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 | May 15, 2017 | abuse, chastity, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, contentment, dating a non-Christian, Dating/Courting, expectations, Guys to avoid, idolatry, insecurity, living life to the fullest now, loneliness, maturing in Christ, peace, people pleasing, repentance, waiting, weddings, woundedness
A guest post by Olivia. May her words be a great blessing, my dear sisters! The Muck and Mire Which Was My Life I am a 30 year old single woman, who has been single for almost 2 years now. May I mention that these 2 years marks the first time in my 20s that I have...
by Peacefulwife | Mar 13, 2017 | being controlling, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, expectations, growing in Christ, humility, maturing in Christ, peace, weddings
For some reason, it has almost become accepted in our culture that a wedding day is “all about the bride” and that she can do basically whatever she wants – even if she hurts her groom, family members, or friends in the process. This may be okay in...
by Peacefulwife | Mar 6, 2017 | choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, conflict, contentment, expectations, maturing in Christ, peace, weddings
Today’s post is part two of a three part series on engagement/wedding-planning. In 2015, the average cost for a wedding was a record-breaking $32,641 according to a survey of 18,000 brides as reported by The Knot. Let’s also think about this number in...
by Peacefulwife | Feb 28, 2017 | being controlling, choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, contentment, expectations, feminine appearance/modesty, growing in Christ, humility, idolatry, insecurity, living life to the fullest now, maturing in Christ, modesty is necessary even today!, people pleasing, weddings
One of the best things about being in Christ is that we have so much freedom in Him! We don’t have to be slaves to the world’s ways. We don’t have to celebrate the same way the world does or live by the world’s expectations. We no longer need...
by peacefulwife | Aug 26, 2014 | choosing a godly path for career/marriage/future/motherhood, weddings
My twin sister and I both got married the same summer – 1994. Our parents gave each of us $5000 and said, “If it costs more than that, you pay the extra. If it costs less than that, you keep the extra.” Greg’s dad was the pastor at our church...
