Comments on: A Good Wife http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:47 -0700 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-4062 Kelly Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:00:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-4062 Congratulations on your little one on-the-way...the morning sickness will be a distant thought when you're holding that sweetie in your arms (I speak frome experience - LOTS of sickly experience, LOL!). I just found your site and really enjoy it. God bless! Congratulations on your little one on-the-way…the morning sickness will be a distant thought when you’re holding that sweetie in your arms (I speak frome experience – LOTS of sickly experience, LOL!). I just found your site and really enjoy it. God bless!

]]> By: Anonymous http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Anonymous Sun, 02 Jul 2006 02:28:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2140 Elizabeth:<br/><br/>I really enjoyed your post about what a good wife constitutes, always in my mind i always thought the same, that a good and prudent and best wife will keep the cbildren happy, will keep the house clean and do the laundry and dishes and sometimes work part-time depending on the case, but you brought so many things to light you opened my eyes and you made me see that a clean house and a spotless home doesn't constitute a happy marriage. Quite the contrary i bet it could be!<br/><br/>You are blessed with a wonderful husband :)<br/>Congrats on the baby on the way!<br/>that's so precious :)<br/><br/>I also read your blog and enjoyed it immensely it was like a breath of fresh air :) such purity which you have is very hard to find.:)<br/><br/>that's why i always enjoy your articles on ylcf! :)<br/>Keep up the good work of being a wonderful mother and a good wife!<br/>God Bless you and keep you! :)<br/><br/>Jane. Elizabeth:

I really enjoyed your post about what a good wife constitutes, always in my mind i always thought the same, that a good and prudent and best wife will keep the cbildren happy, will keep the house clean and do the laundry and dishes and sometimes work part-time depending on the case, but you brought so many things to light you opened my eyes and you made me see that a clean house and a spotless home doesn’t constitute a happy marriage. Quite the contrary i bet it could be!

You are blessed with a wonderful husband :)
Congrats on the baby on the way!
that’s so precious :)

I also read your blog and enjoyed it immensely it was like a breath of fresh air :) such purity which you have is very hard to find.:)

that’s why i always enjoy your articles on ylcf! :)
Keep up the good work of being a wonderful mother and a good wife!
God Bless you and keep you! :)

Jane.

]]> By: Anne http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Anne Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:35:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2099 Elizabeth~ What a necessary article to write! I would have to admit I'm one of those gals who said *I* would never be like that! Thank you for the reminder from someone who has been there and experienced it. On the baby note, click on over to (http://annehammond.blogspot.com/2006/06/blue-blue-blue.html, if you have time. My friend had some unexpected complications happen with her baby's birth, but God is so good and directs all things. I'm sure my friend didn't think it would ever happen to her and that she would find herself it that situation. Thanks again for a great post! Elizabeth~ What a necessary article to write! I would have to admit I’m one of those gals who said *I* would never be like that! Thank you for the reminder from someone who has been there and experienced it. On the baby note, click on over to (http://annehammond.blogspot.com/2006/06/blue-blue-blue.html, if you have time. My friend had some unexpected complications happen with her baby’s birth, but God is so good and directs all things. I’m sure my friend didn’t think it would ever happen to her and that she would find herself it that situation. Thanks again for a great post!

]]> By: Jessica http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 Jessica Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:09:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2090 I'll be looking forward to reading it...thanks, Elizabeth! I’ll be looking forward to reading it…thanks, Elizabeth!

]]> By: Elizabeth J http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2089 Elizabeth J Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:09:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2089 Thank you all for your sweet comments and congratulations! Just so you all know, I wrote that during my first trimester, and I am feeling much better now, praise God! Still not up to my standards in housekeeping ;), but my love of cooking healthy meals for my husband has returned. <br/><br/>Jessica and Shelley,<br/>I did write a piece that begins to address your questions (it is such a vast topic, though, that I don't think one article can do it justice), and Natalie will post it sometime in the near future. :) Thanks for your patience... Thank you all for your sweet comments and congratulations! Just so you all know, I wrote that during my first trimester, and I am feeling much better now, praise God! Still not up to my standards in housekeeping ;) , but my love of cooking healthy meals for my husband has returned.

Jessica and Shelley,
I did write a piece that begins to address your questions (it is such a vast topic, though, that I don’t think one article can do it justice), and Natalie will post it sometime in the near future. :) Thanks for your patience…

]]> By: ShelleyMariee http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 ShelleyMariee Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:50:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2088 P.s. a big congratulations to you both, too!! How exciting:-) P.s. a big congratulations to you both, too!! How exciting:-)

]]> By: ShelleyMariee http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 ShelleyMariee Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:48:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2087 Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing your thoughts! How good it is to be reminded that while we should aspire, we also have to be flexible in reality:-) This was really good for me to read. <br/><br/>Ditto, by the way, to Jessica's question- I've been wondering those things, too, so I'd be interested to hear any more thoughts on that topic! :-) Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing your thoughts! How good it is to be reminded that while we should aspire, we also have to be flexible in reality:-) This was really good for me to read.

