Women of Virtue

As I have thought a lot over the past few months about what it means to me to be a righteous daughter of God, this scripture of the virtuous woman in Proverbs keeps coming to mind.  

"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies." (Proverbs 31:10)

I have always loved this scripture in Proverbs and it takes on so much more meaning to me when understood with the definition of virtue given by Pres. James E. Faust, in his talk entitled The Virtues of Righteous Daughters of God.  (To read it click here) President Faust said this about virtue:

"Many people do not fully understand the meaning of virtue. One commonly understood meaning is to be chaste or morally clean, but virtue in its fuller sense encompasses all traits of righteousness that help us form our character.

 I like that the verses directly following Proverbs 31:10 go on to tell us what a virtuous woman looks like.  Some of her traits include:


trustworthy
dependable
good
industrious
strong
compassionate
giving
prepared
honorable
wise
kind
not idle
good mother
good wife
worships God
(Proverbs 31:11-31)

In his talk President Faust also gives us a list of virtues for us to pursue in "our quest for excellence and happiness."  They are:

1 .Faith
2. Honesty
3. Chasity
4.  Humility
5. Self-Discipline
6.  Fairness
7.  Moderation
8.  Cleanliness
9.  Courage
10.  Grace

I think all of these virtues follow along so well with the verses in Proverbs, and to me these are the qualities that a righteous woman of God should have or should be working to obtain.  Since what I want most to be is a virtuous woman of God, what better way to learn how to be one then to ask those who already are. I know many wonderful women who exemplify theses qualities and who are examples to me of virtuous women of God, so I thought I would get to know them better and learn all of their secrets by interviewing them. 

That said, I am changing the name of my "Great Mom"  interviews to "Women of Virtue" interviews, and  I am planning ("planning" being the key word here) on interviewing someone each Friday, so check back.


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