Encouragement for Christian Women, and a Few Laughs Along the way
When I was a child, I remember hearing “Not in this family we don’t”. What my parents meant by that was, it didn’t matter what everyone else was doing. There was a certain level of behavior expected from us. There were certain things we were not going to do/say, etc. You know that verse in …
How would visitors characterize your house? Would they say it is a house of neatness? A house of order? Or would they leave feeling stressed, and glad to get home to their own place of rest? No matter how people would describe my home in the physical sense, I have found one description from the …
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Psalm 127:4 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Psalm 128:3 The Bible is full of symbolism and illustrations. I love to research …
Do you have any of “those children” in your Church? You know, the ones who you almost dread sitting next to at fellowships. The ones who cut in the buffet line in front of the old ladies, interrupt adults in conversation, and just plain run amuck, tearing down decorations as they go? Unfortunately, a whole …
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts…and be ye thankful. Colossians 3:15 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Ephesians 5:20 If you are reading the mobile/emailed version of this blog post, and can’t see the picture that goes along …
I love listening to stories of “the good old days”, or how things were before my time. I especially love to hear stories about how God has blessed His people’s lives in their times of uncertainty or hardship. Perhaps this is one of the many reasons I have such an affection for the Bible. It …
Don’t hit the mute button on the Holy Spirit, and turn the volume up on the world.
So you aren’t a math scholar, and you never learned all the elements on the periodic table. Who cares? God gave YOU your children. He knows what YOU can and can’t handle.
Though sometimes viewed as controversial these days, the way that God set up the Biblical family is for Dad to be the head of the home, or have the “final say-so”, and Mom to be the nurturing, supportive ‘nucleus’ of the home that makes it all work right. As mothers, we have the power to …
If there is one thing I know, it’s that there is a shortage of godly men in this world. Men who will stand up for what is right, stand against what is wrong, love God and lead their families in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. As a mother who is in the throes …