Gems in the Web: Blessing Husbands 11/30/12

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We’re going to wrap up our month of blessing husbands with a few excellent gems you don’t want to miss! We often read and talk about what submission IS.  Find out What a Wife’s Submission is NOT. Aileen Challies, the wife of Tim Challies, did a three part blog post series a few years ago [...]

Gratitude Will Change Your Husband

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By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Most men are not really complicated–we are. But I know I take my husband’s uncomplicated nature for granted. And too often, I default to trying to improve him in one area or another, instead of seeing and building his enormous strengths in so many other places. (Why do we major [...]

Are You Kind To Your Husband?

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 By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; [...]

Blessing our Husbands by Cultivating Contentment

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By Contributing Writer, Yvonne Harink Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment and makes men torment themselves; it makes the spirit sad, the body sick, and all the enjoyments sour; it is the heaviness of the heart and the rottenness of the bones. It is a sin that is its own parent. It [...]

Are You a Nag? Take the Quiz!

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By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore One of the first pieces of marital advice I received was, “Don’t be a nag!” Okaaaaay. I had no idea what a nag was.  Until I became one.  Is there hope for a nag {like me}? I asked google what the definition of nag was, and I got this: Verb: [...]

Communication Ditches

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By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson Not so long ago, I landed in a ditch — a communication ditch. The children wanted to be excused from an activity.  I can’t remember what it was.   But wanting to please, I gave permission. Later I had second thoughts and talked with my husband about why the request [...]

Leaky Plumbing and A Humbled Wife

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By Contributing Writer, Terry Covey Let’s Start With The Negatives We’re all used to getting advice that offers us a quick answer–the “positives” to work towards.  We grasp at them like there’s no tomorrow!  “Just tell me what to do and I’ll finally be….”  Yet perhaps it is best to begin at the very beginning – [...]

Preparing for Daddy’s Homecoming

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By Contributing Writer, Chelsey Hall I want to share with you for just a moment, an excerpt out of an actual 1950′s Home Economics textbook. You might have read this before, but take a moment and read it again: How to be a Good Wife HAVE DINNER READY: Plan ahead, even the night before, to [...]

Blessing Our Husbands with Prayer

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By Contributing Writer, Jennifer Ross Contemplating this month’s theme got me thinking.  ”What is the best way to bless our husbands?”  There are so many good ways!  So many potential areas to focus on.  With my passion for homemaking, my default is to express the importance of being a brilliant help meet as one of the best ways to bless our husbands.  [...]

Laying the Foundation For Being a Blessing to Your Husband

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By Contributing Writer, Marcia Wilwerding Before a woman can truly be a blessing to her husband, there are certain heart issues and attitudes which must be in place. Otherwise, there will always be form without substance, performance without passion, and obedience without relationship — none of which is an accurate picture of the relationship between [...]