Daily Generous Wife Tips

Volunteer Together

The Generous Wife — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:30:22 +0000

This time of year offers plenty of opportunities for volunteering. So, volunteer together. Dish up a Thanksgiving meal in a street outreach, gather and wrap gifts for the Blue (police) or Brown (sheriffs) Santa, or make some deliveries or calls for your favorite charity organization. Usher in a little holiday cheer together.

... be ready for every good deed. Titus 3:1b NAS

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Let’s Pray

The Generous Wife — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:30:47 +0000

Let's have a cyber prayer meeting. Imagine yourself in a room with 6,000+ ladies. Pray for their marriages. Pray over the stresses of the coming holidays. Pray for those married to unbelievers or those who are separated (military, business, struggling marriages). Pray for peace and unity, growth and maturity, joy and fun, and any other blessing you can think of.

Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need. E.M. Bounds

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Stocking Fun

The Generous Wife — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:30:17 +0000

Think about giving your husband a "private" Christmas stocking. Fill it with fun bedroom items like flavored lubricants, fun undies (for you to model), massage oil, a good book on married sexuality, a love note, chocolate, a scented candle, lotion, etc.

You might want to check out Book22.com for ideas (this is a Christian site with no nudity). There are also sections in most discount stores (WalMart, Target, etc.) or pharmacy type stores where you can find bedroom items or those little gifts that will pamper him. Keep an eye out as you shop during this season, buying one item here and another there. By Christmas you should have a stocking full!

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Author Unknown

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Something New?

The Generous Wife — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:59 +0000

I am all for family traditions, really I am. They can bring a great deal of meaning into our lives, however ...

If you are doing things for the holidays just because that is what you always do, please rethink. If it blesses your husband and family, if it has meaning for one or all of you ... fine. If your traditions are dull, dreary or even hurtful, please consider trying something new.

One year for Christmas, my family and I went to the beach. We ate at one of those buffets that hotels put on, we wandered the beach, and we just enjoyed doing something new. It was great. This year we may get involved with a ministry that feeds folks. Perhaps our new tradition is to do something new each year.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Bertrand Russell

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Tough One

The Generous Wife — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:30:28 +0000

Forgive your husband. Find a quiet spot and prayerfully look through your heart for any areas where you have hard feelings toward your husband. Ask God to help you forgive him. (Realize that forgiveness does not necessarily mean a rebuilding of trust or a settling of important issues, just that you have released him from any debt toward you.)

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 NIV

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Pass Go and Collect …

The Generous Wife — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:30:32 +0000

Last week I wrote about board games. There are actually board games for the bedroom (thanks, Jessica, for reminding me of that). I am familiar with Bliss (which is actually a board game you play on your computer). It's nice because you are able to choose settings that make the game work within your comfort zone. A search of "romantic games" online gave me a number of sites that seemed relatively decent (be aware that searching with terms like "sexual will get you more graphic games and sites).

The other option is to create your own board game. Grab some poster board and a couple of markers. Decide what kind of options you want and have a little fun. You can use dice or create cards to help you move around the board. If you run into a creative block, think of the games you enjoy and use that basic form for your game, just change out the result of different moves with bedroom activities (you could even use an existing board and make changes to the board with sticky notes).

Love is a game that two can play and both win. Eva Gabor

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Thankful

The Generous Wife — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:32 +0000

In the USA we're approaching Thanksgiving Day. I saw an article in a magazine once where a gal had crafted a tree out of construction paper and taped it to the side of her refrigerator. She cut out a bunch of leaf shapes, in fall colors, and then she and her family listed the things that they were thankful for on the leaves, which were then taped to the tree. It was a fun family thing to do that helped them all realize how much they had to be thankful for.

There's just something about be thankful that changes the heart. Whether it's Thanksgiving or not in your neck of the woods, or whether or not you are creative or even have the time to make a tree - why not at least take a moment and write out what you are thankful for. Please make a point of considering the things about your husband for which you are thankful.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Izaak Walton

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