Choose Wisely - Your Connection Depends on it I have an opportunity to attend a Bible class; should I go? My husband has an opportunity to teach as adjunct faculty at a local college; should he commit? I have a job opportunity; should I accept it? Important questions! But the most important - and elusive - question is this: How do these decisions affect connection in our marriage? Opportunity cost Economics includes a fascinating principle: Continue Reading
What Marriage Is REALLY Like
Being married is hard work. On the outside, everyone looks so happy. So when your marriage is hurting, you sit there and wonder why. You feel completely alone. After all, everyone else is happy, right? In the Disney fairy tale story, love conquers all, love wins in the end, and everyone lives happily ever after. But it's not happily ever after. Happily ever after will end around six months after you get married. He will do something weird or Continue Reading
What Makes the Heart Grow Fonder?
Let′s play the game Word Association, shall we? I say, ″Absence.″ You say? (I′ll give you a minute to list off one or two words that come to mind.) If you′re anything like me, the first word you thought of was ″fonder.″ As in, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." You′ve heard this old adage. But have you ever wondered if there′s any validity to it? I have. Yep, I′m among those who′ve pondered whether we can take stock in words such as those Continue Reading
Your Husband Is Stuck with You
Your husband gets one life to live. And if he fears God, he will keep his marriage vows to you. No do-overs with another woman. So, theoretically, in this one life, you are his one wife. If that's you, what a blessing to feel secure in your marriage! Because my husband is a Christ-follower, I have that very security - not because I'm infallibly lovable, but because my husband is committed to following God, which means he's not going Continue Reading
How God Redeemed My Unequally-Yoked Marriage
Six years ago, a devout Catholic girl married an atheist. She knew the road she was embarking on wasn’t going to be easy. She knew that there were going to be struggles when it came to raising children to be followers of Christ while her husband made statements like, “You’re forcing religion upon them,” and, “They need to understand that Christianity is the biggest con ever." I know that these are terrible things to hear; they are all Continue Reading