Are you looking for encouragement? Maybe some guidance? I am happy to announce a “New Titus 2 Mentoring Series” that starts this morning! Here are the contributors and their topics: Jasmine @ Far Above Rubies–Keeper at Home Heather @ Raising Mighty Arrows–Being Discreet June @ A Wise Woman Builds Her Home–Sober-Minded Women Hannah @ [...]
I have major issues with weeds. Not only are they unsightly, but I go through all this work to make my garden look like a Monet painting and the weeds have the audacity to plop themselves amongst the pansy’s like they were invited! I didn’t look through my seed catalog and say to my [...]
As we walked from our car to the pool, our first time visiting this summer, she was walking out. Young, fresh, beautiful, perky and scantily clad. Her suit was so revealing that my young son, just five, couldn’t take his eyes off of her. He had never seen something like this before and in his [...]
by Breezy Brookshire on April 25, 2011 in Activities, Cleaning, Creativity, Faithfulness, Food, Gardening, Gardening, Hospitality, Industry, Ministry, Obedience, Purpose, Responsibility, Sanctuary, Self-control, Servanthood, Standing Firm, Training Ground for Mature Adult Character, Unity Between Generations
Many of you are young mothers who one day hope to see your daughters joyfully living the life of a homemaker, even in your own home before they marry. But some of you may be apprehensively wondering, “What will that look like?” Having a visual of what your daughter could one day be doing takes [...]
I step over a pile of green mucus the person in front of me hawked on the ground and board the bus. Body odors and foul air greet me, the stench of the unbrushed and unwashed. I’m the only fair skinned one on this bus and I stick out like an alien with purple polka [...]
(Photo credit: Emily Rose Brookshire) Contentment is one of the priceless virtues a woman must cultivate. As daughters preparing to be homemakers, we eagerly await the time when we can be in our own homes, and it is crucial to develop contentment right now. Without it, we will stifle our joy and tear down our [...]
by Robin on January 8, 2011 in Faithfulness, Industry, Inspiration in Child Rearing, Ministry, Nurture, Obedience, Purpose, Responsibility, Self-control, Servanthood, Standing Firm
Illustration Courtesy of BreezyTulip’s Studio We have been given our assignment: the wise woman is to build her home (Proverbs 14:1a). As I mentioned in Part One, this means “nurturing and training our family. Building relationships that will endure and thrive in this chaotic world. Making the Lord Jesus Christ the center of your home.” [...]
by Robin on January 7, 2011 in Faithfulness, Industry, Inspiration in Child Rearing, Ministry, Nurture, Obedience, Purpose, Responsibility, Servanthood, Standing Firm, Training Ground for Mature Adult Character
Illustration Courtesy of BreezyTulip’s Studio Thinking about homemaking brings to my mind many different ideas, but the main thing that stands out is the need for us mothers & wives to build our homes. The kind of building that you don’t see immediately with the eyes, but the kind that you understand with your heart. [...]