Desperate for God alone!

Last night was quite a chilly winter's evening here, as my dear friends and I gathered for the first 'Angel Wings and Apron Strings' meeting around our cosy woodfire. We began by catching up and telling our news, had some laughs and went on to share some deep concerns with each other. As the night drew on, I was glad to be able to open the package which had arrived just the day before, and hand them copies of the new book by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald. We are reading Passionate Housewives Desperate for God. It promises to be very thought-provoking and helpful to our discussions on godly womanhood, and I'm sure we are going to be challenged and inspired by every page!

The following quotations are taken from the preface and written by Stacy McDonald:

"Serving our family is serving the Kingdom. Serving our husband and our little ones is serving Christ Himself-and neglecting them so that we can pursue self interests is neglecting the Kingdom of God-and Jesus Himself! "Inasmuch as you did not do it to the least of these, you did not do it to Me" (Matthew 24:45).....

..Have you struggled to reconcile God's vision of virtuous womanhood with worldly myths that marginalize and mock the role of the homemaker? If so, then we invite you to pull up a chair, dust off the cookie crumbs, and join us as we dispel the mistaken notion that women can and should "have it all." Listen as we share how you can find true contentment in God's providence-in His holy order-and discover overwhelming joy in the mysterious dichotomy of gaining abundant life (John10:10-11) by dying to self.

It's time to lay aside the stereotypes and glamorized myths and discover the rare jewel of godly womanhood-to rediscover what it means to be a passionate housewife "desperate" for God alone !"

Trish