Making Marriage Your First Priority In the busyness of life with everything vying for your attention, it is difficult to keep priorities in order. But there is one area that should stay at the top of every couple’s priority list: their marriage. There’s nothing more inspiring than seeing a happily married couple whose vows have lasted from young adulthood well into the golden years. But don’t be deceived. It wasn’t luck that brought them Continue Reading
Nurturing Your Marriage in a Season of Financial Difficulty
Nurturing Your Marriage in a Season of Financial Difficulty No matter how careful you are with your money, sometimes life throws finances into a tailspin. Medical or legal expenses, unemployment or underemployment, and household or vehicle repairs can devastate a budget. In 2009, my husband and I began a five-year season of unemployment, temporary jobs, and finances that spiraled out of control. With bleak job prospects for my husband, no hope Continue Reading
When Love Hurts
When Love Hurts I love to journal. It’s where I capture my raw, unaltered, innermost thoughts about life. In 2011, a few weeks before our 10-year wedding anniversary, I found my journals that dated back to when my husband and I first got married. Excited to reminisce on how our relationship had evolved, I sat down to travel back into time, hoping to get a glimpse of a special memory, a vintage testimony, or a monumental milestone. I dusted off Continue Reading
Don’t Let Prince Charming Rob Your Marriage
Sometimes as I’m going throughout my day, I hear a man’s voice talking to me. This voice gives the perfect response to my feelings: “Oh, honey, you’re so right. Let me draw you a bath and give you a neck message as you tell me all about it.” He is pure charm and devotion: a man who is at my beck and call without any exceptions. And although impeccably dressed and always carrying a flower bouquet, this Prince Charming figure is probably one of Continue Reading
How Fasting and Prayer Can Bless Your Marriage
I didn't understand the power of fasting and praying until I had no where to turn but to God. The enemy had had his way with much of my life. My marriage was painful; many dreams had been shattered. My health was sliding downhill, and my faith was right behind it. I was in a desperate place. I dug into the Lord's Word, longing for comfort and hope. I prayed. I cried. I threw rocks at the sky. I screamed on the inside at everything and on the Continue Reading