So many dads and moms seem to feel that they are just not handling things as they would like. I’ve heard the following: 1. “I’m just not a very good mother right now. I am tired and on edge! I hate the way I have talked to my husband and children recently.” Sometimes those who… Continue reading Make Your Home Safe and Significant #2
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Make Your Home Safe and Significant! #1
This is an exhausting, tiring season for so many young families. The air is thick with anxiety! A health crisis. A financial crisis. A social crisis. You may be married with kids. You may be a single mom or dad. The truth is that no one is doing a work that is any more important… Continue reading Make Your Home Safe and Significant! #1
5 Ways to Invest in Your Spouse
1. Put some energy and intentionality into you marriage. Like your finances, constant withdrawals with few deposits doesn’t end well. Being passive, while sitting in your emotional recliner, will bring a slow death to a marriage that could have been so much more. Think of what you might have missed! 2. This is a very… Continue reading 5 Ways to Invest in Your Spouse
Long Before You Marry
It is awfully difficult for children to rise above the emotional and spiritual maturity of their father and mother. Impossible? No. Hard? It often is. So many married men and women feel very much alone spiritually. Many single dads and moms are in church each Sunday, all too aware Years ago, she married a great… Continue reading Long Before You Marry
“I Was Just Kidding”
A regular stream of critical words has a way of taking the joy out of a marriage. A marriage in which a husband and wife regularly criticizes one another can feel like you are being nibbled to death by a duck. Sometimes we will level a criticism toward our spouse followed by the words, “I… Continue reading “I Was Just Kidding”
How to Avoid Destroying Your Marriage
Many men and women sabotage their own marriages. At its best, marriage can be challenging. Yet some people harm their marriages through their own behavior. The following are some ways in which you can do damage to your own marriage: 1. Whisper words of criticism and put downs in your spouse’s ear. Doing this will… Continue reading How to Avoid Destroying Your Marriage
41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 4)
The following is part 4 of a series that I have entitled, “41 Things Married People Ought to Know.” Most of these 41 statements I have learned from being married and observing others. (Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.) 31. If a couple is at war with one another,… Continue reading 41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 4)
41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 3)
The following is part 3 of a series that I have entitled, “41 Things Married People Ought to Know.” (You can find part one here and part two here) 21. Marriage can be very satisfying and joyful. Many couples experience great pleasure in their marriages. There is great pleasure to be found in marriage through… Continue reading 41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 3)
41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 2)
Are you married? Would you like to be married one day? The following is Part 2 of this series. (You can find Part 1 here.) 11. Many women have a low perception of their body image. Television, movies, magazines all portray a certain type of female body to be desired. These women are tan, well… Continue reading 41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 2)
41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 1)
Several years ago, I posted a list of things I have learned about marriage from my own experience and observation. The following is an updated and edited list. Perhaps one or more of these will be helpful. The following is Part 1 of a list of 41 things married people ought to know: 1. Married… Continue reading 41 Things Married People Ought to Know (Part 1)