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25 Ways to Show Real Respect for Your Husband

ADMIN NOTE: If anyone has some Valentine’s Day disappointment you would like to hash through together with me, let me know. We can talk about it. Also, please check out Valentine’s Day Expectations. BOOK NEWS: My book, The Peaceful Wife – Living in Submission to Christ As Lord, is on sale on Amazon, Barnes […]

God Helps a Wife Overcome Destructive Jealousy

I have been sharing many of the wives’ comments from the post Monday “I Need to Change! I Can’t Go On Like This!” on my Peaceful Wife Blog Facebook page. I want us all to get to hear about the things God has done and is doing in as many other women’s lives as possible. […]

The Treasures of God in the Midst of a Great Storm

From a wife whose husband threatened divorce a year ago and who wants to share with other wives who are in extremely painful situations similar to her own: I want others to know that I had many “turn the corner” moments over the last year. I am approaching 1 year since the bomb drop and have […]

Being a Trophy Wife is Not the Goal, My Dear Sisters! – by Radiant

ADMIN NOTE: after today, I am going to take a blogging break until after the New Year. Merry Christmas to each of you and Happy 2016!!!! I am praying for y’all! I had some technical difficulties earlier today. Hopefully the link is working now! 🙂 FROM PEACEFULWIFE: I came from a background of focusing on […]

Stephanie Shares Some Pearls of Wisdom about Nagging

A guest post from a sister in Christ, Stephanie. I’m so thankful we can share our stories as we learn together on this road: We got married in 2007, and we were so young (I was 20 about to turn 21, he was only 23), and still in school. I was lucky that in […]

“Being Vulnerable and Direct Feels Wrong!”

I’m going to share one wife’s “gut reactions” to the list I gave of ways we can speak and communicate directly and honestly. It’s worth the time to really hash through these objections in our self-talk together. My original statements from a post last month about how to directly communicate our needs and desires are […]

Healthy VS. Unhealthy Relationships

Where are people not permitted to say what they need, how they feel, or what they think? – those who are literally slaves or who are in concentration camps. – those in extremely oppressive countries with totalitarian regimes. – those who are in abusive or dysfunctional relationships/families. Here are some hallmarks of abusive/dysfunctional personal relationships: […]

Another Challenge – Let Your Yes Mean Yes and Your No Mean No

In the last post, we talked about choosing to believe our husbands and taking what they say at face value. (NOTE – These posts are not for wives who are facing very serious issues in their marriage like drug/alcohol abuse, uncontrolled mental health issues, abuse, pathological lying issues, or unrepentant infidelity. If that is your […]

A Fellow Wife Begins a New Challenge – “I’m Going to Actually Believe My Husband”

I first “met” A Fellow Wife in October of 2012. We have had some INTENSE conversations over the past 3 years. This has been a difficult journey many times for her – as it was for me (and as it is for all of us, I would daresay). I always love sharing what God is […]

Practical Steps to Overcoming Hatred, Rage, or Any Sin in the Power of God

Ladies, If you haven’t already read it, please read the first post in this series, “What Place Does Hatred, Rage, and Violence Have in Our Lives as Believers in Christ?” Please do keep in mind – there are times when we will feel angry. Feeling angry is not sin in and of itself and there […]