WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE THISTLEBEND BLOOM BLOG
Bloom! is a personal look into a few women’s lives as they participate in Thistlebend studies and follow the Lord as He tills their hearts. May you be encouraged as you experience the tilling, the Lord is doing in your own heart!
Finding Your Home
“I just hate the newborn stage. I hate how unsettled I feel as I’m trying to figure out our new routines.” I confessed this to my sister-in-law not too long ago as I was processing through the hard that comes when you are given the gift of a baby. Last week my husband lost his […]
Laboring for the Lord
After a couple of months off, we are moving into our next season of Bible Study. Our next study is called, Jesus, I Need You. The title alone describes how I feel! I DO need Jesus! At the beginning of every study, we do a week of orientation—we spend time reading and talking about why […]
So We Do Not Lose Heart
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are […]
Am I Good Enough?
Did you ever watch Jay Leno, the king of Late-Night television for many years? He periodically ran a segment called “Jaywalking,” in which Jay himself would take to the streets of Los Angeles and ask random people questions. Some of them are hilarious. My son and I have watched YouTube videos of these […]
What’s Wrong With Venting About My Husband?
Imagine having coffee with a few friends–just the girls. Isn’t it likely that at some point, one of your friends will make a comment about her husband? Soon, everyone is “venting.” Our husbands are forgetful, they chew too loudly, and they don’t help enough with household chores. We share our frustrations with each other, not […]
Repentance Over Perfection
I’m very thankful for the review week of Falling In Love Again With Your Husband. Each day of homework takes participants through the other six weeks of homework that they have already completed. It’s amazing to go back and remember truths that the Lord brought to new light and also very sweet to see new […]
It’s a Sacrificial Love
This past weekend my husband and I were at a wedding. It was gorgeous—the perfectly arranged flowers, the gold chairs, the gorgeous table arrangements, and of course, the breath-taking bride. The church doors opened, the music played, the crowd stood, and the bride radiantly walked down the aisle. Anytime I am at a wedding I […]
Does Fear Hold You Back?
It is hard, no, nearly impossible to ignore the constant purging of information media can throw at us these days; honestly I can be distracted by this more than I would like to admit. For me, information can feel like it is bombarding my brain from absolutely every side. More than that, as a woman […]
How to be a Fragrant Aroma
Lesson four of Falling In Love Again With Your Husband was about how, as wives, we are to be fragrant aromas to our husbands. “And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2). People desire to be around sweet smelling aromas […]