Today we have a guest – my dear friend Ruth Schwenk from TheBetterMom.com. She writes: There are plenty of opportunities for a mom to feel weak. -When we haven’t managed to hop into the shower—and it’s time to make dinner. -When we arrive late for Bible study . . . with no shoes for the toddler. -When we see on Facebook another mom’s cupcakes for her child’s birthday party. -When we end the day by counting how many balls we dropped. For the longest time, I resisted my weakness. After all, who is proud of not having everything figured out? […]
Read MoreKindle Deals!
I love to read and I love a deal! So here’s some fun Kindle Deals to check out this week! 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke – $2.99 Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy by Alli Worthington – $1.99 More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated by Erin Odom – $2.99 Parenting the Wholehearted Child: Captivating Your Child’s Heart with God’s Extravagant Grace by Jeannie Cunnion – $0.99 Praying the Scriptures for Your Children: Discover How to Pray God’s Purpose for Their Lives by […]
Read MoreGiving Grace When We Need It Most
~ Today we have a guest post written by my friends Patrick and Ruth Schwenk . The change from marriage – to marriage with kids in the house – brings added responsibility and pressure to every part of life. Having kids in the house creates unexpected stress, tension, and conflict. When we’re exhausted and running on fumes, we tend to feel as if life is out of control. We feel tense, vulnerable, and more on edge. This can make us more volatile. With kids in the mix, our fuse can be short—really short. It may not take much for us […]
Read MoreBig Giveaway! 9 Copies of 3 Fabulous Books for Women
Great things come in 3’s they say and that is true today! I’m excited to introduce 3 wonderful books by 3 wonderful authors and I’m giving away 3 copies of each! Feel free to enter to win them all! First, I had the honor of endorsing this new devotional for moms written by my dear friends Ruth Schwenk from The Better Mom and New York Times Best Selling Author Karen Ehman – Pressing Pause: 100 Quiet Moments for Moms to Meet with Jesus. Kids bickering? Schedule jam-packed? Dishes and laundry both piled up high? Perhaps it’s time you pressed pause. Pressing […]
Read More10 of My Favorite Things!
Last year, I posted a list of 10 of My Favorite Things! So…Here’s 10 MORE of My Favorite Things! Spiritual 1.) The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions This prayer book is deep and beautiful. It is not an easy read but if you read some of the reviews out on Amazon, you will see that it is loved and does not disappoint! This is for someone who wants to go deeper in their prayer life. Every time I pull it out to pray through it – I am humbled and changed. There is both a […]
Read More15 Book Giveaway For Moms!
I am so excited to have the opportunity to share these books with you! These authors have generously offered up free books to Women Living Well readers and I pray these are a blessing! So let’s get started! Are you a weary mom? This first book is for you. Hope for a Weary Mom: Let God Meet You in the Mess By Stacey Thacker and Brooke McGlothlin The author’s write: “Do you feel like you’ve come to the end of yourself? Are you waving the white flag? We know there is weariness a nap won’t fix. It settles deep down […]
Read More10 of My Favorite Things
Most of my favorite things I don’t have pictures of – they don’t come in stores and they don’t have a price tag. – They include things like hearing my husband’s car pull into the garage – watching my children play together peacefully – looking out the window at the ground covered in snow – palm trees on vacation – vacuum cleaner marks in the carpeting – clean laundry –in the drawers! – a back rub – a letter from a loved one – a long talk with my husband and his listening ear – a memory verse said by […]
Read More5 Ways to Take Your Marriage From Good to Great
Today we have a guest! Rosilind is an American girl married to a Bosnian guy who lives in a small village just outside of Zagreb. They have two crazy boys who are as opposite as boys can be. When Rosilind isn’t writing, she is dreaming up recipes and searching for ways to organize her home better. She writes at A Little R & R. ************************** Rosilind writes: An article on Facebook grabbed my attention recently. The writer was addressing the growing rate of divorce among a segment of the church few anticipated would ever have such struggles – the couples […]
Read MoreLetting Your Husband Lead
Welcome back to the Messy Beautiful Love*Book Club! {To find the weekly schedule and FREE downloadable Study Guide – click here.} Today we move into chapters 5 & 6! Chapter 5 Darlene writes on page 65 and 67: The Lord cautions us: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (Ex.20:17 NIV) We are warned against coveting for a reason. It’s sinful, and it’s consuming. It’s the polar opposite of contentment and leads us to look outside […]
Read MoreLove Keeps Going When the Going Gets Tough
Welcome back to the Messy Beautiful Love*Book Club! {To find the weekly schedule and FREE downloadable Study Guide – click here.} Today we move into chapters 3 & 4 and we have a guest writer – hooray! Her name is Bridget. Bridget has been married to her best friend for 14 years. Together they have 3 boys and 1 little girl. For the biggest part of her life Bridget has been concerned with what others thought of her marriage and how she was raising her children. It wasn’t until she realized that there is no such thing as a cookie […]
Read MoreLoving Our Husbands Through the Hard Times
Welcome to the Messy Beautiful Love*Book Club! Today we dive into chapters 1 & 2. I’m going to share some of my thoughts from the reading, then a short video with the author and then discussion questions. I hope you will join the conversation by leaving a comment. Chapter 1 Chapter one is a powerful chapter. Darlene courageously tells her story of infidelity and her husband’s response. Michael responded with a measure of grace that can only come through God and the power of the gospel. “Loving his wife as Christ loves the church, Michael reached down to me with […]
Read MoreThe “Messy Beautiful Love” Book Club {Begins Here – November 3rd!}
I know we are all in the midst of the Making Your Home a Haven Series on Mondays and we aren’t really thinking about November’s Monday series quite yet BUT since it’s a book club, I want to be sure you have enough time to order your book before November 3rd! So here are the details: When: Every Monday and Thursday in November we will be reading and discussing the book Messy Beautiful Love* by Darlene Schacht, the Time Warp Wife. Where: Here at WomenLivingWell.org Why: Because marriage is Messy right? But it’s Beautiful too. This book is an […]
Read MoreMessy Beautiful Love – 3 Copies of the Book & Journal Giveaway!
