Weeds grow of themselves; flowers are planted. Sanctification is a flower of the Spirit’s planting. -Thomas Watson
Monthly Archive for April, 2007
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It is faith alone that has saved him: faith bestowed by sheer gift. From this buoyant humility, this farewell to the self with all its good resolutions, anxiety, scruples, and motive-scratchings, all the Protestant doctrines originally sprang….Protestantism was not too grim, but too glad to be true. -C.S. Lewis in his English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
Courage is not something we necessarily think of as a feminine virtue, but I think there are good grounds to believe otherwise. Here’s a definition: Courage is the ability to control fear when facing danger, difficulty, or pain. It is to be stout hearted, having a resolute spirit, heroic, fearless, plucky (there’s a word you don’t hear often).
The word virtue comes from the Latin word that means manliness or manly courage. So to be virtuous women, we must forsake cowardliness and embrace a biblical femininity. Proverbs 12:4 says, “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband.†The note in the New Geneva Study Bible says this means literally “a wife of valor.†Now I like that: Christian women are to have a backbone if they want to be a crown to their husbands. A wife who is a coward will not be an excellent wife. Sometimes we mistakenly think that a weak, frail, whimpering wife is what a strong, godly man wants in order to show off his manly strength. But the truth is that kind of woman ends up being more of a liability than a blessing. We are to be courageous women, and we have many biblical examples to follow of women with true faith and courage. Continue reading ‘Courage’
I’m going to start writing a regular bit about the Sabbath dinner because I believe it is such an important part of Sabbath living that we need to recover. So this will be the first of a few articles.
           Ten years ago our family made a principled decision to start feasting on the Lord’s Day and it was one of the best things we ever did. We had no idea at the time what it would grow to mean to us and to everyone around our table. And we had not an inkling of what a delight it would be to have the grandchildren gather around with us. Continue reading ‘Sabbath Celebration’
Hello and many thanks to you who have been checking in here in the infancy of my blog. I am still learning how to find my way around, and you may have noticed, I’ve already changed the scenery at the top. The water lily was pretty, but it was a little too heavy for me. The green grass selection is a little closer to the mark since spring is really coming here in the Northwest. (By the way, spring weather here is all of the following: hail, rain, snow, wind, sunshine, and all within half an hour. No kidding!)
Last week I worked a few days in figuring out what I would do with a blog since now I have one. And since my kind-hearted husband had prepared it all for me, title and all, I had no more excuse for putting it off. So my plan for now is to post different women’s studies that I’m working on or have in my files. I hope to post a new one each week in each category (fruit of the Spirit, feminine virtues, unmarried sisters, etc.). That way, if any of you are inclined to use them, you should, Lord willing, have a new one coming each week.
Please bear with me because I’m sure to hit some glitches and snags, and if I find something I like better than the green grass, I will certainly switch with no warning. My family can tell you I do the same thing at home. I’m one of those furniture re-arrangers, I confess it.
So thanks again for your many welcoming comments. I truly appreciate them, and I’m betting this will be lots of fun.
 Blessings,
Nancy
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