Marriage Monday: Nobody Likes being The Problem
When you don’t see any options for healing your marriage problems, maybe you’re looking in the wrong place. Just be careful where you look for solutions, because nobody likes being The Problem!
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Marriage Monday: Choose Delight
You get to choose your mindset toward your spouse: Delight or Disappointment. You really do! Choose wisely, because your choice has consequences.
Marriage Monday: Laughter is Like Finding Buried Treasure
Finding the comical in your marriage is like hunting for buried treasure. Laughter is as valuable as that treasure, it’s good medicine!
Marriage Monday: Just Keep Moving
Sometimes marriage can be stormy, sometimes marriage can be peaceful and calm. No matter what, for a successful marriage, you have to just keep moving.
Marriage Monday: On my Knees to “Weed” my Soul
I love summer and beautiful gardens but I don’t love gardening. Who really likes pulling those pesky weeds? I like “weeding” my soul even less than my garden. But if I want beautiful fruit in my marriage, I’ve got to get on my knees to weed my soul.
Marriage Monday: Thinking Positively about my Spouse
God knows I will sometimes struggle with thinking positively about my spouse. How about you? If you made a list of all the wonderful qualities of your mate, would your list be ‘vast?’ God’s list would be! He thinks the world of your spouse.
Marriage Monday: Did you Marry Hitler’s Long Lost Cousin?
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.
Marriage Monday: Greater than the sum of its parts
It’s Marriage Monday and it’s also Christmas Eve. This morning I asked God what He wanted to teach me about marriage, and He prompted me to look at the Christmas story in the Bible. I read the accounts of Mary and Joseph as they responded to the angel’s pronouncements. Each reacted with trust and faith …
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