 years of marriage and 5 children!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2618\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2618\" data-attachment-id=\"2618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/the-excellent-wife-updated\/sony-dsc-162\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,359\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NEX-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367751208&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;37&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SONY DSC&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SONY DSC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2618 \" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663-600x336.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">God gave me and excellent wife and for that I am thankful!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I thought there would be no better way to honor my wife than to do it with Scripture, so I decided to update Proverbs 31:10-31 to\u00a0reflect contemporary life.<\/p>\n<p>The text below is not a &#8220;translation&#8221; but rather an adaptation. You can scroll over the references to read the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Free ESV Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001EOCFU4\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001EOCFU4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sukfam-20\" target=\"_blank\">ESV translation<\/a> <\/span>of each verse.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pro 31:10\u00a0An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:11 Her husband has complete confidence in her, he has no regrets.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:12 She is kind to him, and never says mean thing to him all the days of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:13 She sorts the laundry, and willing folds the clothes with her own hands.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:14 She drives all over town for the best deals and loads her minivan with health food from the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:15 She slips out of bed before the sun rises to get the coffee going and make sure breakfast is on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:16 She finds time to get outside and make the yard look nice, she even plants a garden.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:17 She works out and keeps herself fit.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:18 She stays up after the kids are in bed running an online business.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:19 She washes the dishes and keeps the kitchen sparkling<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:20 She generously gives to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:21 She dresses her family well for every season.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:22 She \u00a0loves to make her home beautiful; she has style.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:23 Her husband is well known in the neighborhood, he is a leader at work and in church.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:24 She sells her handmade crafts all over the world on Etsy.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:25 She is poised and strong and has a positive outlook on the future.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:26 She always knows just what to say and says it with kindness, she is a sought after teacher.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:27 She works hard and keeps to a schedule, she doesn&#8217;t waste her life on romance novels and Pinetrest.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:28 Her children tell all their friends what a great mom they have; her husband praises her:<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:29 &#8220;There are a lot of great women, but you are the best!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:30 Glamour hides the truth and good looks are useless, but a woman who honors the LORD with her life is to be praised.<\/p>\n<p>Pro 31:31 Complement her for all she does and tell others what a great wife she is!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Question: Who do you want to honor as a mother? How would you describe the contemporary &#8220;excellent wife&#8221;?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day I want to honor the mother of my five children, Christina, for her unending love and devotion to our family and to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36,31],"tags":[115,110,279,294],"class_list":["post-2590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-writing","tag-mother","tag-mothers-day","tag-motherhood","tag-wife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03663.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-FM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":839,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-i-think-giving-birth-is-easy\/","url_meta":{"origin":2590,"position":0},"title":"Why I Think Giving Birth is Easy","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"May 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, I am a man and no, I've never given birth! 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