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The new Ladies Against Feminism site is up and running! If you've never been there, I urge you to visit. To celebrate their new site, they will be having some giveaways! . See list below. See the LAF site for more details.

1A free download of "The Wise Woman's Guide to Blessing Her Husband's Vision" in MP3 format from BlueBehemoth.com

2. Jennifer McBride of NobleWomanhood will be giving away a copy of Passionate Housewives Desperate for God to a LAF reader.

3. The Brookshire girls are giving away two sets of their beautiful "Daughters of History" paper dolls.

4. Jennie Chancey will be giving away copies of the DVD "Return of the Daughters"

HURRY! SALE ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ON APRIL 1ST.

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Survivor of Socialism Has Warning for America

Survivor of Socialism Has Warning for America

Cherished?

The men at our church meet every Wednesday for Bible study and fellowship. The current study is a set of books by Norm Wakefield of Elijah Ministries. The series is titled Walking Worthy. The books in the series are Walking Worthy As a Son of God (Vol. 1), As a Husband (Vol. 2), As a Father (Vol. 3), As a Provider (Vol. 4) and As a Member of the Body of Christ (Vol. 5). They are currently on Volume 2, Walking Worthy As a Husband. Throughout this book there are questions for the husband to ask of his wife. The current question ask "how does your husband make you feel cherished?" I've meditated on this for several days. First I looked up the word cherish. Merriam Webster's online dictionary defines cherish as: a: hold dear, feel or show affection for as in friendship and b: to keep or cultivate with care and affection as in marriage.

The husband's responsibilities as set forth in God's Word are very clear...

1) Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Eph. 5:25). How did Christ love the Church? Did He not sacrifice and give His all for it? A husband is to exhibit self-denying, sacrificial love his wife, seeking her highest and best regardless of personal cost?

2) He is to take his proper place as her head, knowing that the Head of every man is Christ (1 Cor. 11:3).

3) He is to always love his wife as his own body, nourishing and cherishing her, even as Christ does the Church (Eph. 5:28-29).

4) He is to always live with her according to knowledge, showing honor to her as unto the weaker vessel and also as a fellow-heir together with him of the grace of life (1 Peter 3:7).

5) He is to keep on rendering and giving back to her that which he owes her as his wife (1 Cor. 7:3, referring especially to sexual obligations).

So, here a just a few of the little things that my husband does that make me feel cherished.

1) He makes sure I have a good supply of firewood readily available.

2) He makes me go to the doctor when I am sick and won't go on my own.

3) He stashes a little cash in my wallet because he know I never carry any.

4) He puts gas in my car.

5) He kisses me when he gets home from work.

6) He takes measures to see that I am secure and protected, to the best of his ability

7) Etc., etc......

Above all, I feel most cherished when he takes time to pray for me, read scripture to me and leads our family worship time without encouragement from me. So ladies, let's not focus on what our husbands don't do, but rather, let's focus on the little things they do that make us feel cherished. I would love to hear from you on this. That includes young ladies still at home. How does you father make you feel cherished?

If...

If I can easily discuss the shortcomings and the sins of any;
If I can speak in a casual way even of a child’s misdoings,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another;
If I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I can write an unkind letter, speak an unkind word,
Think an unkind thought without grief and shame,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If in dealing with one who does not respond,
If I weary of the strain and slip from under the burden,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I’m afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection,
Or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand,"
Or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness;
If I put my own good name before the other’s highest good,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I hold onto choices of any kind, just because they are my choice;
If I give any room to my private likes and dislikes,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I do not give a friend "the benefit of the doubt,"
But put the worst construction instead of the best on what is said or done,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I take offense easily;
If I am content to continue in a cool unfriendliness, though friendship be possible,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If a sudden jar or jolt can cause me to speak an impatient, unloving word,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I feel bitterly toward those who condemn me, as it seems to me, unjustly,
Forgetting that if they knew me as I know myself they would condemn me much more,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I say, "Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forget," as though the God, who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If monotony tries me,
If stupid people fret me and little ruffles set me on edge;
If I make much of the trifles of life,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I am inconsiderate about the comfort of others, or their feelings, or even of their little weaknesses;
If I’m careless about their little hurts and miss opportunities to smooth their way;
If I make the sweet running of household wheels more difficult to accomplish,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If interruptions annoy me, and private cares make me impatient;
If I shadow the souls about me because I myself am shadowed,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If something I’m asked to do for another feels burdensome;
If, yielding to an inward unwillingness, I avoid doing it,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me;
If I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself;
If I love to be loved more than to love,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If the burden my Lord asks me to bear be not the burden of my heart’s choice,
And I fret inwardly and do not welcome His will,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I covet anyplace on earth but the dust at the foot of the cross,
Then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Amy Carmichael

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