Boundaries are needed in life to protect things (and people) that are important to you. Not only are boundaries a good thing for your marriage and family, but boundaries are also needed for oneself personally. Oftentimes, the personal boundary gets overlooked in…
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Q & A on the blog today… Dear Jolene, I am newly married to a wonderful (not perfect) man. We have been through a lot together. Sometimes, I worry if he is God’s will for me. The thoughts started small…
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Friends and family tell you that you should leave him. You’ve even thought about it as well. After all, he’s cruel, harsh, unloving and unkind. But in spite of what others say and what he does, you still want to…
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I love a New Year. It gives me a fresh start. A clean slate. And a do-over from the previous year (which was a complete heartbreak!) Maybe your prior year was devastating or maybe it was amazing either way, as…
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People let us down all the time because we live in a fallen world. This is especially true for husbands and wives because we live with our spouse day in and day out. We see their shortcomings and imperfections just…
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Christmas equals Christ but Christmas also has the potential to equal conflict. The pressures. The overwhelm. The expectations. In this podcast episode, Eric and I discuss common marital concerns that the Christmas season brings as well as what to do…
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But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”…
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Last month my pastor was teaching a series on marriage. One Sunday the message was specifically geared for wives-biblical truths that are not easy to swallow and that are counter to the culture. As I listened to my pastor I…
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So you want to feel like a cherished wife, (every wife does, by the way.) It’s why we married our guys. But maybe you no longer feel cherished by your man. That’s a discouraging position for a wife to be…
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My heart is just torn over the recent news of a young pastor who recently took his own life. Based on what I had read, this young man battled with anxiety and depression for quite some time. From the old…
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Fall is approaching and with this glorious season (my favorite time of year) comes Women’s Bible study! With a new book to study and new women to meet, joining or leading a Bible study has been a large part of…
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Relationships can be tricky. Two imperfect human beings who come from differing backgrounds, people who make mistakes and let each other down, can make for a messy relationship. Add to the mix you’re not sure of what the Bible has…
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Before Eric and I began to date, our paths crossed 10 years earlier when he was my high school volleyball coach. At the time, I was an unsaved teenaged girl and Eric was a Christian and ‘old’ (we’re 7 years…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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