tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82661748772473847772011-11-27T16:10:31.078-08:00Heather C. Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01789393026535475733noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266174877247384777.post-91446677826538692062010-08-16T20:11:00.000-07:002010-08-16T20:11:35.572-07:00

I thought I had given up on blogging, and this may be the only post I am able to complete before the birth of my fourth child.  The last time I posted (Sept. 2009), I was not even thinking of another baby, or pregnancy, or ??  Life is funny that way, moving us in directions we didn't think we would be taking.  I often think about things from a year past and marvel at how God has directed my life

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Anyone who knows me knows that I can be very passionate about the things I value or in which I believe. Of my parent's six children, I have always been the most dramatic, probably causing their faces to turn red in embarrassment (and maybe anger) a few times. I'm sorry, Mom and Dad. :) Well, when I got to this particular part of Titus 2 - "That they may teach the younger women . . . to be

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This particular post is one of my favorites because it talks about one of primary parts of my "profession." The next phrase in Titus 2:4 is "to love their children." There are times when this is hard because our children may be driving us crazy. However, when this happens with me, it's usually because I'm trying to get something done for myself, and my children are unoccupied. Many times selfish

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Now, for the next lesson that we younger women are to learn . . . "to love their husbands." Why do I need to be taught this? According to Strong's, the word love here in Titus 2 is the word phileo, which is that "liking" kind of love. I chuckle to myself here because there are many times when liking someone is a whole lot harder than loving them. We girls don't usually have a hard time loving

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I am looking now so much at Titus 2. This particular passage is probably my favorite of all the many passages on the when, where, why, what, how, etc. of a young married woman. I had heard so much about Proverbs 31 and I Peter 3 throughout my life (both and many more of which are absolutely wonderful), but Titus 2 has just really grabbed my attention.Titus 2:1-5 says "But speak thou the things

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In my first entry, I want to say just this: Do I glorify God as a wife and mother? If I cannot answer yes to this all-important question, than I am not in obedience to His Word. Next question . . . If I am glorifying God, what results do I see to prove that to be true? . . . or If I am not glorifying God, what do I need to cut out or change in my life to make sure I can and do glorify Him?I

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