Absa has a good family education. Absa was the daughter of Caleb, who followed the Lord wholeheartedly and feared God. Presumably, during his wandering years in the wilderness, young Absha must have seen his father's loyalty to God and his obedience to all the laws of Moses all his life. Therefore, these teachings of father's body will be engraved in his heart, which will exert a subtle influence on Asa's values. So when his father Caleb regarded himself as a reward for conquering Gilead, he was willing to obey. A good family relationship can often be a hundred times stronger in unexpected places and plug the loopholes in our family. Absa's obedience is the result of Caleb's accumulated education. Because as the saying goes, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Absa is lucky. She got off to a good start.
A good beginning is half the battle. Absa gets only half from a good family, and the other half comes from her independent thinking and calmness in the face of things. When Othniel captured Gilead Siva, his father Caleb kept his promise to marry her as a gift to the south. As soon as Absha came in, she persuaded her husband Osnier to ask his father for a piece of land. She asked her father for a sip of water. Land and water will make you rich. Every time I read this passage, I wonder why Absa wants a spring of water instead of gold and silver. Later, I looked at the topography of Israel and found that the land in the south is an extension of the foothills of Mount Hermon, mainly desert, where water is more precious than gold. Because wisdom is better than silver, and its benefits are better than pure gold (Proverbs 3: 14).
Absa is a kind woman. She became Othniel's assistant and brought blessings to her husband's family. People leave their parents, live with their husbands and become one. There is a big challenge for women here, that is, they must leave family of origin and become an independent individual, and then re-graft to a family different from their own in family of origin with a new identity, wife or daughter-in-law, and start a new life. This requires good psychological quality and excellent wisdom to quickly adapt to the sequelae caused by this identity change. There are many women who have just failed in transformation (divorce) and want to return to their familiar family of origin to feel safe; There are also women crossing the river by feeling the stones in this transformation, covered with scars, hurting themselves and tired people; And Abu Sa, Caleb's daughter, is the kind of woman who has successfully transformed and brought blessings. Because Absa knew that empathy stood in the interests of her husband's family and prayed for his father to give him precious water, and it flowed from spring to spring. Absa successfully changed roles just after the door, relying on her wisdom. She not only has her own unique opinions, but also helps her husband to ask his father for a dowry. Such a clever woman must be her husband's crown.
Yang Lan has a famous saying: There is no obligation to discover the Excellence inside through your sloppy appearance. Therefore, the cosmetic industry is in full swing in every city. Celebrity plastic surgery is a common occurrence, and ordinary people are also moved by the wind. My friend's daughter graduated from college and didn't find a good job, but she was busy with plastic surgery, raised her nose and cut her double eyelids. It seems that having a beautiful painted skin can gain the recognition of the world, and it is also a passport to fame and fortune. However, if you only have a beautiful appearance and don't pursue inner strength and wisdom, beauty will often become a disaster, harming others and yourself. Even the story of diusim, beauty belongs to beauty, but it is just a piece on someone else's chessboard. Therefore, when you face plastic surgery, you should also face your own inner plastic surgery, so that your heart can be enriched and not moved by foreign things. Because the beautiful Audrey Hepburn will grow old and weak, but Hepburn's heart will become more noble with the growth of age, which will warm the world in cool thin.
Learn from Asa, be a wise woman, and live deeply in a heartless world. Kindness has principles and sensibility has a bottom line. Wisdom of true understanding is better than gold; Choose wisdom rather than silver.
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