It's a Wonderful Life!

A tradition we have at our house is to watch It's a Wonderful Life on Thanksgiving weekend. Have you ever thought about using this movie as a teaching tool for your daughters?

Mary, the wife played by Donna Reed in the movie, is a great example of a submissive wife and mother.

• She dressed modestly and was modest and quiet in her personality, too. You never saw Mary running around gossiping with the neighbors, did you?
• She was loyal and loving to George and didn't criticize him or speak harshly to him, except in the scene where he visited her after she came back from college and he was rather rude to her.
• She took care of the house, making it into a cozy home over time, with a little money, which was a huge job.
• She was a good mother to his children and taught them to love their father and to pray for him when things got bad.
• She showed wisdom in her dealings with other people and only did George good.
  
• She enthusiastically helped him in his business pursuits.
  
• She was a wonderful helpmeet, sweetly giving up her own desires to help George in his times of need.

Proverbs 12:4 says, "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband." Mary was such a crown to hers. May we be such a crown to our own husbands.