Yesterday, we looked at some common expectations that wives often carry into marriage and how they can create resentment in us (For Part 1 of Expectations, please click here). We also looked at reality vs. these expectations. Here are some more expectations that we often bring into marriage that sometimes create resentment that if I… Continue reading Expectations – Part 2
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Expectations – Part 1
We all go into marriage with a lot of expectations. (Click here for Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) And, as a reader of mine quoted last week, “Expectations are premeditated resentment.” Ladies, what are some expectations you have of your husband and marriage? Some expectations – I believe are valid. I believe we should… Continue reading Expectations – Part 1
Handling "External Pressure" on This Journey
A Wife’s Questions I just wanted to start off by saying thank you and God bless you so much for your labor of love in creating the wonderful blogs that are blessing me and so many others. I was thinking to myself this morning that ever since I discovered your blog about a month ago… Continue reading Handling "External Pressure" on This Journey
A Widow's Pain
** Check out my Peacefulwife Blog FB page today for more discussion on godly femininity and physical intimacy I heard from a dear woman who has been in such deep spiritual pain since her husband died 7 years ago. She has very graciously allowed me to share my correspondence with her. God has been at… Continue reading A Widow's Pain
What Was I Thinking???
My real husband and myself last May on our anniversary One of my readers, a single Christian guy, commented on this comment of mine – my words are in blue. I thought his question was a good one. Here is my attempt to describe what on earth I was thinking those first 15 years of… Continue reading What Was I Thinking???
We Want the Fairy Tale
So many girls grow up on Disney princess stories and fairy tales. What is it about the concept of being a princess that captivates us so much? And what do these stories drill into our minds that might not be healthy, godly ideas for marriage? THE DREAM Fairy tales tend to focus on the girl,… Continue reading We Want the Fairy Tale
A Prayer for a New Beginning in Christ
The kind of sincere prayer that will honor God and get you moving in the right direction to live with Him as LORD of your life is something like this: Jesus, You alone are my Lord and my God. I have sinned against You. I confess all of these sins (here are some examples): unforgiveness… Continue reading A Prayer for a New Beginning in Christ
The PAINFUL Email Issue
Here is an issue that comes up A LOT! Many wives email me and are VERY, VERY upset because they email their husbands but then sometimes their husbands don’t email them back. Then the wives feel SO unloved and hurt. They believe that if their husbands loved them, they would ALWAYS immediately write a loving… Continue reading The PAINFUL Email Issue
Signs
SOME WARNING SIGNS THAT A WOMAN MAY TEND TO HAVE TROUBLE WITH RESPECT AND BIBLICAL SUBMISSION IN MARRIAGE: These are my observations from my own life and from the women and men I have talked with. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list. A woman who is likely to want to be in control of… Continue reading Signs
Why Are Many of Us So Unprepared to Be Godly Wives? – Part 2
For part 1 of this series, and some observations of two Christian men on this topic, please read here. WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON THAT MOST OF US ARE COMPLETELY UNPREPARED TO BE GODLY WIVES? Christian women in recent generations have had a number of cultural, church and family influences that have moved us… Continue reading Why Are Many of Us So Unprepared to Be Godly Wives? – Part 2