Schoolingmom

What do you do when your husband fails your expectations? First of all, I must say, I think my husband is the most wonderful, absolute best husband ever! Now wait a minute, wait a minute…before I seem narcissistic or self absorbed, I have to explain myself: EVERY healthily married woman would say the same thing. She who writes an answer to the proposed question above would probably be saying the same…about HER own husband. When we assess our husbands, we should not be led to judge them according to those around them (ie: other husbands). Instead, we should be happily assessing how well our OWN husbands work together with ourselves as wives...and in comparison to Who Christ is…that’s all! Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 10:12: “ For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. ” It must really stink for a husband to constantly hear, “Je...

How do you embrace eldership?  Eldership (or the leadership and seniority from older members of the community) is a very important, yet lost commodity in modern western society. We are living in a time where true godly wisdom of the elders is a rare jewel that has become much more difficult to encounter than it was in days gone by. There’s exists a problematic duality that could have a multifaceted benefit if problem-solved correctly. However, here in lies the problem: (1) An unseasoned generation that sees no real need for eldership and (2) the decrease in true godly elders to gain any useful wisdom from. Senior Barbie...Denial How many times do we see 60-70 year old women and men who would rather spend their time trying to look and act like they did when they were 27? Instead of embracing their eldership, they are too busy looking backward and trying to turn back the hands of time. If I had a nickel for every “look younger now” scheme on the market, I would be a multimi...