tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377277239071209637.post4752469036758939073..comments2023-04-08T08:31:10.394-05:00Comments on The Kolar's Happily Ever After: A Woman After God's Own HeartAmanda (The Good Enough Life)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00902470176400375786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377277239071209637.post-74050208047711628212011-08-05T09:30:17.648-05:002011-08-05T09:30:17.648-05:00This book sounds very similar to one I read a coup...This book sounds very similar to one I read a couple of years ago, The Excellent Wife by Martha Pearce. I felt like that book was also very counter-cultural but completely dead-on, and it was full of Scripture. I don't have a hard copy of the book, just the audio file, but if you ever want to listen to it, let me know. This book sounds interesting as well, I'll have to add it to my list. :)<br /><br />Part of me very much wants that "June Cleaver" life, but I feel in my heart that I won't ever achieve it. However, I know in my heart that I don't want and can't achieve perfection (even if my insecurities tell me that is what I need), and what I truly want is to be real and walk with God and have a family that walks alongside me. And if how to do that comes straight from the pages of the Bible and runs counter to culture (which I believe it does), then that is what I want and my desire is to be in community with people who want the same thing and want to share that life with others who have felt the dysfunction that plagues families today and know that there is something better out there. I definitely think that it's a journey we can't take alone, so I think your desire for a group like that in your church is a godly one.<br /><br />While I was typing all that, I remembered a group that my college roommate had been in at her church called Apples of Gold (applesofgold.org). It's a six-week study group where older women (and by older I just mean they have some experience being a wife and mother, I don't know if there are age requirements, haha) mentor younger women. Some of the time is spent cooking together, some time is spent learning, and some time is spent in fellowship (enjoying the food!). From the looks of the website, it seems that they cover some of the things you want to learn about. I don't know if this is something that you could get going in your church, but it's out there if the opportunity ever arises. :)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03508338298437142411noreply@blogger.com