CHANGING THE DOMINANT WIFE/PASSIVE HUSBAND DYNAMIC When a wife has been trying to control the marriage and making most of the decisions and the husband has been unplugged for many months, years or decades – it takes TIME and practice for her to step down and learn to be a great follower and it takes… Continue reading A New Leader is Born
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Giving Our Children the Gift of Peace
Many parents are scrambling to find the BEST Christmas gifts for their children – spending hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars on toys, electronics, clothes and jewelry. It’s so normal now for Christmas to be all about STUFF. We easily turn Christmas into a monument to materialism, selfishness, greed and things. Santa and gifts and decorations… Continue reading Giving Our Children the Gift of Peace
Mrs. B.'s Story
This is an email from a precious wife. I am really happy to get to share her story with you. I think the more stories we can hear about what God has done in other women and marriages, the better! Thank you, Mrs. B! Let me start by saying, Mr. B and I were not raised in Christian… Continue reading Mrs. B.'s Story
Are We Responsible For Our Spouse’s Happiness?
Last week over at the Peacefulwife Blog, one person left the following comment: I have found it ironic that husbands are not responsible for our happiness as wives (something I am learning) but they measure their success as husbands by our happiness. For a long time this trapped me. I felt like “If he wants… Continue reading Are We Responsible For Our Spouse’s Happiness?
The Blessing of Having a Husband Who Won't Pray with His Wife
WHAT??!!! Did you read that right? Surely, I’ve GOT to be kidding! Let me start by saying: I believe that husbands SHOULD pray with their wives. I believe it is their God-given responsibility to do so – if they are believers in Christ. I believe husbands will be accountable to God for their spiritual… Continue reading The Blessing of Having a Husband Who Won't Pray with His Wife
Bitterness is Contagious and Toxic!
Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews 12:14-15 WHAT IS IT ABOUT ONE PERSON’S BITTERNESS… Continue reading Bitterness is Contagious and Toxic!
Peacefulwife VIDEOS
PEACEFULWIFE VIDEOS! What Causes a Woman to Become Controlling? 11 minutes Jesus Is the Love of My Life Now! How to Make Him Lord (7 minutes) My Story (13 minutes) – before and after My Husband Doesn’t Deserve MY Respect! (6 minutes) How to Apologize for Disrespecting and Controlling Your Husband (7.5 minutes) Responding to Our Husbands’… Continue reading Peacefulwife VIDEOS
Exploring the Depths of Bitterness
This is Part 1 of a series on Bitterness. (Click here for Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4) Thank You, God, for a Husband Who Is Willing to Tell Me the Hard Stuff My husband shocked me one night this week when he told me about some bitterness that he saw in me that… Continue reading Exploring the Depths of Bitterness
One of the Beautiful Mysteries that God Reveals to Us through Marriage
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how God designed marriage to be a small-scale representation of the profound mystery of Christ and His church. One of my favorite classes we took about 2 years ago was about the tabernacle in the Old Testament – how God lived with His people, His bride. He led them. He fed… Continue reading One of the Beautiful Mysteries that God Reveals to Us through Marriage
Each Wife's Journey is a One-of-a-Kind
One reason I write this blog is because I had a HARD time finding resources to learn about respect, godly femininity and biblical submission when I began my own journey 4 years ago. And when I did find resources, they often didn’t have many practical examples, or they had practical examples, but they weren’t from… Continue reading Each Wife's Journey is a One-of-a-Kind