The Good Wife’s Guide

Are you a good wife?  Is there room for improvement?  Or do you have it all figured out?   I know I fail big time, especially when my emotions get in the way.  Fortunately I have a husband who loves me and puts up with my moods and character flaws.  Still, that’s no reason to continue.  I recently read a book by the Time Warp Wife and was blessed by her words of wisdom.

This Mom’s Review of The Good Wife’s Guide

This book is written for women — all women.  Even working wives will want to read this.  The author understands the need for some women to work outside the home.  She encourages you to make sure your decisions, including the one to work outside the home, are grounded in faith.

Discipline and Self-Sacrifice is a section of the book that really grabbed my attention.  I’ve been battling with discontentment over unmet goals and neglected priorities.   As I listen to the author describe me, I realize the problem is me.  No, she’s not pointing the finger directly at me or passing judgment in the pages of the book.  God is using this woman’s wisdom to convict me regarding issues I’ve been battling for several years.  It’s exactly what I need to hear!

Some things the Lord has laid on my heart as I read this book:

• My need to serve my family with joy, rather than begrudgingly
• The importance of prioritizing faith and family above other things.
• The best way to handle conflict in my marriage

I’ve read many books and articles on they Whys and Hows of setting goals based on priorities and proper time management.  The author has really put it altogether in a way that moves the heart with conviction and hopefully the hands and feet with change.

Included in the book are some household helps, including house cleaning recipes and deep cleaning guides.

While this book is written from a work-at-home mom’s perspective, I found the book to be just as insightful for the mom who works outside her home.

Scripture translation used in this book:  NIV, KJV

 

 

Book Description:

In The Good Wife’s Guide author Darlene Schacht encourages women to joyfully serve their families. In doing so she offers reasons for achieving a well-managed home backed by scripture and gleaned from experience. As well she provides readers with detailed cleaning and organizing schedules for practical application.

The Good Wife’s Guide encourages women to make faith and family their first priorities from a place of sacrificial love. It reminds women that they were created with a specific purpose in mind, which is that of being a help meet. In supporting our husbands and living in unity we reflect God’s blueprint for marriage.

About the Author: 

Darlene Schacht is an ordinary mom, living an extraordinary life, because of who she is through Jesus Christ. As help-meet to her husband Michael, she guides and nurtures their four children, leading them toward a deeper walk of faith.

Her work has been published in anthologies by Thomas Nelson, Tyndale Publishing and Adams Media. As well she has co-authored a book with actress Candace Cameron Bure, the award-winning and New York TimesBest-Seller, Reshaping it All: Motivation for Spiritual and Physical Fitness.

If you haven’t read the eBook, I encourage you to.  Read more about the book or grab your copy of The Good’s Wife Guide.

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