The Suitable Helper

I enjoyed an article by Ruth Hunt called "The Suitable Helper" . She is the wife of Dave Hunt of The Berean Call. The article lists 10 ways that a wife can be a suitable helper to her husband. When you have time, the whole article is full of nuggets of wisdom, but I especially wanted to share parts 9 and 10:

Nine: A gracious wife accepts his love, however offered. Husbands are not all poets and romantics. They may work hard, be loyal, faithful, helpful, but have a problem saying the words she longs to hear. Love can be unspoken and just as real. Accept it.

Ten: Most important of all, the wise woman attends to her inner beauty because "Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who feareth the Lord will be praised," Proverbs 31:30 tells us. Those many virtues listed throughout chapter 31 add up to a zero if her relationship with the Lord is not the priority. So--number ten is really number one.