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Of Theresa
Proverbs 31:10-30

Most excellent wife, ‘tis thou found me
When I dared not to seek.
The worth of jewels thou so exceed
That of them I‘ll not speak.

My heart so fully trusts in thee,
I have no want of gain.
My greatest good hast inured thee
To be thy soul’s refrain.

Life’s wool and flax thy fingers spin
With skill and willing joy,
To craft a mantle fit for kings,
yet meant for my employ.

Stately as a merchant’s ship
Bears food from ‘cross the waves,
The labor spent to make thy trip
Thou hidest from my gaze.

Thou risest ‘fore the night is done,
When dawn’s crisp chill resides,
To provender and serve the one
In whom thy love abides.

Thy wisdom and thy diligence,
Thy character and grace,
Have conquered every hinderance
Through trials, to see God’s Face.

Resplendent in the form of woman
Strong arm joined with loving eye,
Making glad thy earthbound husband,
Joining hands our troth to ply.

Thy lamp burns bright into the evening,
Spindle whirls and distaff bends,
Diligence whilst sun sets, fleeting,
Thy family’s needs are thy first ends.

Fed and warm while Winter rages,
Abed in slumber after each day’s roam.
Scarlet clothed as hearth-fire blazes.
Safe inside their house, made home.

Modesty and Poise, they both are thy sisters.
With laughter thou face all fears yet to come.
By means of insight hast thou plied all thine answers,
The honey of Wisdom resides ‘neath thy tongue.

Other women do great, and yet not withstanding
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain.
Surpass them you do, humbly I’ll state in passing,
For ‘tis thou that art mine, and ‘tis lawful to say.

Well hast thou seen to the needs of thy household.
The bread of idleness ownest thou none.
In joy have I watched as thy children, grown older
In unity bless thee and praise thee as one.

I join in their chorus with heart’s full affection,
Overcome as I am before family and friends.
To sing of that exquisite day when that maiden
Purposed to join this most common of men.

The purpose for life hast God hid in thy bounty.
My quiver is filled with the fruits of thy womb,
Strong Sons are the arrows with which God has armed me,
The beauty of daughters my joy and my boon.

My wife fears the LORD and that’s worth my oration.
And granting the fruit of her hands my delight.
But showing her honor due one of her station,
Will never come close to the love she requites.

So bless I that day when thy parents’ affection,
Joined in sweet bliss for thy life to conceive.
United in flesh with the Father’s Election,
Called forth by the Spirit and through Son redeemed.

For my loving wife Theresa,
on the occasion of
celebrating her fiftieth birthday.
John Ford
November, 2007