She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle. Proverbs 31:19
In order to spin flax or long-fibered wool, it makes it easier if the unspun is draped over a distaff. A distaff is a stick or staff that is designed to hold those fibers. The spinner pulls a piece from the unspun wool and begins to turn the spindle. A thread is created and then this spun thread gathers upon the spindle. The distaff makes the spinning process easier by keeping the fibers untangled, making for a steady flow of those fibers into the fingers of the spinner.
These pictures above are not a depiction of the attire of the Proverbs 31 woman, yet the distaff and spindle have not changed much from then to even today. Those who spin today use a spinning wheel more often than a spindle. I, personally, liked using this type of spindle as well as the Navajo spindle along with the spinning wheel. They each gave me great satisfaction in this creative process.
LORD God, You gave each one of us a gift of creativity. I pray that each one of us use the abilities You have given us to full capacity. You created us and the world. Now may we turn back to You with the beauty of the skills and the arts for which You made us. Thank You, Father, for Your gifts. I pray in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
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I am a quiet woman growing each day in the LORD.
Christ is my home. He is the well from which I drink. I became His 25 years ago. I am 71 so that is actually a small percentage of my life through which I could have walked closely with Him. No matter, He never stopped waiting for me.
I am now a widow from a Christ-centered marriage of 25 years to Kenneth. I praise God for him. I miss him so. We had no children.
I feel God’s call to be His light in this dark world. I am grateful for the love God gives to me so I may give it away.
I live in Lufkin, Texas, USA (in Deep East Texas/Pineywoods). I have taught Women’s Sunday School/Bible Study, co-administrated/taught a teen girls’ annual conference. I participate in women’s Bible studies in church as well as on my own. I am a retired elementary school teacher, having taught in California, Washington, D.C., and have taught older children and adults in Oregon and Texas. I also retired from being a children’s librarian in the public library system, a job I thoroughly loved. I tutored primary-aged children who are falling behind in those early years of school until we moved in May 2017.
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