Proverbs 31:25 (NLT) describes the virtuous woman: “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” The KJV uses the word “honor” but most versions translate it as “dignity.”
What does it mean to have dignity? The dictionary tells us:
It is the quality of being worthy of respect and honor.
Having a high sense of propriety, truth, and justice.
Moral correctness.
Elevated deportment of manners and behavior.
An elevated office, an honorable or high rank, a degree of excellence in estimation or the order of nature.
Dignity is meant to be the testimony of godly women. The more we walk in God’s ways, the more we will walk in dignity.
It is sad that many women are losing their dignity today. Many women are crying out for recognition. They rant and rave and demand their rights. But this is the opposite of womanhood and dignity.
We reveal our dignity when we embrace who God created us to be. He created us female. He created is physically to birth and nurse babies. He created us to be nurturers in society. This is God-given dignity. And don’t forget, dear mother, that you have an honorable and high rank as you faithfully mother in your home each day.
And even more amazing, too amazing to comprehend. The word “honor” in the King James Bible or “dignity” as many translations give it, is the same word that is used to describe God! Here is one of many Scriptures: “O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty” (Psalm 104:1). And yet here in Proverbs 31:25 the woman is clothed with honor.”
We walk in this honor and dignity as we embrace God’s ways and His beautiful life He wants to live through us.
Walk in your God-given dignity today.
Love from Nancy Campbell
Painting: At the Cottage Door by William Henry Margetson 1861 – 1940.