Marriage mentor moments for Exceptional Relationships. Unconditional love, forgiveness, boundaries, accepting differences.
A marriage mission statement was in order. We were new Christians, already launched into parenting teens while navigating what it meant to have a relationship with Jesus. Our simple statement became our compass during those pivotal years.
Today we are celebrating God’s blessing in our marriage. April 22nd marks one year since the day Bruce returned home from 30 days in intensive care during the first Covid-19 surge in Michigan. God’s been busy, and so have we…
This month we said goodbye to a True-Blue Gentleman, my ninety-two year old father-in-law Bob, who became my second dad 44 years ago. I only knew my birth father for 40 years before I had to say goodbye to him. On my wedding day as I walked down the aisle with Bruce I had no …
There have been times in my marriage when I could see us like this prickly pair. Getting close to one another can sometimes feel like hugging a hedgehog. That’s when it’s time to get on your knees and start praying for your marriage.
What would it be like to be married to Moses from the Bible? Moses had a meticulous but moody personality. Was that a challenge to Mrs. Moses? Are you married to someone like Moses?
Marriage Monday post! Most people marry someone very different from themselves. That’s true for us, and apparently it was true for the very first couple – Adam and Eve. Here are some timeless lessons about Adam & Eve: personality wise, and how they can apply to our marriages today.
They say ‘opposites attract.’ Are you as different from your spouse as I am? Especially in times of stress, our differences can cause us to live in clanging dissonance. But when we honor each other’s differences, we live in a spirit of harmony.
We’re Covid-drained, done with distancing, crazed for company, and becoming immune to news headlines that include the adjectives ‘alarming,’ ‘catastrophic,’ and ‘tragic.’ We had to do something different before we lost our minds. So we created an uncommon date – a park bench date.
