Sunflower Faith

This is definetely something that is a challenge and a worthwhile at one.

Lately my husband and I have really taken a step back and inventory our lives and our walk with our Heavenly Father, and for me personally, I’ve always felt that I haven’t done enough to challenge myself to be a better wife that I felt our Heavenly Father wanted me to be and be that better partner to my husband.

There were plenty of things I felt I needed to work and needed to change.

Particularly with joining our new Church home, I have felt challenged to step out of my comfort zone, step out of my fears and stop finding excuses why I can’t and start realizing that I can and will through and in Jesus Christ and the true thing that was stopping me, was no one else but me.

Philippians 4:13 (New International Version)-I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Just as I’ve taken time to organize and I mean really organize the kids homeschool materials and supplies, I realize, those are steps that I can take and invest in NOW, to streamline our lives better.

However, the biggest thing, since attending this church, is really being very convicting how we are walking together as a couple, as a family and as individuals in our walk with our Heavenly Father and the biggest thing for me, as a Christan and as a woman, was exploring not only Proverbs 31 and learning from it what I can and should do as a wife, a mohter and an individual, but take a closer look at the biblical concept of submission and how I was and wasn’t applying it.

Part of that was being honest and asking those hard questions of “Am I wanting my cake and eat it too?”, “Who do I care more about: What the world thinks and has decided what being a female is about or what does our Heavenly Father wants and really taking it to heart…We can’t have our cake and eat it too…We have to make a choice.

One of the things I am embarking on and it will take more time then 21 days (Lol), is growing my hair out; Secondly, re-looking at how I dress and how I define what is modest and what really isn’t.

Reading blogs such as Christa Taylor’s “Empowered Traditionalist” has been a great source of help as well as the blog, “Is this Modest?” and more than anything, “Christian Homekeeping”‘s article, “A Good Wife“,”Diva Mentality” and “A Crown to Your Husband“.

So my challenge is to gain a better understanding of what the bible means by submission to our husbands and put it to practice and just teach myself how to be a better role model for my kids and just allow God to grow me as He wants to grow me and not how I want to grow myself.

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Sunflower Faith is a quiet, sometimes silly, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes serious, follower of Christ sharing words of devotion, encouragement and hope that is always about our Father in Heaven. So grab a cup of coffee and join Sunflower Faith in words of growth, hope and more all in the spirit of 2 Peter 1:5-8.

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