by Peacefulwife | Feb 4, 2019 | being controlling, bitterness, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, Dating/Courting, disrespect, expectations, growing in Christ, living life to the fullest now, loneliness, respect, romance, waiting
Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash Valentine’s Day is coming up, ladies! With all the pressure and expectations that come along with it for all of us – whether we are in a relationship or not. Our Worth Is Not Wrapped up in This One Day Sometimes, we may be...
by Peacefulwife | Jan 24, 2019 | choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, contentment, expectations, living life to the fullest now, loneliness, maturing in Christ
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash In our last post, we discussed, “Is Wanting to Be Married a Bad Thing?” Today, I want to address the opposite end of the spectrum. God’s Word says that marriage is a gift and that singleness is a gift. Neither one of...
by Peacefulwife | Jan 21, 2019 | contentment, expectations, growing in Christ, idolatry, living life to the fullest now, marriage roles, romance, waiting, weddings
God created men and women. And God created marriage and family. Marriage and family are very good things. It is NOT a bad thing to desire to be married at all! In fact, it is a great desire, and a natural desire. The key is that our desire for marriage must be in the...
by Peacefulwife | Jan 17, 2019 | being controlling, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, expectations, growing in Christ, hormones, idolatry, living life to the fullest now, loneliness, maturing in Christ, peace, prayer, repentance, suffering, waiting
Photo by Aliyah Jamous on Unsplash Focusing on and talking about the negative comes easily to our sinful nature. We don’t have to try hard at all to find all kinds of things about which to complain. Negative thinking and speaking comes from a variety of sources:...
by Peacefulwife | Jan 14, 2019 | attraction, beauty, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, Dating/Courting, femininity, living life to the fullest now, respect, romance
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash A cheerful heart is good medicine. Prov. 17:22 My husband, Greg, has always known how to make me laugh. Ever since the night we first met when I was 15 and he was 16. His sense of humor and wit were some of the things that...
by Peacefulwife | Nov 27, 2018 | contentment, growing in Christ, living life to the fullest now, maturing in Christ, peace, sexual purity, submission, waiting
I have walked beside hundreds and hundreds of women on this journey. There are several telltale signs that I have noticed that I want to share with you. When I see these indicators beginning to unfold in someone’s life, it means that God is at work, opening her...
