Hospitality

“The aged women likewise…That they may teach the young womento be sober, to love their husbands,to love their children,”Titus 2:3a-4 “How can a mother not love her babies?” I’ve asked myself that question hundreds of times and have struggled to find the answer. I don’t have children, but motherly love has always seemed like a beautiful, God-given response to the miracle of childbirth. That’s ...

“The aged women likewise…That they may teach the young women to be sober…”Titus 2:3a&4a There is a greater purpose to living sober than just abstaining from the act of drinking. This purpose even goes beyond avoiding or overcoming the pitfalls associated with drinking. As Christian women, one of the biggest reasons we are instructed to live sober lives is so that we can teach the younger ...

“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.” Proverbs 15:13 Sometimes, if you’re persistent and look diligently and deeply into a person’s eyes, you might find a smile behind what appears to be a rock solid, hardened heart. Everyone has a smile in them, but they’re often hard to see. After the last few years, I thought smiles might be going ...

“Beloved, if God so loved us,we ought also to love one another.” 1 John 4:11 It takes more than a bag of chocolate kisses to express Godly love. Giving candy and gifts are lovely gestures, but saying, “I love you.” requires more than sugar and stuff.  Those are fun, romantic, and memorable ways to celebrate love for our husbands, but they lose their sweetness when we portray mean and ...

“The aged women likewise, that they be…teachers of good things;That they may teach the young women…” Titus 2:3-4 Knowing God’s will is easier to comprehend than we may think or have been taught. It’s not some elusive mystery that few people get and others have to spend a lifetime trying to figure out. We don’t have to have some special, divine insight to know what God wants for our lives. ...