Being his Crown
I have been waiting and praying for a while now about what to do with Friday’s Homemaker Moments and I finally have a direction. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while and even intended on doing in the very beginning of the original F.H.M; helping marriages by encouraging women in their roles. Now that I have a whole years worth of blogging under my belt I’m really ready to take the plunge, but not without some help. This wonderful Homemaker friend of mine, “The Vine Woman”- Nicolle , will be my sidekick and partner in this new spin on Friday’s Homemaker Moments. She brings out the boldness in me and I am ready to unleash the beast within, ladies.
No more holding back!
Well, maybe a little bit, but I have vowed to myself to be more transparent this year and I’m forging ahead. Shaking in my boots included. With all that comes a new and improved F.H.M. based on Proverbs 12:4, “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband”. Friday’s Homemaker Moments is now focusing, no holds barred, on healing marriages and encouraging women in their roles by “being his crown”.
Besides the new button, what does that look like, you ask? Basically, we are going to go “there”. Wherever “there” is. You won’t find pansy discussion topics anymore.
No ma’am.
Nicolle and I know that wives are dealing with issues that aren’t being discussed on a regular basis and we plan to tackle those things head on. Won’t you join us?
Hopefully, as a group, we will be able to walk in the honorable role that God has bestowed upon us and truly be our husbands’ crown. I’m sure you women reading this already are doing great things in your home and that’s why we need you…to help the wife that doesn’t know what to do or to encourage the wife that is at the end of her rapidly fraying rope.
This is how it will work. Each week I will announce on my sidebar the topic for the upcoming Friday. That should give you guys a chance to work up your own post to link to, or just to be thinking about how you could contribute to “being his crown” (I will be doing a Mcklinky each Friday for those of you who want to participate). The Vine Woman and I will be trading off every other week discussing these great topics and we want all of you to join the Blog Frog, also over there on my sidebar, so that we can all discuss more in depth.
In short, Vine Woman and I will be trading off hosting a great discussion on some very needed topics, and we want you ladies to give input!
Today’s topic…”being his crown”. What does that mean to you and how does that play out in your life? What does Prov. 12:4 mean to you?
Join us in the Blog Frog forum or link up with a post of your own (don’t forget to grab the button on the sidebar if you write a post)!
~Angie
Homemaker Chronicles
5 Comments »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
Subscribe
I think that this is something I am still learning to do but the Lord is gracious to reveal what “being his crown” means specifically in regards to Eric, praise the Lord! A couple of years ago, I was blessed to be a part of a group of women who were reading the book, “Feminine Appeal” by Carolyn Mahaney. One thing that I gleaned from this book that has really stuck with me is this:
God made me specifically for MY husband (and kids), for Eric, to meet HIS specific needs, wants, and desires. This means that the kind of wife I am to Eric will look different from the kind of wife Angie is to Todd or Nicolle is to Phil because they are different men with different needs, wants, and desires.
YAY! PRAISE THE LORD! I can’t tell you the FREEDOM that I was granted in grasping this simple truth! I am not required to keep a beautifully landscaped garden or perfectly decorated, magazine worthy house because these things are not important to my husband. I am not required to get up and fix my hair and put on make-up everday because he thinks I’m beautiful with my hair up in a messy bun wearing “comfy clothes”.
The things that my husband finds important for me to be or exhibit are not going to be the same things someone else’s husband thinks are important and I am thankful!
I know that my husband enjoys a good laugh so I spend time with him talking about goofy stuff and laughing until we cry. I know that my husband needs time to decompress after work which means understanding that when he gets home, no matter how much we want bombard him with questions and requests for his time, he needs time to himself to just read something he enjoys or get online and look at the scores from the latest football game, etc. There are many other examples of what my husbands needs and requires of me as a wife but you guys get the idea.
The revelation God granted thru this godly woman’s book was very freeing for me at a time when I was going thru this stage of comparing myself to other wives and moms I knew and feeling like I was falling short. What this book helped me realize is that being ERIC’S crown means I don’t have to compare myself to other wives and mothers. I just have to meet the needs, wants, and desires of MY husband…not anyone else’s! This is good news and reminds me that THERE IS FREEDOM IN JESUS CHRIST!
)
Comment left on January 29, 2010 @ 9:07 am
That’s a great idea. I may have to work on that.
I found you on Bernadette Helton’s site and I am so glad I did. Your walk in Christ is so encouraging.
Comment left on January 29, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
hey- I actually posted on my own blog this time! I love the new friday homemaker moments makeover!
I am linked up!
Comment left on January 29, 2010 @ 6:32 pm
Great encouragement! Love where you guys are going with this.
Comment left on January 30, 2010 @ 2:09 pm
Nicolle brings out the boldness in you?!! bwahhhhhaaaha… sorry couldn’t resist! She knows I love her crazy self!
Looking forward to this as well!
Comment left on February 1, 2010 @ 3:15 pm