A Non-Fictional Book

I am currently reading the non-fictional book A Woman After God's Own Heart and the devotional study that goes along with it by Elizabeth George. I just finished chapter five titled A Heart That Serves. In this chapter the most valuable thing I've learned is that I have been given an assignment by God and that is to help my husband. My husband is my primary career and my heart's focus and primary concern should be to serve and help my husband. I have to admit, there have been many times where I put "me first" instead of Raymond. I always knew that I, as Raymond's wife, was a helpmate to him, but I never thought of it as a career to help him.

That really hit home for me and opened my eyes to realizing how important serving is to our relationship and that I haven't been taking care of this area of our marriage as well as I should. It is my prayer that God continues to develop a servants heart in me. It is my commitment in life to follow God's plan for my life and to follow His plan that I help and not hinder my husband. This book is an awesome study and I encourage every woman - married, single, young, or old - to read this book! Not only does this book encourage woman in the area of serving others, with our husbands given top priority, it also encourages you:

To Spend daily time with God and in prayer

To trust God in every circumstance

To Love your family and to model Christlikeness

To Obey

To make every day count by setting and meeting goals

To use your influence to motivate others

God wants our whole heart-plain and simple! Not only does He want us to pursue Him, but he wants us to pursue His priorities and to put His priorities into practice in our life. What is our response to this? To praise Him unconditionally, and to follow faithfully and obediently.

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