If someone were to ask your family if you were a patient person, what would their response be? I want to consider myself a patient person, but I'm not sure what my family would say, and especially when I'm under stress or when things aren't working out on my timetable. How patient am I with my child who comes to me with questions and requests at the most seemingly inconvenient times? How about difficult people in my life? Or people who respond impatiently to me? Listen to the Bitesize ... continue reading...
EP 82: Encouraging Your Husband {Elisabeth Elliot’s 80/20 Rule}
So many times as wives, we can focus more on what our husbands are doing wrong instead of focusing our hearts on what they are doing right. You can read the post below in (5 minutes) or listen in to the podcast (20 minutes) where I share more content. Related Links: Romancing Your Husband The Impact of Encouraging Your Husband Marriage Series - Posts & Podcasts 30 Day Husband and Encouragement Challenge EP 69: Preaching the Gospel to Yourself Thankful ... continue reading...
EP 63: Fruitful Living in the Empty Nest Years
Inside: What does it look like to live a fruitful life in the empty nest years? What do I do now? What does my day-to-day life look like? Am I needed anymore? These are questions that raced through my mind as the empty nest season approached and was quickly upon me. What does it look like to live a fruitful life in the empty nest years? What do I do now? What does my day-to-day life look like? Am I needed anymore? These are questions that raced through my mind as the empty nest ... continue reading...
God Appoints Our Portion
I don't like to be interrupted. My heart is not always ready to do what God has appointed for me at the moment. I seem to forget that God appoints my portion. Most of the time I don't see it as an appointment from God but as an interruption. Those interruptions show that I have a heart that needs to be pruned because my heart should be saying "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides" (2 Samuel 15:15). Whatever I'm doing at that moment is not more important ... continue reading...
EP 40: Sexual Intimacy in Marriage {Marriage Series}
Sex is a beautiful gift from God. As Christian’s we have God’s permission to enjoy sex within our marriages – God invented it. We can learn not just to enjoy it but to delight in intimacy with our husbands. Martha Peace shares: The physical union of husband and wife is designed by God to meet God-given desire for companionship, to protect the husband and wife from temptation, and for the mutual giving and receiving of great pleasure and joy between the husband and wife. ... continue reading...