Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

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For as long as I can remember I’ve had a thing for collecting tshirts.  Some people collect useless trinkets or novelties from places that they visit—I collect a tshirt.  Even when I grew up at went to college, I had to get embroidered shirts or tshirts for my college, and then I actually purchased a few shirts from my place of employment.

I’m not sure whether it’s the novelty, whether it’s the sense of belonging, or whether it’s part of an identity, but I like having things shirts that are recognize me as part of a group.

I’ve even toyed with the idea, multiple times, of having some kind of custom tshirt or polo shirt made for people that write on my blogs!

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I’m very excited to announce our first giveaway over at Is This Modest: The Blush Undershirt Giveaway!

This giveaway is sponsored by Blush Topless Undershirts, and they are a unique brand of clothing that is designed to be worn under clothing to help make the more modest!

They’re a pretty unique article of clothing, and I encourage you to go on over and enter the contest.  If we can get 150 entries, then the people at Blush will throw in two winners instead of one.

So why are you still here—go over to the Blush Undershirt Giveaway and sign up!

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When I was young, my parents had a peninsula on their counter that had three counter stools that  stood in front of it.  Many of the days when we were home my mom would feed us lunch at these stools—and I still have fond memories of Flintstone vitamins and chicken noodle soup.

Those stools allowed us to watch my mom make lunch, and  brought us eye-level with her as we talked about what was going on that day.

Of course, some of my siblings don’t have such fond memories of their experience with a bar stool.  One of my brothers ended up tipping backwards and getting hurt—but that’s another story.

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I grew up in a home with two bathrooms.  There was “dad’s” bathroom and there was everyone else’s bathroom.  And there was only one tub.  Of course, dad’s bathroom was rarely just his, it just had that name, but I digress.

In both places that I’ve lived since I’ve been married we’ve had only one bathroom—and it is an exercise in kindness for five people to share one bathroom.  Kindness in taking turns, in not flushing the toilet when someone’s in the shower, etc.

In the new house that we’ve put an offer on, there are two bathrooms—and this dad might get to share a bathroom with his wife!

What kind of bathroom situation do you find yourself in?

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STRENGTHEN YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR MARRIAGE.

Marriage is not a contract. It is a covenant, made before God and witnesses. Marriage is not a fuzzy feeling of love. It is a commitment. It is a commitment to build a godly marriage that is a picture to the world of Christ and His bride. It is a commitment to build a family and raise a godly seed. It won’t always be easy. It’s hard work. But we are committed to the task. We take no notice of difficulties. We are not daunted by problems. We keep on with the task, because we are committed to a vision of building a godly generation. We are not concerned only with the present, but with the future, and the generations to come. We have no thought of quitting because we know that it would affect not only our children now, but also the generations to follow. We keep pressing on toward the goal, pushing through the mountains of difficulties, as we trust in our God.

Got any rivers you think are uncrossible?
Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through?
God specializes in things thought impossible!
He can do what no other can do!

God is for your marriage. He will be with you to make it strong and precious. There may be times when the tide goes out on your marriage. When the tide goes out, you see all the ugly things on the beach. When the tide goes out on your marriage, the ugly things loom large. But don’t despair. Don’t look at the rubbish. Look to the Lord. There is a divine law I want to remind you about. The tide ALWAYS COMES IN AGAIN! If you are going through a tough time, hang on to God. The tide will come in again with love and blessing and reconciliation.

~Nancy Campbell~

“I love you.” 

“143.”

“I heart you.”

All different ways to say something that shares your feelings, and yet we need actions to back them up—we need to show our love, and not just say it.  Sure, anyone can say it with flowers or chocolates, but how about saying it with your whole being?

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SEPARATE EVIL FROM YOUR MARRIAGE.

Keep your marriage and your home a pure place for the habitation of the Lord. Don’t allow the filth of the world to creep in. It can happen so easily. Don’t watch immoral movies together. You’ll have a limited selection, but be strong about this. When you sit and watch immorality and filth, you condone it, you deaden your conscience, you negatively affect your marriage and you defile your home. Oh, one of the saddest things I hear from wives as I speak to them all over the country is the grief and lament that their husbands are glued to the TV and many of them are involved in pornography. Oh how I grieve. Pornography is destroying thousands of marriages.

Keep your marriage bed holy. Just because you are married does not give you license to do kinky things. True intimacy in the sexual act can be gloriously satisfying without trying other things. I like this statement from Matthew Henry. “Those who keep themselves pure in times of common impurity, God will keep safe in times of common calamity.”

Don’t bring death to your bed. Most contraceptives either kill newly formed life, or kill the sperm that holds the potential of future life. The Pill, IUD, Depo-Provera, and Norplant are all abortifacients. They cause the death of a newly formed human being. Keep your bed holy.

Ezekiel 44:23 says, “And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.”

~Nancy Campbell~