Our Trip

Hello, my friends! Greg found a deal last Thursday night that was just too good to pass up – $200 for a WEEK at a condo in Williamsburg, VA!?!?! I LOVE going on trips. So, we got ready in very short order and left last Sunday for the 6.5 hour trip to Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg… Continue reading Our Trip

The Frustrating Quiet Phase

SCRIPTURES RELATED TO TODAY’S POST: 19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so… Continue reading The Frustrating Quiet Phase

A Husband Answers My Questions about Emotions

  A Husband Answers My Questions about Emotions. If you have not read this post linked above, you have GOT to read it! I believe it will help to open up the new mysterious world of masculinity to  you and may help you begin to understand your husband’s perspective a bit more accurately. I’m on… Continue reading A Husband Answers My Questions about Emotions

Learning to Respect and Give up Control is a Process

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Lessons of a New Wife

  Rhiannon is dear to me already! I met her here on my blog recently and I am SO EXCITED about what God is doing in her life, marriage and heart. How I WISH I had understood the things Rhiannon understands so early in our marriage. I believe her post will bless you whether you… Continue reading Lessons of a New Wife

“I’d Love More Affection from My Husband” – A Fellow Wife

Administration note from Peacefulwife: Our children are on spring break, and I am not going to be as available to comment this week as normal. I may sneak in every once in awhile. But you are all more than welcome to comment, discuss, encourage each other, pray for one another, build each other up and… Continue reading “I’d Love More Affection from My Husband” – A Fellow Wife

Examining the Real Motives behind Perfectionism and People Pleasing

Examining the Real Motives behind Perfectionism and People Pleasing. I think that a few of the wives out there may have had some of these issues even in high school and college like I did… if so, this post from www.peacefulsinglegirl.wordpress.com may be interesting to you! I am not an expert on this topic, but… Continue reading Examining the Real Motives behind Perfectionism and People Pleasing

A Lightbulb Moment for a Wife Who LOVES Control

    I am so thankful to the wife who allowed me to share her story. I have a feeling that God may use her lightbulb moment to trigger a lightbulb moment for many other wives, too!  Why am I stressed? Well I could say because my husband works 12+ hours a day 6 days… Continue reading A Lightbulb Moment for a Wife Who LOVES Control

Prayer Day – Jesus Is Our Greatest Treasure

CHRIST IS ALL. We are complete in Him. He is the answer to every need, the perfect Savior. He needs no decoration to heighten His beauty, no prop to increase His stability, no girding to perfect His strength. Who can gild refined gold, whiten the snow, perfume the rose or heighten the colors of the… Continue reading Prayer Day – Jesus Is Our Greatest Treasure

Do I Base My MARRIAGE on Emotions/Feelings? Part 2

Do I ground my marriage in facts and truth or do I base my marriage on emotions? We love to feel romanced, but real-life marriage needs a stronger, more lasting foundation.