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Christian Marriage Quotes

March 27, 2017 by Mrs. Hudson

I am a words person. I put up sticky notes to remind me and inspire me. I print out Christian marriage quotes to remind myself what I want my marriage to be and how I want to be better as a wife. I hope some of these inspire you. I would challenge you to print out a few and put them in your war room or on your bathroom mirror. Reading something inspiring over and over again plants good seeds that will produce the fruit we want to see in our marriages.

God didn’t design marriage to make us happy. He designed it to make us Holy.

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It is easy to get caught up in the arms of our husband and turn to him and depend on him. But, we must remember that he is not the source of our joy or our strength. Our husbands are a blessing given to us by the source of our joy and strength, Jesus Christ! Take time today and hold tight to Jesus first and then give your husband a tight hug recognizing that that is the order in which you should always operate. Jesus first and then your husband.  Our husbands can not fulfill the longing in us for our Savior. The tighter we hold on to them in the hopes that they will the more we will be let down. Hold tight to Jesus and He will wrap you both in His arms and create a bond between you that is better than you could have ever imagined!

 

 

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The world looks cold and bitter and most of the time upset at something. Is that what you want for your marriage? That is not what I want for mine. I want one that looks like Jesus. I want a marriage that is full of forgiveness and joy. What do you want your marriage to look like?

 

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Which one of these Christian marriage quotes was your favorite? Do you have one to share? If so please post it in the comments!

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds, Marriage Monday Tagged With: Christian, marriage, plants, strength

Pursuing Your Passions and Leaving a Legacy | Time Mastery for Women with Jen Riday

March 27, 2017 by Mrs. Hudson

Remember that workshop my friend Jen Riday was leading and that I encouraged you to attend? Well it was AWESOME!

In the webinar Jen talked about letting go of guilt, perfectionism and the “shoulds” that hold us back (and leave us feeling drained, unmotivated and exhausted!). She shared some HUGE strategies she uses to help her know how to use her time for more “important” things, like her passions, hobbies and even living her “purpose.”

That part about “purpose” is huge. I know so many moms feel like there’s something “more” they need to be doing with their time, but they aren’t quite sure what it is or how to find the time. Jen shared so many great time management tips (like task blocking!! I’m totally going to start doing that!).

If you missed the workshop, Jen has graciously set up a video replay. Be sure to watch it soon because Jen said she’s only leaving it up for a couple of days).

>>> Watch the Workshop Replay [CLICK HERE]

In the workshop Jen also talked about her phenomenal time management program called Time Mastery for Women. TMFW is an extensive online course (created by Jen Riday) that shows you a proven, A-Z system for finding your purpose, pursuing your passions and leaving a legacy (I don’t know about you, but I definitely want my legacy to be more than laundry and dishes!)

I’m a student of the program and it’s excellent. Jen has created 20 videos and tons of worksheets and templates that will help you learn how to…

  • Spend WAY less time on mundane everyday tasks (that don’t move you forward!) and WAY MORE time on the things that are important to you.

  • Figure out your top 4 priorities in life and make sure you’re actually using your time for those priorities (and not just endless household tasks!)

  • How to create a crystal clear vision of what you DO want your life to look like 1, 5, or even 20 years from now! (This is so important because if we can’t SEE exactly what we want in our minds first, it’s never going to happen in reality1)

  • Get your spouse and kids to be way more responsible at home (includes well-organized charts to help your kids build strong morning, afterschool and evening routines so you don’t have to nag!)

  • Get control over your life and time and know exactly what’s happening every day, week, month and year (and it’s a system that’s easy and something you’ll actually stick with!)

  • Build healthier boundaries with your loved ones so you can protect your precious energy and actually have free time for YOURSELF (huge, I know!)

  • Identify and find significant blocks of time to spend on your passions and purpose – the thing(s) you’re “supposed” to be doing (but haven’t been doing because you’ve been stuck under a pile of laundry, dishes, dinners, tasks…)

  • Have a place for EVERYTHING that needs doing… aka the art of creating “White Space” in your brain so you can feel lighter again. When you know exactly where to put each “to do” you can relax and know you’ll eventually get to it.

