Sunday, October 16, 2011

Women Hold The Key


This is true.  Women hold the key to happiness in marriage.  Even the Bible agrees with this statement ~

A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands
Proverbs 14:1

Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives. 
I Peter 3:1

I woke up early today and started reading  The Secrets of Fascinating Womanhood.  It teaches the secrets of winning your husband.  It is very good.  I recommend it highly. 

Ten secrets are given for winning the love of your husband.  I thought I would take all ten and write a post about each one.

Here are some of the quotes that introduce the secrets ~

Lay aside self-righteousness and feminine pride...Many modern ideas that sound good in theory {like feminism}, don't work in practice.

Change yourself and you can have a great marriage.  I stand by that statement with my life. {I can stand by this statement also.  I have seen it with every single woman that I have mentored as long as she has a teachable spirit.}

Love is awakened in a man by wholesome, feminine qualities, such as sympathy, purity, cheerfulness, trust, and dependence.

The first secret she gives is ~

Accept him as he is.  Look to his good side.  This is a husband's second most important need.  When you try to change him, he becomes resentful and cool and withdraws much of his love.  The only way he will change is if you accept him just the way that he is.

He knows his own faults.  The more a man loves you, the more he will want to please you.  We must accept them fully {even all their faults and bad habits} and forgive them fully for all their past mistakes.

So this is your first assignment, women!  Try this...It really does work.  Remember that you are far from perfect and you want others to accept you just the way that you are...

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I'm a newer follower of your blog, what a great post...it's so true. This is exactly what I needed to read today, thank you!
Beautiful post. I am learning to be a better wife thru scripture and I am so thankful to you for this post.
Blessings, Deborah
Sounds like a very interesting read! Thanks for the recommendation. I often joke with my son--a bright boy--that he needs to "use his powers for good not evil". As women, we should take this very seriously too. Thank you for this today!
Excellent post. Wow. Thank you. Just what I needed to hear this morning. A wonderful reminder.

Blessings to you!

Mrs Mary Joy Pershing
visiting today and want to thank you for this post, and recommending this book! This is exactly what I needed to hear this morning.
Beautiful!
1 Peter 3:1 is one of my favorites. After 6 years of marriage, my husband came to church with me for the first time 3 weeks ago, and this verse was in my prayer constantly! It is so true!
Beautifully spoken...love the scriptures you chose.
I think you're so right. And what's interesting is that in over 90% of divorces, it is women who file. Not men. We're the ones who tend to become dissatisfied, and I don't think it's because the men are pathetic. I think it's because we often have unrealistic expectations. We need to get our eyes off of those expectations on onto how God wants us to love our husbands!

Thanks for participating in Wifey Wednesday!

Sheila from To Love, Honor and Vacuum!
As always excellent and wonderful advice. I appreciate every time I visit your blog - thank you for sharing with A Return to Loveliness,
God Bless,
Kathy
Hi Lori,
Mrs Andelin's book has much to offer us wives who are looking for godly encouragement in their vocation.
This advice of hers that you're sharing today is excellent!
I notice you have LACE as one of your link-ups for this post but it didn't show up back at Lily -Rose Cottage.
Hope Mr Linky wasn't playing up on you :(
Well, I'm glad I popped over to read this today - I agree with you - we wives do hold the key, and we need to use it wisely!
Have a blessed week..Trish
Yes, we do hold the key. It will be interesting to follow your postings on this topic.

My first time visit.... glad our blog paths crossed.

Wishing you a beautiful day..........

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