A Gem from Grandma #12
More Than Just a New Year Resolution! I wonder if you have made a New Year resolution for this year. Perhaps, like many of us, you’ve given up on the idea as...
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A Gem from Grandma #11
Keeping Christ in Christmas Christmas is truly a “wonderful time of the year.” Without Christmas we would have a great hole in our yearly activities. We’d miss having a special time to focus on...
EXPERIENCING GOD’S LOVE AND CARE IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY LIFE
I’d like to share one of my favourite photos from my early days of motherhood. I just love this photo—the love and awe on the faces of my two older sons as...
A Gem from Grandma #4
The importance of Godly discipline “I’ll be good Daddy; I’ll be good!” I still remember the solemness of the service in a small country church being interrupted by my brother repeating the above...
A GEM FROM GRANDMA
From Depending on us, to depending on HIM We were living in a caravan in the grounds of the Queensland Baptist Theological College at West End when our first child was born...
NEW YEAR: The Resolution of Resolutions!
New Year's Resolutions? Those things we list enthusiastically for ourselves every year: Exercise every day Lose weight Read 20 books Be more organised Meal plan Get to bed on time Be more...
They can’t read your mind!
Become a better communicator In my post https://therefinedmother.com/overcome-overwhelm-the-first-step/, I mentioned some areas we can look at to help overcome the overwhelmed feeling we so often have as wives and mothers. One of...
The Old Covenant – God’s Grace – A humble heart
by Brookelynne I used to struggle almost daily with anxiety. Anxiety driven by a fear of failure to be “good”. I felt that I needed to be seen as perfect. Perfect wife,...
Recipe for a Successful Bible Study Group
Part 6 of The Friendship Series Why should I be part of a Women's Bible Study Group? Mum's group, Fellowship group, Prayer Group and many other "groups" could all be forms of...
How to lose a friend…FAST! (When that isn’t your intention)
Part 4 in the Friendship Series In this series so far, we have looked at Why women NEED friends, how to Have the friendships you have always desired, and 10 ways to...