• When Your Spiritual Gifts Clash With Your Spouse’s

    It was a simple phone call that landed me in hot water. A phone call and an innocent mistake led to a tense few moments between my husband and myself. I ordered take out for a friend who was in need and made a mistake when ordering. The result was an extra $20 charge that I didn’t expect. I tried every which way to fix my mistake, but the restaurant wasn’t budging. I just had to suck it up, hope my friend really liked General Tso Chicken, and explain to my husband what had happened. Unfortunately, the conversation went exactly as I expected: Joe was annoyed and I felt guilty.…

  • I’m Afraid to Follow My Husband’s Lead & Winners Announced!

    Today I’d like to introduce you to our final monthly contributor, Renee Swope of Proverbs 31 Ministries. She’s here to inspire us with her writing and has also offered us five signed copies of her book, A Confident Heart Devotional. Welcome Renee!! I grew up in a family of multiple divorces and marriages led by strong women. When I got married, I had serious hesitancies when it came to following my husband’s lead. Honestly, I was afraid if I submitted to my husband I would become a doormat and lose myself in the process. About a year after we got married, J.J. told me it was easier to just let…

  • Where He Leads, I Will Follow

    Guest Contributor, Lisa Jacobson, Club31Women.com My heart fluttered when I opened the email. My husband and I had been invited to an important dinner – one of those “by-invitation-only” sort of affairs. Privately, I’d been hoping that we’d be included as there were a number of well-known names attending. People I’d only read about, but never met. Let’s just say that I was pretty excited about the prospect of sitting down with them at a dinner party. Okay…really, really excited. So I could hardly wait to announce the Big News to my husband. “Woo-hoo, Babe! You’re never gonna guess….” And he didn’t. So I told him. “You and I have…