by peacefulwife | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
We are moving from www.peacefulsinglegirl.wordpress.com to www.peacefulsinglegirl.com We will get more information to you as things are ready. 🙂 Thank you for your patience as we transition! Hopefully things will be up and going properly later this...
by peacefulwife | Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
by peacefulwife | Jul 31, 2015 | a guy's perspective, attraction, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, Fear, growing in Christ, hormones, humility, masculinity, maturing in Christ, respect, sexual purity
Shaunti Feldhahn is one of my favorite authors. She is a social researcher and Christian author who does large scale, statistically accurate surveys of men and women to discover how we think and relate to each other. What a blessing to the Body of Christ! Her book,...
by peacefulwife | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
by peacefulwife | Jul 28, 2015 | choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, Dating/Courting, femininity, growing in Christ, living life to the fullest now, masculinity, maturing in Christ, respect, romance
(Note – I am assuming that you are seeking to live wholeheartedly for Christ and that you would only date/court a man who wants to submit his life fully to Christ.) Blessing a man you love is really pretty simple – they don’t ask for a...
by peacefulwife | Jul 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
April in the spring of 1994, a few months before Greg and I got married. You might actually find a guy with very few red flags who seems totally ready to be a godly husband. And you might think you have practically no red flags yourself. You may assume that you are...
by peacefulwife | Jul 25, 2015 | choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, Dating/Courting, femininity, marriage roles, maturing in Christ, respect, submission, suffering
Some of you are considering marrying a man who believes he has a calling from God to be a pastor, a minister, a missionary, or something similar. I believe that extra care and prayer is wise as you prepare for such a venture. There will be additional challenges that...
by peacefulwife | Jul 23, 2015 | attraction, being controlling, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, femininity, living life to the fullest now, respect, romance, submission, waiting
AÂ guest post from a single sister in Christ in her 40s – thank you so much for sharing with all of us the treasures God has been showing you: I wanted to share some things I have been learning through my journey of liking a godly wonderful man and all of...
by peacefulwife | Jul 21, 2015 | abuse, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, Dating/Courting, marriage roles
Remember, the red flags I mentioned in the first post (and today’s post) don’t mean “you can never marry a guy with this issue” or that “you can never get married if you have these issues.” They mean that these are things you...
by peacefulwife | Jul 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Please check out Red Flags here. And, please check out A Wife’s New Understanding of the Red Flags She Missed before Marriage
by peacefulwife | Jul 14, 2015 | attraction, chastity, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, Dating/Courting, feminine appearance/modesty, femininity, growing in Christ, hormones, idolatry, living life to the fullest now, maturing in Christ, repentance, romance, sexual purity, virtue, waiting
A guest post by Surrenderedgirl – I am excited to share what God is doing in her life. May her post bless your walk with Christ, as well: I met my boyfriend on a college church retreat at the beach. He was the first boyfriend I ever had, and he swept me...
by peacefulwife | Jul 10, 2015 | being controlling, chastity, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, Dating/Courting, disrespect, growing in Christ, idolatry, insecurity, loneliness, maturing in Christ, peace, respect, suffering, waiting
A guest post by Surrenderedgirl – I’m so thankful for the opportunity to share what God is doing in this dear sister’s life. May her post richly bless you, as well: After several months of dating, I had built up resentment towards my...
by peacefulwife | Jul 9, 2015 | conflict
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For...
by peacefulwife | Jul 5, 2015 | choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, contentment, Fear, growing in Christ, loneliness, submission, suffering, waiting
Here’s the honest truth, my precious sisters – we will ALL feel this way many times if we are looking to people to meet our spiritual needs. Whether I am married to a godly man or I am single, I will face seasons – maybe even years or decades –...
by peacefulwife | Jul 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Please don’t allow anyone to tell you that godly femininity means subservience, slavery, or abuse against you! Godly femininity is about your walk with Christ and your voluntary submission to Him as Lord of your life.
by peacefulwife | Jul 2, 2015 | femininity, modesty is necessary even today!
Some help for the 30 day Modest Skirts/Dresses challenge: It can feel impossible to find modest clothes at the mall or in most retail clothing stores today. Thankfully, it is not impossible! Here are a few resources I’ve spotted to help you find modest,...
by peacefulwife | Jul 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Perhaps God may use this wife’s approach to inspire you if you face conflict with someone…
by peacefulwife | Jun 29, 2015 | attraction, beauty, body image, feminine appearance/modesty, femininity, modesty is necessary even today!
April wearing one of her long skirts This post is authored by a single Christian woman in her 30s. Her experience is very similar to mine since I began wearing just skirts (usually ankle length – unless I am running, or cleaning) in March, 2009. If you feel that...
by peacefulwife | Jun 25, 2015 | being controlling, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, disrespect, femininity, humility, masculinity, maturing in Christ, peace
A lot of *girlfriends and wives have this viewpoint today. We try to forbid our men from doing the things our guys love to do that could possibly cause injury. We think we are doing this out of love and that we are “protecting our men.” But is this a wise...
by peacefulwife | Jun 22, 2015 | maturing in Christ, prayer, repentance, submission
I have been doing an amazing Kay Arthur study on prayer with a ladies’ group at my church this summer called, “Lord, teach me to pray.” I love Kay her point (pg. 54): “And what is the root of all sin? Is it not independence? Is it not...
