by Darlene Schacht | Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Rich beauty doesn’t blossom over time unless the gardener is willing to till the soil, tend to the weeds and water each seedling as it grows. So it is with marriage. Those who stay the course with patience and humility reap the harvest of a strong and healthy...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 29, 2011 | 31 Days of Love, Marriage, Marriage Challenge
May you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer – may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. ~ Proverbs 5:18,19The Webster definition of captivate is: to capture the attention or affection of, as by beauty and...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 28, 2011 | Christmas, Guest Blogger, In-laws, Marriage, Titus 2sdays
Guest Contributor, Sheila Wray Gregoire, To Love Honor and Vacuum Most of you are still recovering from Thanksgiving, and Christmas is just around the corner. While the turkey may be delicious, though, often these holidays add tremendous stress to our marriages,...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 28, 2011 | 31 Days of Love, In-laws, Marriage, Marriage Challenge
My mother-in-law (shown above with my children)is one of my best friends.“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 27, 2011 | Christmas, Crafts
Do you love Christmas crafts? Me too! There’s nothing like the look and the feel of homemade. And I absolutely love the rich tones you find at this time of year–it takes my breath away!Here are 12 of the most beautiful Christmas crafts I’ve gathered...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 27, 2011 | Beauty, Christian Living
Out of the mouths of babes… The other day my daughter got in my car after school and said, “Mom here’s another reason I don’t want to wear makeup: 18 billion dollars is spent on makeup a year, and 15 billion of those dollars could have fed and...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I received a copy of Homemaking 101 from Jennifer Ross, asking me to review it. I had read homemaking books before, but a DVD? This was different, so I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I certainly wasn’t expecting to see a presentation with as much...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
We had an interesting service in church yesterday as we were reminded of the parable from Luke chapter fourteen in which a certain man was hosting a banquet and sent invitations out which were rejected because of various excuses: “I just bought a field; I just...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 27, 2011 | 31 Days of Love, Marriage, Marriage Challenge
Fourteen years ago my husband chose to begin pursuing me with a prank phone call. It’s not how a couple usually meets, but it’s how we met. We were both college students at the Moody Bible Institute, living in one of the greatest cities in the world,...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway! We had 106 entries, so I went to www.random.org and the following numbers came up! 15, 25, 32, and 65.So the winners are: Drum roll please….#15 – http://rebeccafinchblog.com/#25...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 26, 2011 | 31 Days of Love, Marriage, Marriage Challenge
Our home is about 20 minutes from Washington DC. We live in the midst of amazing cultural and racial diversity and I love it! Unfortunately, at times you can cut the racial tension with a knife! When I go to the store I am definitely the minority. I really don’t...
by Darlene Schacht | Nov 25, 2011 | 31 Days of Love, Marriage, Marriage Challenge
Can you remember the time when you were a new bride and you couldn’t wait to serve and please your husband? Maybe greeting him at the door with a passionate kiss? Making him his favorite meal? Wearing your hair a certain way? Having a sweet spirit?But then life...
