Marriage

  • Letting Christmas be about reflecting the light of the world
    Marriage

    The Light of the World

    ShareTweetPinShareWhatsApp0 SharesI’m a work in progress. I was a bit of a pushy, bossy porcupine for a long time, intent on controlling my world and all the hurtful things in it. Every day, I work toward being different and walking the difficult road to change people’s expectations of me. Christmas is a huge chance to demonstrate a shift in my heart towards humility and gentleness. 1 John 1:7 ESV  “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” My house is decked with lights and holiday greenery, wreaths…

  • This tiny tyrant rules my heart, but I need to raise her to be the woman and Godly wife she is meant to be.
    Godly Parenting,  Marriage

    Imagine your tiny tyrant – a Godly wife

    Share18TweetPinShareWhatsApp18 SharesHow do I raise a Godly wife if I’m still learning how to be one? I originally wrote this post two years ago, I’m both encouraged by how far I’ve come and humbled by how far I still have to go. This morning I was reviewing the book I’m reading (The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace). The author discusses how she was a spoiled-rotten only child when she first got married. Her selfishness and lack of self-control were destroying her marriage. I read this and for the first time really realized that my daughter is not only going to grow up to become an adult, woman, mother, but also…