Use a Little Tact, Rachel Lynde.
Had to share this funny article on using tact when dealing with others from The Modern Mrs. Darcy and a video to brighten your day. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-fnZR7DEw&feature=player_embedded#at=207]
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Do You Like Your Husband?
“Train the young women to…love their husband.” Titus 2:4 Titus 2 gives us a checklist of seven good things that older women in the church are to pass along to the younger women in the church. The first in this list of things to learn …
Wise Words, Wounding Words
This week I have been meditating on words. I am studying Proverbs and am constantly amazed at how much it speaks of words and the lips. What we speak reveals what we are all about. It shows our heart. Someone has quipped “The tongue is …
A Few Gifts
I feel especially blessed this week as I count my blessings. Everything in life is sifted through the loving hands of God to me. And I am told to give thanks. So I am counting. My sister Bethy had a newborn baby, Leah Mae. I …
Love Is Kind
I recently heard an older Christian woman speak on kindness. She spoke of things that hinder kindness in our lives, such as envy, anger and bitterness. She also brought up the sin of “sinful, uncharitable judgments.” Charity is the old English word for love; hence uncharitable …
Gratitude and Reflection
I am so overwhelmed with thankfulness right now. The girls had friends over for the night, and my 15 and 17 year old went to work anticipating all of the fun things they could do with their cousin. They decided that they would throw a …
A Dress Code for Life
Loved this paraphrase from The Message of Colossians 3:12-14. 12-14So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. …