Wifehood

The arguments continue along with the cold shoulder. Not long after he walked out the door and hasn’t returned. I get a lot of emails from wives telling me similar stories, whether its, “He’s been sleeping on the couch for years, he sleeps in another room or he’s left the home”.  The premise is the…

If you’ve been a Christian wife for any length of time now, then inevitably you’ve read or heard about how a wife is to respect her husband as stated in Ephesians 5:33.  Right? Let the wife see that she respects her husband. When we were dating our men, most likely our respect for them came…

Your husband will disappoint you. It’s a given. Just like you will disappoint him because that’s what sinners do–we let others down. How you handle the disappointment will determine the tone of your relationship as well as how your husband will respond to you. When the disappointment happens here are 4 steps to take: 1.Tell…

At any given time, I can act real nasty and critical toward my husband.  I can snap at him and bite his head off with no problem.  Quick-tempered?  Um, yeah, unfortunately!  Slow to speak? Not so much. My tendencies to lash out at my husband can quickly snuff out our passion and love. And what wife…

I’m not sure where people get the idea that a wife is designed to be trampled on by her husband, either physically or emotionally. But, unfortunately, some husbands do this because we live in a broken and fallen world where sin abounds. Self-centered, tyrant husbands abuse their headship position in marriage when they treat their…

I’ve been in and out of the pit of depression several times in my marriage and so has my husband, Eric.  Sometimes I can offer my hand to give him a lift out of the pit and other times he reaches down to help me climb out. That’s what friends and spouses do for one…

Not too long ago I saw a video clip of the recent Women’s March and my heart was saddened by all of the pain these women were wearing. They suffered injustices and betrayals. They were lied to and taken advantage of and they were let down by others. As I watched the video, I couldn’t…

There was no chance this side of heaven that I would have married Eric if I didn’t trust him. If he lacked integrity while we were dating, then there was a good chance he’d lack the same integrity while married. Just because you put on fancy clothes, exchange rings, and say your vows, does not…

When Eric and I dated, I loved how he took care of me and listened to me. And I’m sure he appreciated how I cared and supported him. We intentionally took care of each other’s needs as much as humanly possible while we were dating and engaged because our relationship was important to us. A…

Once we walk down the aisle and pledge to be faithful to the one we love doesn’t mean we’ll never face temptation from the opposite sex. Quite the contrary. Satan seeks to destroy our marriage the moment it begins because marriage honors God. Think about it. The flirting, the attraction, and the attention we receive…