Your Sacred Calling

Sinking, Sinking, Saved!

Stacy McDonald — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:51:08 +0000

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace. – Helen Howarth Lemmel.

The things of earth will grow strangely dim. Instead of focusing on Jesus and trusting Him to supply our needs, we often focus on our problems, or what we’re not getting, or how overwhelmed we are, and we sink. I ...

Peace in the Midst of the Storm

Stacy McDonald — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:27:08 +0000

I can’t believe the Ladies’ Tea is almost here! We are expecting an encouraging and uplifting day filled with wonderful music, heart-warming testimonials, warm fellowship, and, of course, incredible desserts!

Our theme this year is “Praising Him in the Storm.” The article below, written by our keynote speaker, Kelly Crawford, gives you a sampling of what we will discuss. Kelly and her family suffered through tragic times following last year’s devastating Alabama tornadoes. While their homes were shattered, their ...
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Teaching the Younger Women in Your Life…

Stacy McDonald — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:20:04 +0000

Admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. (Titus 2:4–5)

In Titus 2, we older women are instructed to teach the younger women the following seven things (over the next few weeks, each of the following topics will turn into live links). The job isn’t given to men; it’s ...

A Tree, a Rock, and God’s Amazing Grace

Stacy McDonald — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:32:49 +0000

It was the second day of April, way past time to transfer our winter clothes into storage; but, that’s what I was doing the day a few terror-charged words rang through our house and rocked my world. “Virginia Grace, what have you done?” I would hear those words echo through my brain for days.

It was Melissa’s voice, our 24-year-old daughter. When I was a child, my Navy-hardened grandfather ...

Adorn, Profane, or Blaspheme?

Stacy McDonald — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:08:08 +0000

How can we “adorn the doctrine of God our Savior,” and avoid causing His name to be profaned, or His Word to be blasphemed among the nations?

Dating vs. Courtship

Stacy McDonald — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:12:40 +0000

Visit Me in Peoria This Weekend!

Stacy McDonald — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:05:27 +0000

Dr. Mom's Medicine Cabinet

I’ll be speaking at the APACHE Homeschool Conference this weekend in Peoria, Illinois. Be sure to join me for discussions on raising daughters, motherhood, homemaking/homeschooling, and using everyday essential oils for home and family. Here is my schedule:

Friday @ 11am
Dr. Mom’s Medicine Cabinet

Friday @1pm
Virtuous Maidenhood: Embracing and Communicating a Biblical Self Image

Friday @4pm
Weary Women

Saturday: 2:30pm
Christianity – the ...

Are Beauty Pageants “Beautiful?”

Stacy McDonald — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:11:09 +0000

This poor little girl is being exploited and corrupted by her own mother. And you know her mother has to be miserable too. If you think beauty pageants are “beautiful,” watch this to see if you might consider evaluating them differently from now on…if you can stomach it.

Of course, while this was an extreme example, and it made the “ugliness” of pageants obvious, all “beauty contests” are just as disgusting. Parading little girls around (and even ...

Modesty Promotes Friendship

Stacy McDonald — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:45:03 +0000

An excerpt from the New and Revised version of Raising Maidens of Virtue.

Even though the Apostle Paul makes the principle clear in 1 Timothy 2:8 that women are to “adorn themselves in modest apparel,” and even though older women are instructed to teach the young women in their lives “to be discreet and chaste” (Titus 2:4–5), too often, the subject of modesty is either treated as a legalistic, optional teaching for the ...

Will Becoming a Passionate Housewife Save Me?

Stacy McDonald — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:07:16 +0000

Inspired by a sermon from Joseph Charles Philpot (1802-1869)

We are not saved by:

Works of righteousness which we have done or can do
The use of our free-will, which is really only free to choose and love evil
Diligence, prayer, fasting
Self-denial, restraint, outward sanctification
Anything which depends on the natural wisdom and strength of man
Head-knowledge
A life outwardly consistent with the Gospel
Church membership
Emotional zeal
Sacrificial giving
Faithfulness in marriage
Faithful and loving parenting
Chastity
Tribulations and suffering for the cause of Christ
Heartbreaking despair over sin

All of these things “accompany ...