Apple Pie For The Wife 9/27/2018

Good Morning,

Morning came and God blessed me with another day of life. My mug is filled with Door County Tanzanian Peaberry Coffee and I will be headed to work in a few minutes. 

Our home smells so good this morning. One of the last things I did before we went to bed was to bake an apple pie. The apples and the seasoning combined to make one aromatic home. Instead of cake, Rene and I will celebrate tonight with the pie. According to her, 1000 years ago we were married on this date. It seems like it was just yesterday. Rene picked the apples earlier this week and I went to work to turn them into a dessert fit for my queen. 

Proverbs 31:10-31 New International Version (NIV)

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

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.

My point is this. I was blessed to have found a wife like her and every year together needs to be celebrated. No matter what is going on at the time we stop to thank God for the 1000 years He has given us. We both worked hard to have the home we live in, but it was Rene who said as we built the house, that it needs to be a place of refuge and comfort for others. " We need to show hospitality even when it is difficult".

I see neighbors walk their dogs and they stop to talk to her. She always greets the walkers with a smile and will stop what she is doing to chat them up a little. I enjoy watching her in the garden and walking among the trees picking apples. I know exactly what she is going to say with a bag full of apples. "Who did we promise the next bag of apples to?" 

Well apples aside. I married a peach!

Marty