I’m re-reading Carolyn Mahaney’s book Feminine Appeal. This book is definitely on my top ten and has been of great inspiration to me as it, from Scripture, encourages my role as a wife and mother and exhorts me to do so in a more godly way. A portion I read today rang with timely conviction on the matter of sin in my heart affecting my responses toward others.

I am noticing a concerning talent in myself—how quickly I can blame-shift. I seem to be a top notch expert at pointing my finger at the sins of others but don’t often realize that I am not very good at nailing down my own. On Monday Bobby and I took his car to get washed and on the way I made some unnecessary comment about how he was driving. He didn’t think I needed to say it or how I said it. No sooner had he said this to me, quite graciously I might add, I felt defensive and had already conjured up some reason for how it wasn’t my fault and how he should just not drive like that. When I read this segment in Feminine Appeal I was deeply convicted of this wrong habit I’ve formed. I hope this will encourage you as it did me to be eager to take action when my “sin alarm” goes off.