Ditto, by the way, to Jessica’s question- I’ve been wondering those things, too, so I’d be interested to hear any more thoughts on that topic! :-)

]]> By: Crystal http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 Crystal Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:33:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2086 This was so good, Elizabeth! I can totally relate. When morning sickness hit, all my grand intentions went out the window. How wonderful that our husbands are so long-suffering and that God doesn't judge us based upon our dirty laundry piles or unkempt appearance.<br/><br/>Blessings to you and your husband in this new and wonderful season of your life. I promise the sickness and messy house will be worth it when you hold your precious child in your arms. This was so good, Elizabeth! I can totally relate. When morning sickness hit, all my grand intentions went out the window. How wonderful that our husbands are so long-suffering and that God doesn’t judge us based upon our dirty laundry piles or unkempt appearance.

Blessings to you and your husband in this new and wonderful season of your life. I promise the sickness and messy house will be worth it when you hold your precious child in your arms.

]]> By: Jessica http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 Jessica Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:49:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2085 Thanks for the dose of reality, Elizabeth! I too am one of those "oh, I'll be different" girls...but I have no idea what the Lord has in store! <br/><br/>Awhile ago, in response to the "On a Pedastal" post, I think I remember you, Lanier and couple other married women commenting that your husbands didn't exactly meet your previously-set "expectations", but you know now that they are perfect for you. Were you or Lanier planning on writing more and expounding on that? It's something I've oftened struggled with and wondered about...what on my "list" is negotiable and what I should hold on to...? Any advice from you married women would be wonderful...thank you! Thanks for the dose of reality, Elizabeth! I too am one of those “oh, I’ll be different” girls…but I have no idea what the Lord has in store!

Awhile ago, in response to the “On a Pedastal” post, I think I remember you, Lanier and couple other married women commenting that your husbands didn’t exactly meet your previously-set “expectations”, but you know now that they are perfect for you. Were you or Lanier planning on writing more and expounding on that? It’s something I’ve oftened struggled with and wondered about…what on my “list” is negotiable and what I should hold on to…? Any advice from you married women would be wonderful…thank you!

]]> By: Anonymous http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:21:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2084 Ditto to Katie! So true! Still, while we are single, we believe we will rise to all our expectations... and then life happens. Ditto to Katie! So true! Still, while we are single, we believe we will rise to all our expectations… and then life happens.

]]> By: RachelK. http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 RachelK. Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:12:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2083 Elizabeth, your husband sounds like a real keeper. :-) Congratulations on the baby. Elizabeth, your husband sounds like a real keeper. :-) Congratulations on the baby.

]]> By: Melissa http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Melissa Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:06:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2082 Thanks for the entry, Elizabeth. Congratulations on your baby!! Thanks for the entry, Elizabeth. Congratulations on your baby!!

]]> By: Brianna http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Brianna Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:09:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2080 Congratulations to you and your husband! That's wonderful about the baby. :-) Thank you for the reminder...it's so easy to, as Katie said get the "Oh, but I'll be able to carry on through it all. I'll be different" kind of outlook, and so it's good to be reminded that we live in reality...and sometimes having a perfect house with perfect meals really isn't what defines a wonderful wife.<br/><br/>~Brianna Congratulations to you and your husband! That’s wonderful about the baby. :-) Thank you for the reminder…it’s so easy to, as Katie said get the “Oh, but I’ll be able to carry on through it all. I’ll be different” kind of outlook, and so it’s good to be reminded that we live in reality…and sometimes having a perfect house with perfect meals really isn’t what defines a wonderful wife.

~Brianna

]]> By: Trina http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 Trina Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:28:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-2079 Elizabeth, you are so right on! Dealing with my own un-met expectations as a wife, 6 months into my pregnancy, I can totally relate! It has been a lesson in humility, and the grace to accept the help I needed from whoever was there to offer it. Thank you for the encouragement that we can still be a loving wives, glorifyig Christ, no matter how much time we spend on the couch. :)<br/>Trina Elizabeth, you are so right on! Dealing with my own un-met expectations as a wife, 6 months into my pregnancy, I can totally relate! It has been a lesson in humility, and the grace to accept the help I needed from whoever was there to offer it. Thank you for the encouragement that we can still be a loving wives, glorifyig Christ, no matter how much time we spend on the couch. :)
Trina

]]> By: Katie http://ylcf.org/2006/06/good-wife/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Katie Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:02:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2006/06/a-good-wife/#comment-1288 Thank you, Elizabeth, for reminding us of the true definition of a good wife. I have to admit that I am one of those who thinks, "but, oh, I'll be different!! When _I'm_ married, everything will be perfect!" It's good to have reminder of reality... Thank you! Oh, and congratulations!! :) Thank you, Elizabeth, for reminding us of the true definition of a good wife. I have to admit that I am one of those who thinks, “but, oh, I’ll be different!! When _I’m_ married, everything will be perfect!” It’s good to have reminder of reality… Thank you! Oh, and congratulations!! :)

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