“For all eternity, may happiness and peace be as abundant in your heart as your goodness and sweetness so rightfully deserves….The LORD will give strength unto His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace.” Psalm 29:11 So reads the inscription written by my father to my mother in her Bible eight years prior to my adoption into the Ennis family. My mother’s prayer was much like Hannah’s recorded in 1 Samuel 1:10-19. She greatly desired a child; however, a hysterectomy at an early age rendered the desire biologically impossible. The Lord, nonetheless, said “yes” to her heart’s desire and allowed the assimilation of a daughter into their childless household through adoption.
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ARE YOU READY TO RETURN TO “LIFE” IN A CHANGED WORLD?
I was blessed to have a career that allowed me to begin each semester with a “clean slate”. As a university and seminary professor, most fall semesters I taught the Principles of Biblical Womanhood course. It allowed me to introduce my students to God’s special instructions to women—specifically, those found in Proverbs 31:10-31; Titus 2:3-5, and 1 Peter 2:21-3:12. Today I am reminded that Proverbs 31:10-31 is a timeless passage containing the guidelines for 21st century women to confidently return to “life” in the changed world that COVID-19 created!
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