It has been quite some time since I have done any kind of blogging. I never discovered a particular subject I was very interested in focusing on and without that felt blogging to be kind unnecessary and simply used Facebook notes instead.
However, there has recently been a series at church preached on the wife's role in marriage particularly centering in on the passage in Ephesians 5 dealing with submission.* These few Sundays left me feeling quite convicted of not only my laziness at home but also my selfishness as a spouse. I usually like to think of myself as quite self sacrificing and loving. My pride will always be a huge issue and also simply not taking the time to self evaluate my heart and where my priorities lie.
With this reminder at church and the fact that this particular book has been sitting in my bookshelf since Christmas I finally got up early enough and started to read.
At first I thought maybe I would try to find someone to read through this book with me but honestly the idea of making the time to get together with one person, at the same time each week, to discuss this book is a little out of the question when it comes to The Groves family schedule.
So then of course my next thought was to simply write about it, sort of a journal. But I would really like to seek your thoughts on each chapter and maybe, by God's grace, encourage you as well. All of that said, I am by no means an expert when it comes to marriage and fail my loving husband miserably each day. I also hope that you will take my blogs with a grain of salt, realizing I am a sinner and by no means to be considered any type of 'older woman'. I do highly encourage you no matter what stage of life you are in to seek the advice and resources of the older women found in the local church. God does not command where He doesn't supply. They are out there and willing to help! I am so very thankful for the wonderful times of advice and hard honesty I have received in particular from my loving mother, Cindy, my inspiring sister, Abby and my amazing co-worker, Deanna. Without the advice, love and prayer of these women I have no idea how I would have made it through the first year of marriage.
This is simply a space for me to share my thoughts with you on this ridiculously convicting book."Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything." Ephesians 5:24
*To listen to the sermons noted above please visit this link:
"Christianity and the Family: The Relationship between a Christian Woman and her Husband." Part I & II