Today I am celebrating the launch of my dear friend – the Time Warp Wife‘s book: Messy Beautiful Love* by Darlene Schacht. I had the honor of writing the Forward to this book!!! This book both challenges and motivates me to exchange God’s ideas and ideals for my own. Her hope-filled story of a marriage changed by the grace of God reminds us that no marriage is ever beyond God’s redeeming grace. This excerpt from the book is raw…as it takes us to the day her husband discovered her affair but it’s only just the beginning – the beginning of […]
Read MoreComing Soon…A Virtual Marriage Retreat & Messy Beautiful Love
I am so excited to share with you the “Embrace Your Marriage” Virtual Marriage Retreat! I am partnering up with some of my favorite marriage bloggers every Monday in the month of September, to focus on our marriages! Each week we will include a challenge and links to the other writers so you can virtually visit us all! While we all hold the same Biblical principles, we each have our own unique perspective and life experiences. We pray this will bless you! Join me back here this Monday, September 1st as we begin! And while we are on the topic […]
Read MoreWhat Women Want (a memoir giveaway)
By Emily T. Wierenga I was drinking twelve cups of coffee a day, addicted to sleeping pills, and only eating supper. We were newlyweds; we’d been married under the trellis in my parents’ yard, my Dad, a reverend, officiating the ceremony and the flowers in my bouquet as fake as the smile on my face. I was terrified. I didn’t want kids, I didn’t know how to make a home—my mother made homes, I lived in them. So my farm boy and I went on a three-week honeymoon to the Maritimes, to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and PEI, and […]
Read MoreBooks I’m Reading & A Giveaway: 5 Copies of You Are Loved!
Publishers send me a lot of books to review and I simply can’t read them all and review them – BUT there are three honorable mentions, I must share with you! I really respect Crossway Publishing for putting out doctrinally sound books. These three books are solid, Biblically edifying books for women (and easy to slip into your purse to read on the go). 1. Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full by Gloria Furman 2. True Beauty by Carolyn Mahaney & Nicole Whitacre 3. Exploring Grace Together: 40 Devotionals For the Family by Jessica Thompson I also have a […]
Read MoreThe Women Living Well Book Club begins January 13th!
Happy New Year!!!! The Women Living Well Book Club is about to begin. But before we start you may have a few questions – here’s my answers: When does this begin? We begin on Monday, January 13th. What’s the schedule? What do I need to participate? To be honest, you don’t need a thing – not even the book. lol! If you do not have the means to purchase the book – you can still follow along and be encouraged in your walk with God, marriage, parenting and homemaking. So please don’t let that stop you from joining us! […]
Read MoreBalancing It All by Candace Cameron Bure
This package came in the mail last week – a copy of Candace Cameron Bure’s (formerly known as DJ on Full House) newest book about to be released on January 1,2014! I opened the package, devoured the book and am ready to tell you all about it. First – this is what Amazon.com says about the book: How do you do it all?” That’s the question that wife, mom, actress, and best-selling author Candace Cameron Bure is often asked. And it’s a question that women everywhere are asking themselves as we seek to balance all of our roles, responsibilities, and opportunities. […]
Read MoreDreaming of a Sweet and Simple Christmas
I am SO excited to introduce you to our guest writer today – Tracie Miles from Proverbs 31 Ministries! She is the author of Stressed-Less Living: Finding God’s Peace in a Chaotic World . Tracie writes: Do the holidays stress you out? Join the club! As moms and wives, it seems we take the brunt of the holiday pressure. Trying to make sure that everyone is happy, fed, and festive, in addition to the house being a holiday haven and making sure all the gifts perfectly selected, purchased and wrapped, can make even the most organized, calm and collected woman turn […]
Read More*FREE* Companion Study Guide to Women Living Well
Women Living Well, the book, is now available in most bookstores and on-line at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble. If you are subscribed to Women Living Well via email then you should find at the bottom of every email a link to my FREE Proverbs 31 ebook. *** I have recently added a second link for subscribers, to my Companion Study Guide for the book titled Women Living Well: Finding Your Joy in God, Your Man, Your Kids and Your Home. *** You can either get the Guide via subsription OR just click >> here now << […]
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