Pursuing holiness tenaciously are the words Courtney uses to describe her mother. Her mother taught her three daughters from an early age to have a daily quiet time with Jesus, reading His Word and praying. She was often heard listening to sermons on the radio. She wasn't known for having a college degree or career, but being a faithful, godly wife and mother.
All throughout her life, Courtney had daily quiet times with Jesus. She wanted to shine His light wherever she went. She attended public schools her whole life and then went to Moody Bible Institute. She married her high school sweetheart. She worked full-time the first three years while her husband finished school. Then she became a full-time homemaker for three years before she had children.
Her life as a full-time homemaker before children was spent learning to please her husband, learning to be a good homemaker, including cooking, and ministering to those in need. She then had two children and is now teaching and training them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
She has written a book titled Women Living Well which I was privileged to read and write a review for. I thoroughly enjoyed it! She gives wonderful suggestions about having a quiet time, praying as you do your housework, being a homemaker, loving your husband, and raising children. She freely admits she is not perfect and even shares many of the struggles she has encountered along the way.
I highly recommend it, especially to young women who are in the stage of raising children and trying to keep everything juggling at once. However, I was even inspired at my age to seek God more often, pray more, and spend more time in His Word. You can order it HERE.
Many daughters have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them all.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
but a woman that fears the lord, she shall be praised.
Proverbs. 31:29,30
***Write a comment expressing the ways you pursue holiness and I will choose one for Courtney to send you a free signed copy of her book!
Pat Futch · 600 weeks ago
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anngela · 600 weeks ago
thanks for the opportunity to win a book....blessings~~angela
Lucy Hall · 600 weeks ago
I'm not perfect, but I try my best and that is what God asks. Thank God for the blood of Jesus. Being holy is not how we look, but how we live.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Heather · 600 weeks ago
Angela · 600 weeks ago
Thanks!
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Andrea C. · 600 weeks ago
Would love to have this book!
Kay W. · 600 weeks ago
First of all, let me say that I enjoy your blog so much....one of the first I go to each evening! I make an effort to pursue holiness by keeping my thoughts of the Lord. Even if I am alone and no one will know what I am doing, I try to act as if others are around and do what is right in God's eyes...and, most of us usually know what is right and what is wrong! For instance, I would never litter even if I knew no one would see me throw out something....I just wouldn't want to mess up His wonderful and beautiful creation. I also try to remember that even though we sin daily and always will while in this flesh, that God "still" hates sin! I want Him to be pleased with me and am so thankful for all the many ways that He has blessed me. Another way that I pursue holiness is by spending my small amount of time online by reading uplifting and positive Godly blogs like yours....it really helps me and encourages me along the way. Thanks so much for the effort you put into your posts, even amidst your sickness and busy life....you will reap blessings and may God touch your body and continue to use you!
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Emily · 599 weeks ago
I do find the more one is in relationship with The Almighty the more one becomes less and less impressed with the things of this world, consequently making them holy.
I am blessed with 7 children. My oldest is 11 but then I had 1 each year for the last 6 years. Some might think that this has left me with no time for The Creator but ironically it has only brought me closer, blessing me and showing me how much love, mercy and grace God bestows upon each and every one of us- no matter if we are acknowledging it or not. Everywhere we go people look and wonder how do they do that? The world can't do it. I CAN'T DO IT. It is only by YHWH, giver of all things that our family exists.
Dawn · 599 weeks ago