by Janet | Feb 3, 2016 | Character, Marriage
“She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” Prov. 31:12 You’ve heard of taking a long walk off a short pier. Allow me to warn you about a short trip across a great divide. When it comes to how a woman treats her husband, today’s verse...
by Janet | Sep 29, 2015 | Character, Family, Marriage, Parenting
“It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.” Proverbs 21:19 A few of us females in the house, by shrewd observation and naturopathic testing, have come to discover that certain foods are a diabolical enemy to our mood and...
by Janet | Sep 22, 2015 | Character, Excellence, Ministry
“Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.” Proverbs 22:29 In Marshalltown, Iowa the school band began in Grade 4. During the instrumental demonstrations, I was wooed by the power of the trumpet. ...
by Janet | Aug 25, 2015 | Character, Home, Laziness
“The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.” Proverbs 15:19 As a child I remember asking my parents why a road crew would bother going to all the trouble to blast through rock just to make the road more level. ...
by Janet | Aug 18, 2015 | Character, Marriage
“An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.” Prov. 12:4 I think I understood the essence of this verse from the get-go, but I never understood it as well as I do after the events of the last few weeks. ...
by Janet | Aug 11, 2015 | Character, Laziness
“Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.” Proverbs 18:9 When I was a young mother trying to manage home, ministry and family, I called my wise older sister in the States and asked what the secret was to getting it all done and doing it well. I...