  • Let go of guilt, perfectionism and the “shoulds” and start doing the things that help you feel the way you want to feel (this last one was a complete game changer for me!)

Time Mastery for Women has been amazing for so many women! Be sure to click here and read about it yourself. TMFW is a game changer that I highly recommend if you want to feel in control of your life and time.

How is Time Mastery for Women different from everything else out there? Because it’s made just for women. Jen, a busy mom of 6, knows just how crazy it can be for moms to juggle all the demands on their time, including work, family, home, volunteering… And Jen knows first hand just how empty you can get when you don’t have a long-term plan and aren’t moving forward or making progress toward a goal. And she especially understands just how much happier women are when they can finally get a handle on their time and spend significant chunks of it on the things that are important (family, health, creativity, volunteering, career…)

How about you? Do you feel there’s something “more” you’d like to be doing with your time? Perhaps it’s a home-based business? Or preparing for that marathon? Or volunteering more? Or maybe you want to learn a new skill like cake decorating or how to play the piano?

Whatever it is, you can’t just dive in willy-nilly and expect to stick with it long term if you don’t have a structured plan in place to help you create the TIME for it.

And that’s why Time Mastery for Women is absolutely brilliant – Jen shows you step-by-step (teeny, tiny, doable steps that won’t overwhelm you!) how to get clear on what you actually want or “should” be doing with your time and life, how to use her digital templates to create consistent routines, a week-at-a-glance schedule, and a year-at-a-glance plan. These are simply HUGE for helping you master your use of time (and NOT feel like time is the master of you).

I love Time Mastery for Women because it’s helped me get in better control of my time, be more productive, and know clearly that I’m doing what I’m “supposed” to be doing with my life. I love being able to balance my time between blogging and family. I just feel more balanced (and happy!)

I highly recommend you learn more about Time Mastery for Women. It’s a game changer!

Click here for all the details!

 

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds, Marriage Monday Tagged With: family, Jen Riday, life, TMFW

Learn to be the Master of Your Time with Jen Riday

March 20, 2017 by Mrs. Hudson

Does the day ever slip away from you? I know it does for me more often than I’d like to admit. Join me and become the master of your time with my friend, Jen Riday. She is hosting a free online workshop, How to Know What You’re Supposed to Be Doing With Your Life and Find the Time to Do It! Check it out + get access here!

Now — storytime. 🙂

Back before Jen became a women’s happiness and productivity expert she was a stay-at-home mom for about a decade.

Jen has some great stories about her high-energy kids (like when the principal called to say all 3 of her at-the-time elementary kids had been to his office in one day! Poor Jen. We’ve all been there in some way or another, though, right?)

Like most moms, Jen gave all her time to her family, trying to be the “perfect” mom. But after too many elaborate birthday parties, attempts at gourmet meals and never enough sleep, Jen felt exhausted.

She wasn’t happy.

So Jen set out to fix that. She started taking care of herself. She studied every happiness book she could get her hands on. She figured out how to do spend way less time on the everyday household tasks so she could spend way MORE time on things that actually made her happy (like learning to play the banjo at age 39… I love that!).

When her youngest and 6th child, Cora, was about 18 months old, Jen started to get these nagging feelings that there was something “more” she was meant to do with her life.

But what?

Jen tells the story of lying on her mat at the end of a great workout class, wondering and praying, “What should I do with my life now that I’m done having kids?”

She’d asked this question soooo many times before…

…but on this day she got her answer because she was quiet, relaxed and focused enough to listen and hear the answer.

“You need to become a life coach and help other women learn what you’ve learned about being a happy person.”

Sweet, huh? (And I know we all wish we could have such a clear “do this” answer, right?)

Now Jen is helping thousands of women discover how to listen to their intuition to figure out what they should be doing with their lives.

But even more importantly, Jen’s teaching women her system to create more time for pursuing their passions and living lives of meaning and purpose (It’s one thing to know you have something you were born to do, a passion you need to pursue, a gift or talent you need to share with the world…but it’s quite another thing to know where to find the time for it!)

As a mom of 6 who’s also running a business, Jen knows A LOT about time management. For example, Jen teaches women to create a Week-at-a-Glance so they know EXACTLY what’s happening all week and can get a big-picture view of their life.

