Marriage mentor moments for Exceptional Relationships. Unconditional love, forgiveness, boundaries, accepting differences.
Are you in God’s Waiting Room? Waiting for God is the hardest. You have prayed for peace in your marriage and believe God wants that for you. But nothing is changing. The waiting is getting intolerable. But, maybe, God has a purpose for the waiting other than just biding your time.
Do you have problems in your marriage that keep coming up but no solution seems possible? Maybe they’re perpetual problems. Here’s how to solve those problems and change your quibbles into chuckles. What are Perpetual Problems? Dr. John Gottman says 69% of marital conflict revolves around perpetual, unsolvable problems. He says couples may get entrenched in …
Patiently plant peace in your marriage, imagining how you will nurture the seedlings as they sprout. “Meanwhile, brothers and sisters, we must be patient and filled with expectation as we wait for the appearing of the Lord. Think about the farmer who has to patiently wait for the earth’s harvest as it ripens because of …
Who should go first in making peace in your marriage? Emerson Eggrichs says it this way, “The one who is most mature, of course!” Wives, I want to challenge you to have the attitude, Me First!
We’re inspired by friends who refresh us by their example. Cindy and Greg are ahead of us in retirement, and it’s so encouraging to catch up with all they are doing in marriage ministry. We’re committed to stay ‘fresh and green.’ One of the ways we do that is in community with like-minded couples. Our …
Let’s face it, life can be hard, stuff happens when you least expect it. We can get stuck when we can’t see the forest for the trees (did you notice how I tied that into the photo above?). We can’t always be prepared for what’s around the next corner, but when we have intentionally chosen …
Bloom… drop-dead Gorgeous! At the Marriage Supper in Heaven, we won’t be celebrating because we look drop-dead gorgeous in our gowns. Instead, we will explode in praise from deep in our soul because our drop-dead gorgeous appearance will perfectly and accurately bloom from the sprouts of who we are on the inside.
Sometimes the wives I mentor can’t recall one positive trait of their husband. They have spent so much time dwelling on the negatives, they truly believe there are no positives at all. However, in Emerson Eggerich’s words, they probably didn’t marry “Hitler’s long lost cousin.” Surely there was something positive about him.
