A Wife After God's Own Heart: Summary

At this point I figured I will just summarize what I've learned about the next few topics, which are about Extending Love to Family, Tending your Career, Making Time for Fun, Serving the Lord and Reaching out to Others. This book may be about becoming a better wife and having a better marriage, but what struck me was how I needed to be closer to God first and foremost, and everything will follow. I also needed to see that there are other relationships I have neglected, like those with my son, parents, and other people in my life. Having a wonderful marriage is important, but it's not everything. I almost let my whole world  revolve around it, on the perfect ideal of what a marriage should be like, and I even feel depressed when my marriage is not like how I envision it would be.

So from here on out I promise to work on the following things:

1. Read the Bible everyday.
2. Pray for my husband everyday.
3. Always show respect in words and deeds.
4. Change my speech.
5. Seek advice from older women.
6. Keep teaching Bible stories to my son.
7. Always be on the lookout on how to improve our home.
8. Make a weekly meal menu.
9. Budget for family get togethers.
10. Plan weekly dates.
11. Plan anniversaries.
12. Choose a couple hobby, like a sport or a class together.
13. Serve at church.
14. Reach out to neighbors.
15. Join a womens' Bible study.
16. Create a prayer notebook.

The last item, create a prayer notebook, is probably the most important idea I got from this book. It wasn't suggested, but of course, being a stickler for lists and pen and paper, I want to write down my prayer requests, my wishes, my problems, and lift it all up to God. Instead of worrying uselessly, or wasting time playing Smurf in my ipod, or facebooking, here's one thing I know will bring me peace. I asked God for peace of mind this 2013. He asks me to list it down, talk to him, and he will give me exactly that.

Matthew 7:7-8

⁷ “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.⁸ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened