Do you ever feel like you just can’t communicate with each other like you used to before you got married? While dating, you were able to emotionally connect with each other in meaningful and satisfying ways. And yet now, it’s different. Now you are noticing your differing styles of communication. Isn’t Read More…
Is your Spouse your BFF? Do you consider him or her your “Best Friend Forever?” Is that the way you describe your spouse? I hope so… I grieve for those who never get to experience this wonderful aspect of a good marriage. It took us a while to get here Read More…
Do you have disturbing issues that are causing divisions between you and your spouse? These issues or grievances are like relationship walls that are building up and are separating the two of you. If so, it’s important to: “Deal with grievances as they arise. Don’t stack them on top of Read More…
Have you had this happen to you? You want some type of change to happen in your marriage, but it isn’t happening. You’ve frustrated and yet you don’t see why you should have to change what you’re currently doing about it (even when you see it’s not working). It doesn’t Read More…
There’s a question I’ve had posed to me MANY times. Is it possible to make a marriage work when the love is gone, and all there is left is arguing and bitterness? They’re essentially asking, is resurrected love possible? Does God raise up love, after it has died? I’ve written Read More…
It is said that getting married is “the most idealistic thing we will ever do.” How true that is! We didn’t think so before we got married, but we sure saw it afterward. When we enter marriage we’re filled with so many hopes and dreams. We believe they all will Read More…
There is something written in a devotional book titled, “Bible Readings for Couples,” that is appropriate to prayerfully consider, as it pertains to reworking our marriage relationships when needed. The authors, Margaret and Erling Wold, referred to the foundational scriptures written in Jeremiah 18:1-4. This is where Jeremiah was told Read More…
What couple doesn’t want a wonderful marriage? Most people would say, “Absolutely, sign me up!” But it takes more than wanting something to actually having it. And that’s true with having a wonderful marriage. As authors, Lilo and Gerard Leeds, who wrote the book, Wonderful Marriage say, “You don’t HAVE a Read More…
Before we marry, we usually don’t see the many differences that could drive us apart. We see more of our commonalities, rather than our differences. But after we marry, our differences eventually start to come to the surface. These differences can drive an ever-growing wedge between us in how we Read More…
Most of us know many people who have walked down the aisle on their wedding day as happy and hopeful as they could be. They think they will live “happily ever after” only to eventually find themselves walking down a hallway to finalize a divorce. Maybe it’s something you’ve personally Read More…
