Tonight in my reading, I hit upon that famous phrase from 1 Peter 3 that I formerly disliked intensely: [Your beauty] should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3: 4 (NIV) I used to think, “Well, I … Continue reading »
Today I read a Proverb with which I am quite familiar: Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife. Proverbs 21:19 NIV I dedicated one post to this particular proverb and will repeat part of it here: *** Here’s the passage in question (NASB version): It is better to live in … Continue reading »
There’s a lot of good stuff in today’s readings. Hard to know where to begin. Choose Life or Choose Death In Deuteronomy, Moses tells Israel to choose life: ”…[by] loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life.” (Deut 30: 20 ESV) – or choose death: “… [when] … Continue reading »
I ended my last post with this question: So, what are we trying to protect ourselves from? An earlier title to this post was going to be: Why am I controlling? There’s a fear that drive us both to control others and to protect ourselves. I think that in our unconscious, and sometimes conscious, depths, we … Continue reading »
Let me warn you up front. This post will NOT sound like 99% of what you hear out there about what it means to be a Christian woman. I hope. In previous posts, I’ve contrasted the need women have to control with the Biblical description of the godly woman, one who is gentle and quiet … Continue reading »
A while ago I shared some of my thoughts on women wanting control (see The Vexing and Contentious Woman) with a friend of mine. Her response: “I don’t have any issues with control.” Huh? I beg to differ. She’s one of those passive-aggressive (p-a) types who very quietly let you know EXACTLY who you should be and what you … Continue reading »
I’ll start by introducing the word “nag” instead of “contentious.” It’s easier to type. So, why am I contentions, er, a nag (see a definition in The Vexing and Contentious Woman )? I nag to control my circumstances. And so do you. (If you don’t nag, you can probably identify other ways that you control people and situations). Why am I a … Continue reading »
Well, here I go: describing what most women devolve to when they aren’t being “gentle and quiet” (see an interpretation of that onerous phrase in A Phrase That Makes Me Gag: Gentle and Quiet Spirit ). At the NextStep conference I attended several years ago (discussed here: The Journey to My Holiday ) and again on a CD, Larry … Continue reading »
