Do you remember when you were courting your husband? (or he was courting you 😉 ). Our romance began with long nights playing cards, drinking coffee and talking about our hopes and dreams, fears and failures of the past. We were so close, the best of friends. What happened to create this distance? We don’t […]
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Think Hope to Escape Stress in a Christian Marriage
What do you do to escape the stress in your Christian Marriage? I’ve asked that question to countless women and I get a wide array of answers. Which was your first mental response? Denial – Claiming there’s no stress in her Marriage. Diversion – pointing out all the ways God grows us through stressful situations. […]
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How to Keep Joy When Anxiety Is in a Christian Marriage
Anxious. Worried. Afraid. I don’t mean to feel Anxiety. Can you relate? Honestly there are days I want to scream because inside there is Joy. There really is joy in my life and in my Marriage today. A decade ago we were on the road to divorce. Nothing was going right and I was sure […]
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Are You Afraid of Respect in a Christian Marriage?
I don’t feel like he loves me. He never listens to me anymore. Why is he always so distant? He never wants to be with me or the kids anymore. What happened to the man I fell in love with? How can I respect this man? These were common thoughts in my past. Can you […]
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My Top Reasons Not to Forgive in a Christian Marriage
Bitter. Resentful. In denial. Everything I touched seemed to fall apart – just like me – falling apart. Nothing was going right in my life – including my marriage. Christian Marriage… Biblical Marriage… no amount of Perspective shift could change the fact that it was a failing marriage. We had tried everything to save it, […]
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A Genuine Struggle for Chivalry in a Biblical Marriage
What are some of the things you wish your husband did for you -without being told to do them? It may sound silly, but I wish he would drop me off under the awning at church when it rains, open doors for me, walk on the street side of the sidewalk to protect me. Chivalry… […]
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What Can Gentleness Look like in a Christian Marriage?
Do you ever think about the evolution of our culture? If someone from 100 years ago could see us now, they would be in shock. Nothing is the same in the landscape or the people. Some of that change is amazing but, some of it is terrifying. I think specifically of the evolution of Marriage […]
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Reclaim Hope from Cultural Love in a Biblical Marriage
I just don’t feel that “in love” feeling anymore in my Biblical Marriage. Why doesn’t he want to spend as much time with me? What did I do wrong this time? Ever thought any of these things as that Hopeless feeling overwhelms you? What if I told you that we have been sold a lie […]
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How to Make Him a Priority in a Christian Marriage
Exhausted I fall into bed beside him after a long day. Mentally I am checking off that never ending to do list. Laundry Dishes Kids washed – teeth brushed (why is this still a battle?) floors swept Bible study – sort of (does 3 verses from Proverbs – while being interrupted about cups and breakfast […]
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Why Is Submission a Dirty Word in a Biblical Marriage?
Fear overwhelmed me as I sat in the pew that Sunday Morning. The first clue that this sermon was about marriage was the gaudy heart motif on the teleprompter. It seems every February we have to sit and get a stern talking to about Love, Respect and … that S word – (submission). Why oh […]
