“For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.”
The concept of making yourself beautiful by developing the proper spirit, one of gentleness and quietness, is not a new one. In the past, women put their trust in God by adorning themselves this way. They submitted themselves to their husbands and God blessed them for it.
Sarah though of Abraham as her lord (her leader, her head, the one she looked up to). She did not merely conform to the external expectations of society. Society’s expectations are superficial and often misguided. She thought of him as her lord. The Old Testament passage that this verse is alluding to reveals that Sarah called him lord within herself. She did not voice this title. She just thought of him this way. She adorned her hidden person and is praised for it for all to see. God lifts Sarah up as an example for all women.
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