19 Rules – The Good Wife Guide – Rule 1

A couple of months ago I received a precious gift. We go to a monthly couples dinner and while the food is great, the fellowship and friendships formed is sweeter. One of the ladies who know that I love the 50’s housewife theme found me this book called The Good Wife GUide 19 Rules for Keeping a Happy Husband. It is oversized and the type of cardboard book that kids have. It was printed in 2007 but all the pictures are what you imagine the 50’s being like. While I find a few rules a little far-fetched, I thought over the next period of time I’d share a rule every once in a while and add my little modern take if any on it.

Rule 1 A Wife’s Duty

A man’s home is his castle and as such, he ought to be treated like a king. When he returns home from a demanding eight hours on the job (or more!), he rightfully deserves a bit of pampering. It’s every wife’s responsibility to dote upon her hard-working spouse, to show that he is truly appreciated.

My thoughts – even though society has changed and many women work, or both spouses are working, it still seems that most men feel the need of being the provider for the family. The need to take care of their castle. As wives, I feel that we do need to appreciate the work that our husbands do. Granted some jobs are easier than others for our guys in the work force, but no matter what type of work, day in day out can be exhausting. Say we love them, appreciate the work that they are doing even if they sometimes aren’t fond of it. There are husbands who go to work in the middle of the night so they can have work to support their families. The firefighters who take calls in the middle of the night so other people might have a home when the morning comes. How often do we as wives remember to appreciate the work our husbands do. No matter how big or small the job, no matter the size of the paycheck. Sometimes we just need to say thank you and that is me included.

Your thoughts – ??? Feel free to leave a comment.

Stay fabulous!

Don’t Forget!!!!

Only 2 more days to enter to win the new Max Lucado book Max On Life. You can enter by commenting on this post. Commenting on Mondays blog, or even commenting on my facebook! Let me know you are interested and I will put all names in hat on Friday and pick one out!

New Max Lucado Book Giveaway!!!!

This last weekend I finished reading Max’s new book called Max on Life. The book is a collection of over 150 questions asked by every day people living out everyday situations. It is broken down into 7 sections, including topics such as hope, hurt, home and the hereafter. His writing so beautifully answers the questions were sent to him. It is filled with stories, scriptures, analogies and truth that goes to the heart of the questions. Truths shine from the book and it doesn’t give a fluffy answers to some of the difficult questions that arise.

Pros:

• Big variety of questions on all topics of life.
• Skillfully written nuggets of truth that would be easy to encourage someone else in a similar situation.
• Some of the questions are thought-provoking and not readily discussed in church. (At least I haven’t heard some of the topics discussed in church.)

Cons:

• In a couple of sections the questions and answers almost seem redundant, not often but I did notice it.
• If these weren’t your questions, or not something that was on your heart it is really easy to just breeze by.

One thing that I loved about this book is in the section for the hereafter; the excitement it causes looking forward to a day of being in Heaven. It is illustrated so wonderfully throughout the series of questions. One of the analogies that he used was that our lives here on earth was like being in the womb. Just as being in the womb prepares the child for entering the world, living our lives prepares us for spending eternity in Heaven.

So this time for the book giveaway I wanted to do it a little different. For one, everyone has until the end of the week to register. Winner will be announced on Friday. AND you can enter daily by commenting on this blog or on my facebook.

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