better marriage

It doesn’t take much work at all for the sizzle in marriage to fizzle as it’s common for the passion to wane over time. However, no wife I know wants a dismal love affair with her guy. And I’m sure, vice versa. We never walk down the aisle in hopes for a platonic marriage or…

The ministry of marriage can be a messy thing. Not meeting each other’s expectations, old wounds, trials that suck the life right out of you, and the darling kiddos that can consume your every waking being, one would think, “Who’s got time to better their marriage?” Whether you’ve been married for 10 months or 10…

I had to chuckle over the #1 post.  This thing is still moving about pinterest!  It’s the pin that keeps on pinning. 1.  Are You a Wife that’s Easy to Love? 2. The Backbone of a Submissive Wife 3.  How a Christian Wife Can Be Dangerous to the Enemy 4.  What Every Husband Needs from…

1.  Stay desperate for God.  He is your Source of strength, hope, joy, peace, comfort, and love. Your relationship with Christ needs to be thriving in order for your marriage to thrive. 2.  Seek out activities that will cause you to thrive in your spiritual life.  When you’re spiritually thriving, it’s easier to minister to…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. Mike Mason, author of The Mystery of Marriage, likened marriage to an oak tree standing in the living room. On his honeymoon he was filled with the terrifying idea of the giving up of his privacy forever and thought he had made a grave mistake.…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. On February 27, 2004, our son went home and back into the arms of our Savior, Jesus Christ. He was two months old. We were devastated. The passing of our son took our marriage to a new level of testing. How were we going to handle this…together?…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. I was 18 the first time I saw him, standing there up front, holding the mic. Unimpressed, I slouched down in my chair and folded my arms, thinking, “That’s the kind of guy my mom would want me to marry.” Famous last words. Five years…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. For those of us who have husbands who have to travel and can be gone for very long periods of time, it is vital to the survival of our marriage that we stay connected. Things that disconnect, by very definition, are severed from one…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. Say it with me, “I cannot change him.” No, really. Say it out-loud. And again. Now say, “And it’s not my job.” Yes, out-loud. Now put both statements together and say it again. Like you mean it. You can even shout it…unless you’re reading…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. You listen to a friend whose heart is breaking as her marriage is crumbling around her, you sit with a mom whose child is facing a serious illness, and you hold her hand tightly as you pray with her.  You pray with another who…