a link to her blog.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Ann-- where is God anyway?
I love Ann VosKamp's wording for everything! One Thousand Gifts has got to be my all time favorite book and now it's been converted to a Bible study and here is a glimpse of Ann...
a link to her blog.
a link to her blog.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Middle of Your Heart
"Middle of Your Heart" by for King and Country
showing respect?
Over the years I've read plenty of books &/ or blogs on 'being a godly wife.' Typically, there will be something that I most definitely need to change how I 'wife' and more often than not I get all discombobulated and the enemy attacks hard. After this last book I read, which leans very legalistic if you ask me, I had to seek God and just simply ask HIM to show me what it is to be a godly wife to my husband and to correct me when I'm wrong--- right in the moment.
Very often He'll show me what it's not. I was at a meeting last night and the leader said something about a husband screwing up her diet and thinking about looking for a second one & then proceeded to say how long it took her to train this one so she figures she'd keep him-- all in jest. She makes snide comments about how pathetic men are every week. It doesn't matter whether the circle is religious or not, in our culture it seems like there is this underlying joke about how men don't do this or that, and if you want something done right don't ask your man to do it. And I felt the Holy Spirit tell me deep down in my gut, that this is what being disrespectful toward your husband looks like, even behind his back. And I felt sick.
Don't talk trash about your husband, to his face or behind his back. If you need to talk to him about something important-- do, but by no means should we be mean or be a nag.
1 Peter 3, encourages us to be gentle and peaceable (that's the literal translation for quiet).
Proverbs, encourages us not to be argumentative.
Proverbs 31, gives us a glimpse of a godly wife, and tells us that her husband has full confidence in her, she brings him good & not harm... it further says that he is respected at the city gate--- to which I read between the lines and say that she must be gentle, peaceable, non-argumentative, & there is no way she's talking trash about him behind his back.
Very often He'll show me what it's not. I was at a meeting last night and the leader said something about a husband screwing up her diet and thinking about looking for a second one & then proceeded to say how long it took her to train this one so she figures she'd keep him-- all in jest. She makes snide comments about how pathetic men are every week. It doesn't matter whether the circle is religious or not, in our culture it seems like there is this underlying joke about how men don't do this or that, and if you want something done right don't ask your man to do it. And I felt the Holy Spirit tell me deep down in my gut, that this is what being disrespectful toward your husband looks like, even behind his back. And I felt sick.
Don't talk trash about your husband, to his face or behind his back. If you need to talk to him about something important-- do, but by no means should we be mean or be a nag.
1 Peter 3, encourages us to be gentle and peaceable (that's the literal translation for quiet).
Proverbs, encourages us not to be argumentative.
Proverbs 31, gives us a glimpse of a godly wife, and tells us that her husband has full confidence in her, she brings him good & not harm... it further says that he is respected at the city gate--- to which I read between the lines and say that she must be gentle, peaceable, non-argumentative, & there is no way she's talking trash about him behind his back.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Links
Links:
Ann Voskamp's blog
today I've done a little catching up on Ann's blog. she is the author of "1000 Gifts" which is somewhere in the top 3 best books I've ever read. I love how she explains Lent in her Feb 12th blog ... I love how she describes anything an everything, she has both talent and anointing in her writing.
southwest chicken recipe
I've been craving this all week! It's on the menu for tomorrow night! can't wait
date night!
it's our favorite night of the week. this link has some ideas for a little change of pace. :)
hind sight is always 20/20?
this blogger had some good marriage advice, but it's from the view point of having lost his.
Ann Voskamp's blog
today I've done a little catching up on Ann's blog. she is the author of "1000 Gifts" which is somewhere in the top 3 best books I've ever read. I love how she explains Lent in her Feb 12th blog ... I love how she describes anything an everything, she has both talent and anointing in her writing.
