Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a…

I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime. Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. 1 Peter 1:6-7 MSG In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that…

We’ve spent the past two weeks on a great subject: submission. We’ve discussed in detail the importance of submission, how it glorifies God, shows respect for your husband, and why it’s vital to a healthy marriage. But today I began to think about the how. He wants one thing. You want another. So now what? How? Right now in my household, we are trying to make some major decisions. Can you say rock and hard place? My heart is all for submitting; it’s what I want more than anything. I began praying this morning, from deep inside my heart, that…

I’ve been very excited about the series I’m currently teaching in our local Imperfect Wives Club: Are you your husband’s crown or a thorn in his flesh? We’ve covered Ephesians 5:22-33 and Titus 2:3-5 and will be dissecting Proverbs 31:10-31 over the next couple of weeks. We’ve had amazing conversations on our callings as wives, our attitudes, mothering and submission to our husbands. I’ve become very passionate about the submission topic, as we discussed equally what it should and should not look like. This past week our local Christian radio station had their afternoon radio show hosts do a segment…

I look around and consider all that the world has to offer. We have that which appears to be mass chaos and unstable in all its dealings. We have riots: are you the 99% or the 1%?; Our national debt is high and our unemployment rate low; We now have legalized same-gender marriages, legalized abortions and staggering divorce rates. We live in a world where teen moms are considered celebrities and sex sells. Sister Wives has introduced us to the world of polygamy and the sanctity of marriage is at an all time low. What the world has to offer…