Tag Archives: marriage
Lessons from a Failed Marriage
Twenty seven years ago today I said “I do.” . Despite having spent most of three years with him, I had spent the four months prior to “I do” running from that relationship. Broken, I was young and honestly jumped … Continue reading
Three little letters
My heart leapt from my chest when he uttered those three little letters. I had no idea how much it would mean to me to hear him refer to it with that word. We had talked many times about it, … Continue reading
Intimacy
Songs speak to me. I suppose that is really what music is created to do. The pictures that I get listening to music often flood me with so many ideas that it is hard for me to pause and process. … Continue reading
Unfiltered
Have you ever just needed a cup of coffee? Old school coffee, not the k-cup kind. Coffee where you grind up the beans, put the grounds in the coffee filter and brew a whole pot. I love the aroma from … Continue reading
The Plank
I am getting used to God speaking to me about my behavior when I think that I have been wronged personally. Maybe I am the only one who gets a righteous indignation about certain behaviors from others. That is where … Continue reading
It’s not what it looks like
My struggle is real. If we are all honest, it is real for each and every one of us. I tend to keep my struggle quiet. Usually, it is silent. That is, until it erupts like a volcano spewing out … Continue reading
Guarding the Heart of Marraige
Malachi 2:15-16 (CJB) And hasn’t he made [them] one [flesh] in order to have spiritual blood-relatives? For what the one [flesh] seeks is a seed from God. Therefore, take heed to your spirit, and don’t break faith with the wife … Continue reading
Much appreciated
[POD] #9: Much appreciated Write about this: Who or what do you appreciate? And this: How fun is that, the revelry of appreciation? And this: What new can you find to appreciate, using both meanings? When I think about appreciation, … Continue reading
Lead the Way
God has placed on my heart a burden for marriages in the church. It comes in waves, but when it hits I can hardly move under the weight of it. At times I feel like it us a selfish burden, … Continue reading
Calming the Sea{#Write31Days}
One of the definitions of trust is dependence on something future or contingent : hope. About two years into my second marriage, I put my trust in God for my husband’s surrender to Him. I can’t say my husband is not a believer; … Continue reading
