30 Day Husband Encouragement: Day 27 November 25, 2009

Day Twenty-seven:

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the
LORD.” Ps. 31:24

You have almost completed the “30-Day Encouragement Challenge.” Perhaps it has taken you a tremendous amount of courage to speak words of encouragement consistently to your husband. Courage comes as we place our trust in God. Have faith that God will continue to work long after your encouraging words have been shared. There are lots of “tough guys” in the world, but true courage comes from the Lord. Does
your husband exhibit the courage to take an unpopular stand, perhaps even to stand alone against evil? Is he courageous in his faith? Does he work hard to change injustice? Is he a stickler for the truth? Does he protect you or your family from the attacks of the Enemy?

Psalm 27:14 says this kind of courage comes from “waiting” on the Lord for His strength. If your budget allows, “award” your husband with a medal, trophy, framed picture of a brave knight, or some other token that represents his courage as a man of God. Praise evidences of your husband’s courage in protecting you, your marriage, your family, or your home.

30 Day Husband Encouragement: Day 26 November 24, 2009

I stopped this series in the middle a few months ago because I realised I was being a hypocrit… I was not encouraging my husband. I am still not very good at it. But I am trying now. SO I am going to finish the series and hope I am more of encouraging to him in the future.

Day Twenty-six:

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” Luke
2:52

If you have faithfully encouraged your husband, you will no doubt have seen some changes in his life…and your own life, as well. Encouragement is a wonderful habit that we hope you will continue for the rest of your life. The important thing is to keep growing in Christ and obeying the Word of God as you respond to your husband. As you consider today how to bless your husband and not tear him down, think of ways that you can encourage balance in your home.

Jesus led a balanced life. He grew mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially. As you see your husband branching out in these areas, is there a pattern of growth? Is your husband striving for balance in his life? If so, let him know you have noticed, and ask how you can further encourage that balance. If your husband is out of balance – focusing on one area to the exclusion of the others – consider whether there are things you can do to help restore or create balance in his life. Can you encourage times for sports or exercise? Keep the children quiet for a study time? Invite friends over for dinner? Stimulate his mind?

Be sure you are working toward balance in your own life, as well. Be an example!

Fashionable Friday November 20, 2009

I felt like something a bit more corporate today… So this is what I came up with, for all the working ladies…

My Husband Rocks November 20, 2009

I’m lucky that this year, my husband spoiled me rotten with gifts for my birthday yesterday (enough to cover anniversary and Christmas too). I got the New Moon Soundtrack… yippee…

and some freaking awesome Bobbi Brown make up…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also got a New Moon calendar… a La Senza voucher … and a voucher for Exclusive books… the last thing, but one I loooove is my Winnie the Pooh sippy cup (similar to this one)…

Happy Friday November 20, 2009

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23… November 19, 2009

… so today I turned 23… doesn’t feel much different from 22… or 21 for that matter… but nonetheless, birthdays are the best days of my life. I love my birthday, I love how its all about me… the one day of the year, that I don’t need to share with anyone.

Birthdays are a huge deal in my family, and I intend to continue the tradition one day when I have kids… everyone deserves one day on which its all about them!!

I release my inner child when its my birthday… I enjoy things I don’t normally do… things like drawing random pictures, making pretty colourful things, being generally child-like… It makes me happy…

These pictures make me happy and feel like its my birthday… so I’m sharing them… enjoy…

Beautiful words about Pain November 16, 2009

And a woman spoke, saying, Tell us of Pain.
And he said:
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less
wondrous than your joy;
And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.
It is the bitter poison by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:
For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,
And the cup he brings, though it burns your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.

Khalil Gibran

Thought for Today November 16, 2009

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important things i need to get off my chest November 14, 2009

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Awesomness Giveaway! November 13, 2009

Being Brazen is giving away the loveliest necklace… check it out here… I am now in love with this jeweller…