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But Did I Share the Gospel?
We’re continuing our Women Living Well series this week on the topic of your walk with the King. “Your influence as a mother is powerful, don’t waste it. Little eyes are watching you.” ~ Courtney Joseph, Women Living Well Ohhhh, Friends. Isn’t it in the smallest things that we find the greatest “ah haa moments” ? Just yesterday, I asked my son to clean his room. As most ten year olds do, he bantered back and forth with me, “Maaaaaa, it’s summmmmer”, and “Maaaa, I cleaned my room yesterday!” Finally, when I mentioned the upcoming consequence, he begrudgingly ran upstairs, shut the door, and from my knowledge did what he was supposed…
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The Virtuous Life Series: Discussing the Virtue of Love Pt. 1
This is part one of week four in our series, The Virtuous Life of a Christ-Centered Wife. See table of contents at the bottom of this post. This week we’re talking about the virtue of love. I had originally titled this discussion benevolence, another name for charity, but after taking a closer look at the word I thought it best to avoid any confusion. Our modern use of the word charity can be quite different from the original word, agapē, which is described as a sacrificial love in 1 Corinthians chapter 13. Today however, many people see charity as little more than a duty. It’s something we do at Christmas time–another…
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The Virtuous Life Series: 5 Ways to Exercise Purity
This is week two/part two of our series, “The Virtuous Life of a Christ-Centered Wife.” For previous posts, please see the links at the bottom of this article. Another name for the virtue of purity is “pure in heart.” To be pure in heart means to have good intentions. The opposite of that would be doing things merely because we feel obligated to, or doing one thing while thinking another, otherwise labelled a hypocrite. I remember driving in the car one evening with my oldest son when I said to him, “I’m not like that. I’d never been so rude to a person…” As far as I was concerned, I…
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The Christ-Centered Wife: Examining the Virtue of Purity
We’re starting this series of discussions by examining the virtue of purity. What is it? How do we get it? Why is it vital to our walk with the Lord? Those are some of the questions we’ll look at this week as we dig deeper into the virtuous life of a Christ-centered wife. When we consider the idea of purity, the first thing that comes to mind is one’s sexuality. By protecting our purity, we save ourselves for marriage. That’s an important step for every Christian to take, but there are many ways that we are called to purity, and several ways that we exercise the virtue of purity in…
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The Virtuous Life of a Christ-Centered Wife – Introduction
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.” – Sydney J. Harris Before we get into the study of virtues–before we dig any deeper–let’s start out by examining what virtues are, and why they are important to our walk with God. First and foremost we’re saved by grace. There’s nothing that we can do to earn our salvation. Salvation has been imputed to us by God through faith in His son, Jesus Christ. The thing is however that those who believe in Jesus, believe He is…
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New Blog Series – The Virtuous Life of a Christ-Centered Wife
I love going through a new series, don’t you? Every time one ends on my blog I get to thinking about the next one. What could I write about? What would interest you? Where is the Lord leading? And so I’ve been tossing around the idea of going through the virtues one by one. Not every virtue, as I could write on this topic forever, but the seven that are commonly known: purity self control benevolence diligence patience kindness humility What I really like about this study is that virtue calls us to action. As we exercise each one of them, they bring our flesh in line with our Spirit. …
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He Always Brings Me Back to Grace
As a writer there are some days when I have to wonder… What if this is it? What if I’m the only Bible that some people read? What is the message they receive? What if someone is looking to me to see an example of Christ? How often do I fail them? Me, your pastor, Billy Graham, John Piper, the neighbor next door… we’re all a work in progress–saved by nothing but the grace of God. Oh how we fail. I’ll never be an example of perfection, but I can point you toward a perfect God who transforms those who believe through His Son. I don’t have a flawless past,…
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5 Ways to Exercise Virtue
My daughter started running about a month ago. Three minutes walking/two minutes running during the first week, two minutes of each during the second week, and so on… She wasn’t a happy runner. In fact she hated the idea at first. But during that first week I told her that I was certain of one thing–after a while she’d not only enjoy her workouts, she’d look forward to them. Fast forward a month and I have a runner in the house. Last night she bought workout clothes and today she told me that she doesn’t like the idea of missing a day. If she could be on the treadmill 24/7…
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The Most Breathtaking Way to Worship the Lord
I sat down today with the full intention of writing a post on marriage. But as I wrote, the words took on a direction of their own. I can’t help feeling that God wanted me to write this. Why? I have no idea. And for who? I don’t know. But nevertheless I wrote as I felt led. Maybe it’s for me, maybe it’s for you, or maybe it’s for someone you know. In any case, I pray that it moves us all to a deeper level of worship… It’s not every day that we wake up the kids at 2 am to go for a drive, but the other night…
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Free Printable – The Proverbs 31 Woman
Click here to download a high resolution image The Proverbs 31 Woman… isn’t so much a lesson on getting up early, sewing clothes, buying a field, or achieving perfection. The heart of the matter is that she was dedicated to walking in virtue. She cared deeply for her husband and children. She put the needs of her family before her desires. She was a woman of noble character who walked by faith. My guess is, she wasn’t perfect–none of us are. But she was ready and willing to be perfected by God. You are loved by an almighty God, Visit Time-Warp Wife on facebook: Click here If you would like…
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5 Questions to Ask When Making Decisions
Cell groups… Sunday school… Church camp… Women’s Conferences… Teaching… Leading… Speaking… Cooking… Helping… Which activities do I choose, and which ones do I step back from? To be honest, I’m the kind of person that wants to sign my name on every page. I’d love to be involved and sometimes I wish there were ten of me to go around. Michael on the other hand wisely steps back and says, “Maybe we should think about this, Darlene,” because he knows that there aren’t ten of me. In fact with four kids, there’s barely one of me some days. Sometimes I get so caught up in the thrill of opportunity that…
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Are You Chasing After the Wind?
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. – Ecclesiastes 2:11 (NIV) Hunt and Pursue. Most of us do it, but why? Remember how Abraham sent out his servant out to find Isaac a wife? Or what about the time when the tribe of Judah chased Adoni-Bezek, and cut off his thumbs and big toes? (Ouch! Graphic story there, but he did have it coming!) And let’s not forget Pharaoh chasing the Israelites across the Red Sea. What about us modern day wives? In which ways do we…
Daily Devotions & Bible Studies for Women
