God, be gracious to Bruce and I and bless us, look on us with kindness. We don’t ask this for selfish reasons, but so that our marriage could be a guide to Your way, so that all who know us would read Your redemption story between the lines of our marriage.
At our wedding we lit a Unity Candle, did you do something similar? We had no idea at the time how hard it was going to be to let God unto the sacred space between us and truly become One.
Did you know that Proverbs personifies Wisdom as a woman? “Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars…” How cool is that? I thought it was very cool – until I realized that the same proverb also personifies Folly as a woman! What’s the difference? Wisdom stops witless words.
Why is it so difficult to embrace the different? Those not like us – from our spouse to our neighbor to people of a different race – tend to make us want to categorize and separate. But God has a different plan – embracing the different. How can we do that? All we need is …
What do you do when little things become big things? It’s been pretty much non-stop stress for the past 3 weeks, and I found myself having a hissy fit over something very small this morning. So I needed to spend some time thinking about what to do when little things become big things.
I’m in the waiting, still, and I don’t like it. Waiting is my least favorite contact sport. It may not sound like much of a sport to you, but waiting is a battle. If we don’t wait well, according to God’s instructions, we will get beat up. Waiting is a spiritual contact sport.
Have you ever been thrust into the position of health care advocate for your spouse? I have, a number of times. But this time was different. We were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I couldn’t be there physically. That’s when I needed a helper; the sure, unshakable help of “The” Health Care …
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How can my marriage thrive when we are spiritually mismatched? If just one of you is thriving in your faith, you will breathe life into your mismatched marriage.