She also teaches women how to do “task blocking,” which means chunking similar tasks together so you can spend WAY LESS time on your to do list and WAY MORE time on the things that are important and enjoyable (family, health, creativity, relaxation, fun…)

My favorite part: Jen figured out a system to get her husband and kids to do more around the house (without her having to nag them. For real!)

I love hearing Jen tell this story because she has such a powerful “before” and “after.”

She went from “exhausted, burnt out, do-everything-for-everyone-else mom” to “energized, happy, sharing-her-gifts-with-the-world mom.”

Who better to learn how to be the master of your time from than someone who has done it!

Now, I know some of you out there are thinking, “That’s great for Jen. But I don’t have the first clue on how to figure out my purpose, let alone find time for it!”

Well, you’re in luck. Jen is sharing all of this – for free. 🙂

Check it out:

>>> How to Know What You’re “Supposed” to Be Doing With Your Life (And Find the Time to Do It!)

In this online workshop, Jen will be sharing

  • How to declutter your schedule and make time for what matters most (learn to be the master of your time and enjoy your family, your friends, joy, and the dreams you’ve left on the back burner for years!)

  • The secret to letting go of guilt so you can actually enjoy taking time for yourself… even if you’re “crazy busy!”

  • How to spend way less time on household tasks like shopping, laundry and cleaning so you can have way more time for what you love to do (like watching an episode of “This Is Us” or enjoying a Girls’ Night Out!)

  • Why most women get stuck in mundane household routines that cause them to lose sight of passions, hobbies and date night. Instead, you’ll learn how to always focus on the big picture and your values…

  • How to get more organized and feel less overwhelmed through a proven, flexible time management system that you’ll actually STICK WITH long term (really!)

  • Getting your spouse and kids to do more at home so your household runs more smoothly and you feel more in control and way less stressed.

I’ve personally seen one of Jen’s workshops, and she really knows how to deliver. Not only does she break things down into simple, easy-to-follow steps, but she’s also highly engaging and makes the learning process fun.

If you want to become the master of your time I highly recommend signing up for Jen’s workshop here.

Enjoy!

 

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds, Marriage Monday Tagged With: family, free, kids, life

My husband’s wedding ring seemed to be missing – again. | Guest Blogger – Susan B. Mead

March 6, 2017 by Mrs. Hudson

Have you ever lost something dear to you and thought just show up, please?

You look high and low – then look again, retracing every step and picking up every piece of paper in your path. Yet you are disappointed, distraught and even disgusted with yourself (or whomever!) for losing that precious thing in the first place.

Yea, me too.

My husband’s wedding ring seemed to be missing – again. Not the first time this year, but the second time, his wedding band was MIA. We are wedded, yet I was deeply wounded by this loss. A gulf emerged, separating the two of us.

just show up, Have you ever lost something dear to you and thought just show up, please? This post contains 3 scripture verses to recall when your world is rocked.

Anger, hurt, and dismay warred within me. He remembers his watch, yet forgets ME echoed in my head. Silly, I know, yet in my mind, when he removes his wedding ring it seems to distance his heart from mine too.

Anybody else dealt with similar thoughts and feelings, for whatever reason?

Was I out of my mind to think like this? Holt loves me – and was distraught at the loss – his loss. With so much emotion at play, I had to decide to walk in wisdom. Emotionally rocked is a vulnerable place – and I do not want to put my marriage on the rocks!

Would I wind up words, hurl them, hurt him-& our marriage–over a thing–his ring?
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Or would I line up beside him, raising hands and praising God for His faithfulness?

God kept us together through the hardest loss of all, the loss of a child, a son, our youngest one. Family is key.

8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 1 Peter 5:8-10 (NIV)

Does a thing – a ring – really matter? There’s a better question – where is my treasure?

Treasures in Heaven

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)

Truth hit me – square in the face. This is exactly where the enemy wants me – and you – to be – warring with our husbands – for whatever reason. We must choose to build bridges built on love, trust, and hope with the mighty hand of God guiding us.

just show up, Have you ever lost something dear to you and thought just show up, please? This post contains 3 scripture verses to recall when your world is rocked.

