At the Respected Husband blog, I went through and wrote several posts based on topics covered in For Men Only by Jeff Feldhahn. For a little background, the Peacefulwife had asked me about purchasing For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn. If you know me, I am a flea market junkie and when it comes to purchasing books, Amazon [...]
Prayer for 5-29-12 for God’s People and Our Nation
Lord, You alone are God. There is no other. You alone stretched out the universe by Your powerful Word. You are the Creator, the Author of Life, the very essence of Love. You are holy – You cannot tolerate even a hint of sin. You are Good and You cannot be tempted by evil nor [...]
First World Wife Pains
I’m sure I’m not the only one: has it ever happened to you that you spend your whole life never hearing of something, then you hear it once and all of the sudden it’s everywhere? For example, I felt that way about the show Downton Abbey. On Monday I’d never heard of it, on Tuesday I [...]
A Long-Lost Secret of God to Strengthen Our Prayer Lives and Marriages
On March 16, 2010 – God and I had an intense conversation. I had been reading through I Corinthians and came to chapter 11 and it was like I was reading it for the first time. I had always very conveniently ignored the first 16 verses before and had never had any prick of conscience about it [...]
Doormats Don’t Glorify God Either
MY SLANT Since I am a recovering control-freak/dominating wife – I tend to write from that angle. It’s what I know. It’s hard for me to imagine NOT knowing what I think instantly and NOT knowing how I feel. And I want EVERY other control-freak/dominating wife to get to experience the joy, peace, freedom and abundant [...]
Dominant Wife, Passive Husband: The Passive Husband’s Take
Occasionally, I have tried to take one of the Peacefulwife’s old articles and add a husband’s thoughts to them. One of the older ones that continues to be read regularly is one entitled, “Dominant Wife, Passive Husband.” This post came out of a marriage seminar we were attending at church at the time that we [...]
Contentment Results from Having Christ as LORD, Not Just Savior in My Life!
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; Anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; And anyone who does not take His cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever [...]
A Huge Key to Contentment – by StillJennifer
Guestpost by StillJennifer www.stilljennifer.wordpress.com We can all learn so much from each other. I hope I can offer some of the sweat, blood and tears of growth I have experienced over the years and am still learning. A HUGE KEY FOR ME If I could only offer one piece of wisdom it would have to be [...]
Things that Fuel a Spirit of Discontentment in Me.
We as women have plenty of sources that fuel our discontent and make us feel we are “not getting all that we deserve” and that we are somehow being shortchanged. Some of the things that may fuel our lack of gratitude and lack of contentment seem really innocent. And, in fact, some things that may feed [...]
Our Marriage’s Team Name
Today’s blog is a guest post by a great couple at {double hockey sticks}. They’re all about delighting in conflict done well. Check them out at www.doublehockeysticks.com. If you didn’t read What’s Your Team Name?, you might want to read it before continuing. My husband and I just love the team name concept! It’s so valuable. So what [...]
What’s Your Team Name?
Team Name – A Great Marriage Tip! Today’s blog is a guest post by a great couple at {double hockey sticks}. They’re all about delighting in conflict done well. Check them out at www.doublehockeysticks.com. Have a team name. That’s it. One of the best pieces of advice we got when we got married: [...]
