Tag Archives: gratitude

Receiving Your Husband’s Generosity Graciously

I learned a LOT about being a wonderful recipient of my husband’s attention, compliments, efforts and gifts from Laura Doyle’s “The Surrendered Wife” and from her book, “Things Will Get as Good as You Can Stand – When You Learn that it is Better to Receive than to Give!” RECEIVING AND FEMININITY Receiving well is […]

Focusing on the Good

It is NO FUN  for people to be around me when I complain or argue.  It’s easy to focus on what I think is wrong.  But does that honor God? HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES ALL BEING JUST RIGHT I used to think that for me to be happy, other people and circumstances must all be perfect. That’s not […]

Gratitude Exercise

This exercise is simple – but POWERFUL!  It can be applied toward any relationship or situation in life.  But today, I’d like to focus on our gratitude for our husbands and for their strengths. Sometimes coming up with a list of a husband’s strengths can really be difficult for a wife – especially if her mindset […]