So we looked again, thinking just show up, please. Seemed like nothing – except prayer and praise – would raise this thing!

God knocked on my heart early today, so up I got out of bed and down I sat to read His Word and pray His will – with a special prayer raised for revealing the wedding ring, restoring the thing that symbolizes my husband’s commitment to our marriage.

“Please let it just show up, God.”
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Knock, knock, Holt rapped on my door, something he seldom does when I pray. He just showed up at the door, raised his hand, revealing his ring, restored to it’s rightful place!

You know what he said?

“It just showed up on the top of my dresser,
in plain sight.”

just show up, Have you ever lost something dear to you and thought just show up, please? This post contains 3 scripture verses to recall when your world is rocked.

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18 (NIV)

Praise God! As I reflect, I see that only You, God, place that which is lost right in front of us – when we just show up in prayer and praise, trusting You to rise up when we need You.

About Susan B. Mead:

With over 2 million airline miles under her belt, an MBA hanging on the wall and 2 Christian Literary Awards on the shelf, Susan B Mead shares her expert teachings on business, grief and relationships. A master storyteller and award winning author, Susan leaves audiences motivated to live a life free of regrets even though she has done the hardest thing any parent can do – bury her youngest son, Kyle.

Susan has been described as a solid, comforting voice in a messy world. Whether speaking to business professionals, women’s conferences, industry leaders or writer’s workshops, Susan’s insightful wisdom inspires audiences, empowering them to make healthy mental u-turns.

Connect with Susan on her website where she writes each Friday, on Facebook and Twitter where she posts scripture graphics and daily inspiration or on Amazon where her book, Dance With Jesus: From Grief to Grace, is available.

Website – SusanBMead.com
Facebook – Facebook.com/AuthorSusanBMead
Twitter – Twitter.com/SusanBMead
Amazon – Dance With Jesus: From Grief to Grace

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds, Marriage Monday Tagged With: Dance With Jesus, family, God, heart, marriage, Susan B. Mead

ONLINE SHOPPING KEEPS ME SANE. GROUPON COUPONS MAKE IT EASY.

January 30, 2017 by Mrs. Hudson

Do you love online shopping? Online shopping keeps me sane. Groupon Coupons make it easy. I have always loved online shopping. However now, being a stay at home mom, online shopping is a total game changer! Have you ever gone shopping with a toddler? Not much compares to the battle that ensues trying to take a toddler shopping in the store. I choose to shop online whenever I can to avoid the stress and the exhaustion that is sure to follow. I can get most of my Christmas shopping done online in the time it would take to gather all our daughter’s things, dress her (probably having to change her diaper first), and then load her in the car to finally begin the trek to the store!

Another reason I love online shopping is because there is usually a coupon/promo code available for whatever it is I am trying to buy. Saving money keeps me sane too. It also helps my marriage! It only takes a few minutes to check for a coupon code but can save us a ton of money. Saving money means that more of my hard working husband’s time can be spent with family rather than working. Before I click “check out” I check for a coupon code first! Groupon Coupons is a great place to check for coupon codes when shopping online.

“Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.” Proverbs 13:11

I love that searching Groupon for coupons is easy. It doesn’t hurt that it also saves us money with the click of a button. I also love that there is no membership fee or any other fees. That’s right saving money with Groupon Coupons is totally FREE!!!!

Use Groupon coupons to save money on your date nights! If you do not have monthly date nights… start!

  • Fandango
  • Restaurant.com
  • Victoria’s Secret
  • FTD
  • Starbucks

Here are some more businesses where you can find great deals online with Groupon Coupons/promo codes:

  • M&M’s
  • Kohls
  • Verizon
  • Priceline.com
  • American Apparel
  • Sephora

You will be able to find a coupon code for anything from a new TV to your taxes!

*Screenshot from Groupon Website

 

 

Filed Under: Better Than Newlyweds Tagged With: Groupon Coupons, SPONSOR

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Hi, I’m Stacy!

I am married to the Love of my life... my Prince. We strive daily to have a marriage better than newlyweds. We want to know each other better than when we were first wed. We want to please God by serving each other. Marriage is so important as it represents the relationship between God and His church... we must protect it and fight for ours. Read More…

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