When in Israel last year I was privileged to visit with some of the settlers out on the West Bank. At one home I gave an "Above Rubies" magazine to a mother. She looked at it and immediately exclaimed in Hebrew, "Paniyn, panyin... pearls." "Panyin" is the Hebrew word for pearls.
"But," I said to her, "I didn't think you had pearls in Israel."
"That's the reason it says we are pearls," she replied. "The man has to go far away to look for such a treasure."
Of course I checked out the word "far" above rubies or pearls. Yes, it means, "far, far away, abroad, precious." The man has to go far to find such a precious jewel.
Isn't it amazing? I have read the Bible through over and over again, but never found a Scripture that says that a man's worth is more than rubies or pearls!
As wives, mothers, and homemakers, we are indispensable to our husband and our home. As home-loving, home-keeping, home-cooking, home-working, home-advocating and child-training mothers, we are indispensable to this nation!
Love from Nancy