I have been camping out in The Excellent Wife book, and I encourage you ladies if you haven’t read it in a bit to dust it off and bring it out again. It will bring your focus of marriage back to a biblical one. One of the chapters that surprised me that I gained much from was the one on loneliness. One statement Martha Peace made in the addendum on loneliness was shared from her friend, “being alone and lonely is not the same thing. If you are alone ... continue reading...
EP 100: Showing True Biblical Love to Our Husband
Take a moment with me, ladies, to remember back to the early days of marriage. You loved to see your husband's face, hear his voice, and feel his touch. To be near him, hold his hand, or delight in a long sweet conversation. Laughing together, taking long walks, love notes, sweet phone calls, and all the other gifts that let you know you were loved and cherished by each other. No one had to tell you to delight and cherish him. Let's fast forward ten years. Life happens. Days are busy. ... continue reading...
EP 96: My Top 5 Productivity Tips for Busy Homemakers
I'm sharing some of the simple tools that have helped me manage my time over my 34 years of being a wife, mother, and homemaker. I continue to tweak them over the years and various seasons of my life. What I love most about them is that they are all free. You don't need to purchase anything extra to implement these tools into your day. I share items that I've purchased or used but it is not necessary. We all do things differently, and there is no right or one way to manage our days, ... continue reading...
Directly from the Father’s Hand – {Psalm 31:15}
How often do we find ourselves trying to seek control and manipulate challenging circumstances that come about in our lives instead of first and foremost surrendering ourselves and our circumstances to the loving and authoritative, sovereign hand of the Lord? The reminder in Psalm 31:15 is, "My times are in your hand." God has ordained every circumstance of our lives to be worked out for our good and for His glory. We can rest knowing that every aspect of our lives is under His divine ... continue reading...
Marys and Marthas: Celebrating Women of Different Character
So often, the passage in Luke 10:38-42 describing the scene of Mary and Martha only highlights Martha being corrected, and we miss out on so much more of Martha and Mary's character. There were some issues with Martha's attitude, but I appreciated the quote below from J.C. Ryle on these two sisters who "both loved Jesus—and Jesus loved both of them." It's a good reminder for us all to remember, there are many varying personalities and strengths that make up the family of God. We need ... continue reading...