So true! This is a powerful truth, though nearly forgotten. You find nuggets in unexpected places.
Great post. I think that women falsely think that by serving they are being a doormat. When we serve willingly it changes anything. Just as Jesus exhorted his disciples to "go the extra mile," by serving willingly, we take the doormat factor out of the picture. Obviously, we have human limitations and if we hit those we can lovingly communicate those. And if there are truly unbilblical expectations (i.e. viewing pornography together before intimacy, we can lovingly but firmly obey God rather than man). I know that I have found in my marriage of 20 years that the more that I willingly served my husband, the more that he has honored me and cherished me. The more that I acted like a martyr the more distance grew between us.
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Words cannot express! Thank you for sharing this.
I thought this was a great post. We cannot judge one another by outward appearance as God has us all in different places. Yet each of us knows if we're being honest with ourselves what priority we're placing on God or on how we appear. There is a fine line. Our appearance does matter to a certain degree as we are representing Christ. There are a variety of ways this can be done, but to say it just doesn't matter is not true. Thanks again.
It took courage to write a post about this topic. I was just thinking about it myself. You are right when you say that sin is sin. Period. It requires the same response from all of us - repentance- which is acknowledging that it is sin and turning away from it. We also have to understand that temptation is not sin, indulging in the temptation is. For those struggling with the temptation of a homosexual lifestyle, the only answer is celibacy. The other thing to think about is that there are different levels of consequences for different sins. Murder and yelling at someone have different consequences. Adultery and having a lustful thought have different consequences. There are passages in the New Testament that state that those indulging in homosexual sin, along with a list of other sins will not enter the kingdom of heaven. That doesn't make one less of a sin than others, and we cannot be self righteous, but neither can we be naive. Homosexual lifestyle has a very destructive impact on the culture. Again, we can address it in a loving way, but we cannot ignore it. May God grant us wisdom as we work through these difficult issues.
I don't think people are more sensitive, it is merely more public. Unfortunately the ego tends to be a fragile thing unless one is really willing to die to pride - at least a little bit.
This is a significant issue because we have not calculated the long term cost of living beyond our means. Stay at home moms may not cause a lot of money exchange, but they enable a family to live a lifestyle that includes security and stability, as well as saving significant expenditures.
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Heather Anderson 
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