"It is an irrefutable law: one needs to be dispossessed of the possessions that possess — before one can be possessed of God.Let the things of this world fall away so the soul can fall in love with God. God only comes to fill the empty places and kenosis is necessary – to empty the soul to know the filling of God" -- Ann VosKamp, Feb 12.
southwest chicken recipe
I've been craving this all week! It's on the menu for tomorrow night! can't wait
date night!
it's our favorite night of the week. this link has some ideas for a little change of pace. :)
hind sight is always 20/20?
this blogger had some good marriage advice, but it's from the view point of having lost his.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Audience of One
It's nice to have someone tell you you've done a good job. But living in a way to win the approval of others is exhausting, and what kind of friend would I be if that's all I wanted from you? It's an easy trap to get sucked into and I still catch myself craving approval then I'll talk to God, because it's His approval that matters. It's His approval that keeps me grounded rather than being thrown around by the winds of of people approval. And I find peace with Him.
in or out?
It seems as easy as breathing to get caught up in my appearance-- I know for a fact I'm not alone on this. There isn't a woman dead or alive that hasn't looked in the mirror and wanted to change something. And we do all kinds of things to "improve" our appearances. Even if she doesn't wear a stitch of makeup she might still put a flower in her hair or wear a flattering dress & of course there is the complete other extreme of women getting cosmetic surgery, then there's all the in between of makeup, hair color, manicures, jewelry and so on. We ALL attempt outward beauty in some way shape or form.
I've been working out at the gym for about a year now & this last 6 months have been a little shaky with children's cold & all.. I want exercise to be a priority for the sake of my health but I'd be lying if I said appearance had nothing to do with it. Anyway my workouts have been pretty half-hearted lately & God showed me in prayer today that more than just my workouts have been that way. My time with Him & my spiritual diet have been suffering a great deal, I need to take more time to consume His Word & to be with Him. Then I remembered 1peter 3:3-4 where it says that women should be concerned about their inward beauty which is to have a gentle & peaceable spirit. What i gather from the whole passage is that Outward beauty should just be the "cherry on top" & inner beauty to be the dominant priority in our lives ,or to keep with the analogy, the "cake" on which that "cherry" rests. The in fading beauty of who we are in Christ is far and above more important than the fading beauty of our flesh. We can start by giving it to God & then shifting our thinking toward His beauty standards outlined in 1peter 3 & several places through out proverbs.
I've been working out at the gym for about a year now & this last 6 months have been a little shaky with children's cold & all.. I want exercise to be a priority for the sake of my health but I'd be lying if I said appearance had nothing to do with it. Anyway my workouts have been pretty half-hearted lately & God showed me in prayer today that more than just my workouts have been that way. My time with Him & my spiritual diet have been suffering a great deal, I need to take more time to consume His Word & to be with Him. Then I remembered 1peter 3:3-4 where it says that women should be concerned about their inward beauty which is to have a gentle & peaceable spirit. What i gather from the whole passage is that Outward beauty should just be the "cherry on top" & inner beauty to be the dominant priority in our lives ,or to keep with the analogy, the "cake" on which that "cherry" rests. The in fading beauty of who we are in Christ is far and above more important than the fading beauty of our flesh. We can start by giving it to God & then shifting our thinking toward His beauty standards outlined in 1peter 3 & several places through out proverbs.
Friday, February 22, 2013
What is my life adding up to?
Reading through the book of Matthew as I've been considering how I spend my time drew my attention in to Christ's return. It's not something I think about much because it still seems like its a ways off, but then Jesus did say that no one knows when He'll return. No one knows when the rapture will take place, but what if it did happen today? Am I living my life today with Love toward The Lord? Am I spending my time in a way that He commends?
Tracking back from rapture thinking, I just have to ask myself what my life is amounting to. What will the majority of my life consumed by? And how will I answer for it to God on the day of judgement?
Just some thoughts to consider.
Tracking back from rapture thinking, I just have to ask myself what my life is amounting to. What will the majority of my life consumed by? And how will I answer for it to God on the day of judgement?
Just some thoughts to consider.
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