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Making Your Home Magnetic
Today we are chatting about my favorite chapter of Courtney Joseph’s encouraging book Women Living Well, Chapter 17 on Making Your Home a Haven. On page 173 Courtney writes, “What makes a home a haven? Is it having a well-decorated home that looks as if it popped out of Better Homes and Gardens? Is it a home that has massive amounts of toys, food to feast on, video games stacked high, and every movie imaginable to view? Is it a certain number of square feet, a separate bedroom for each child, or the neighborhood in which you live? No. It is not the things we have or the things we…
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I Can’t Believe My Husband Felt Dishonored
Our son Andrew was tired, really disappointed by a friend, qnd he had homework he didn’t want to do. Angry tears dripped down his cheeks while he worked on his assignments, revealing there was something more bubbling under the surface. My husband sat across the room watching football, occasionally glancing over at us. I didn’t know if JJ realized what was going on but I kept hoping he would recognize Andrew was upset and “engage” with him. But, that wasn’t happening. So I “invited” JJ into the situation by suggesting he turn off the TV and come talk with Andrew. At this point, I was not thinking very honoring thoughts…
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The Security of Our Story
Hearing our love story gives our children the assurance that they were meant to be. “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be”. Psalm 139:16, NIV Carrying plates to the table, mashed potatoes and gravy piled high, I watch as my teenage boys plop down in their chairs. Peeling black paint reveals my secret – the original white enamel. I smile, remembering this was the first piece of furniture their dad and I bought together. We’ve sat around this table sharing stories and meals with these two boys for almost two decades. Tonight we’ll sit and talk and linger…
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The Virtuous Life: What I Learned About Humility from Charles Ingalls
We’re continuing our series on The Virtuous Life of a Christ-Centered Wife. Today is part two in the discussion on the virtue of humility. It’s also our final installment on the series. See the table of contents at the end of this post. Humility. The heart of the matter is serving each other in love, isn’t it? So why do we complicate things so much? Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4 C.S. Lewis put it this way, “True humility is not thinking…
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Encouragement for Today…
This past weekend a friend and I got to talking about the old days. About 25 years ago. You know–the days before internet? Or maybe you don’t know and I’m just dating myself here. In any event I remember it as an exciting time in my life. I was a newlywed–everything was new to me and I wasn’t only ready to take on the world, I was ready to take on some new recipes. I spent hours on end thumbing through old magazines and filling out recipe cards. If I knew anything for sure it was this–I was going to dazzle my husband with my homemaking skills. I had time…
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An Open Letter to Young Girls Everywhere
I feel rather blessed. Being the mother of three lovely teenage daughters—young, bright, and beautiful. All three of them hoping to get married some day. Or at least they think they will. But to tell you the truth, they’ve grown a little doubtful lately. The girls observe these marriages around them falling apart right before their eyes. They’ve seen the destruction of divorce and have stayed up late comforting dear friends whose parents are parting ways. Or, they watch while some couples stay together, yet grow increasingly cold and distant. Tension filling the air. It troubles them to think of their lives ending in this unhappy way. It messes with…
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Quality Time is Found in Unexpected Moments & a Titus 2sday Link-Up
Quality time is found in the unexpected moments of life. It’s not defined by the hour,but simply by our devotion one to another. ~ Time-Warp Wife The old saying goes: if a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how much does a pound of butter weigh? And we’ve all come to learn that the answer is simple–a pound of butter will always be a pound, no more and no less. So it is with time. An hour is an hour regardless of which way we slice it. Some days it flies by and other days the minutes drag on, but…
