day no. 16,347: the means and the magic

Proverbs 12:4

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

Wives adorn their husbands. They make them look good. They decorate their heads by honoring them as their head. Women were made to adorn. They make things prettier and better than they were before. They transform square feet into a home. They turn vegetables into soup and flour into bread.

1 Peter 3:4-5

Let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands.

The man provides the means and the woman provides the magic. He brings home the bacon and she makes it into breakfast. He makes the means and she makes it meaningful. He brings home the paycheck and she makes it into a pot roast dinner. He conquers the world and brings some of it back so that she might cultivate it into an atmosphere. She turns his wages into a welcoming space. She adorns his cash by investing it into a culture. The man owns the home and the woman makes it homey. He makes the room and she makes it roomy. He works the land and she works her magic and together they embody the fairy tale. She turns his wages into wonder and transforms his funds into a feast. He plants the seed and she waters it. He sows, she grows.

Proverbs 24:3-4

By wisdom a house is built,

and by understanding it is established;

by knowledge the rooms are filled

with all precious and pleasant riches.

This is wisdom:

Men make things, women make them better;

Men buy things, women make them worth owning;

Men fill the checking account, women fill the home.

Working together, everything is made and made better.