This past weekend I had the privilege of reading Darlene Schacht's new ebook, The Good Wife's Guide: Embracing Your Role as a Help Meet
I'm not a wife myself so I wasn't sure how applicable the book would be to my life but boy was I wrong. I loved the book! The first half of the book is motivational tools for life based on biblical principles-everything from goal setting and home organization to marriage and motherhood. And the second half of the book is awesome practical advice on decluttering, organizing your house and establishing a cleaning schedule.
My favorite part of the book was when Darlene discussed the importance of setting your priorities and making sacrifices in order for your first priority to truly come first. In her case she was talking about putting her spouse and children first but these principles can easily be applied to anyone's life. For example in my life living with chronic pain, I know that I have to make my health a priority. This sometimes means sacrificing things I want to do because it won't be beneficial to my health. It also means weighing all my decisions against my top priority. Darlene also talks about how wasting time and being over committed can also take us away from our top priority. This really resonated with me. I'm a huge planner & couldn't live without my to do list but my problem is I tend to schedule more activities than I know I can physically do in a day which only leads to me overworking my body and feeling disappointed when I don't get everything done.
This book has helped me to realize the importance of putting my top priority, my health, first and that means being realistic with my schedule. If you are looking for a book that will motivate you to bring glory to God in every area of your life please get Darlene's book. Whether you are a wife or not there truly is inspiration for everyone.
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Or click over to Darlene's site and try to win a copy-entries must be in before 11:59pm (central time) this Wednesday!
