“To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still and that is to forgive.” ~ C. H. Spurgeon As I’m writing and processing through this post I don’t know what you my readers are coming to this post with. I don’t know…
Being a homemaker can seem like such a mundane job to the world. It can be easy to find satisfaction in other areas of our lives that get noticed by others. In the care of your home and family is where God’s chisel is being worked to transform you into the image of Christ. It…
I’m finding myself in a waiting room on the Lord, and it has reminded me that when I gave myself to Him I gave up my “right” to be in charge. Even though it is a truth we know, how many times do we want to think that somehow we can effect change in our…
Do you find yourself easily offended or angry? Complaining about the circumstances in your life? Blaming others for the issues in your life? Upset over the person who overlooked your feelings or doesn’t appreciate you? Who put these people and these situations in your life? God uses the circumstances and situations in our lives for…
Inside: How we care for our homes reflects what we believe about the Gospel. Let’s embrace our calling as keepers of the home with joy, love, and purpose for God’s glory. “As Christian women, this is the attitude that should characterize our lives. We are to be women who love our homes. We are…
My children are grown, and I’m now watching my daughter raise her little ones in such a different time than I did. I didn’t have internet, cell phones, or access to a thousand different voices coming at me, giving me advice on how to raise my family. My only guidance as a wife and…
“One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put there. Let us submit the list to Him and ask…
Sharing some helpful thoughts for women in the work world or those pondering going back to work from Elisabeth Elliot and Carolyn Mahaney: “Because I want to be faithful to what Scripture does say I often refer to that passage which tells me, as an older woman, what I am supposed to say to younger…
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. Just 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…
When you hear the word “femininity” what sort of images come into your mind? The world lays out many different pictures of what femininity should look like, but God tells us it is a life of surrender. May the words of Elisabeth Elliot encourage you today in finding your “gateway to joy.” …
Sometimes when we’re reading a Homemaking Series, we might think the ladies who write these have every part of their lives together. Let me be the first to tell you; I don’t have it all together. Some people may say I’m hypocritical by writing about something I haven’t mastered in my own life,…
“The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of thy peace shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.”…
“A Christian home should be a place of peace, and there can be no peace where there is no self-denial.” ~Elisabeth Elliot If you would like to have Thankful Homemaker delivered to your inbox, simply click here: Subscribe to Thankful Homemaker Get updates that are not posted on the blog…
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 My daughter just had her second baby a little over a month ago, so she now has two both under 19 months. I want to share what I…
Inside: A gospel-centered look at kindness in marriage and how it reflects Christ in our homes. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Kindness is one of those quiet graces that speaks volumes in our homes—especially in…
Mary Forbes Winslow (1774–1854) was the wife of a British Army officer and the mother of 13 children, including the Victorian Baptist and Anglican minister Octavius Winslow, a contemporary of Charles Spurgeon and J.C. Ryle. Mary Winslow’s journal entries sparkle with a love for Christ and evidence of a deep work of God in her own…
Inside: Hostess gifts are such a sweet way to show your appreciation for being invited into someone’s home. I’ve been on both the receiving end and the giving end of hostess gifts, and I want to share with you some of my favorites to give and receive. Hostess gifts are such a sweet way…
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