Don’t allow the busyness or hardships of life to make you lose sight of how special your spouse is and why you married him. Make an effort every day to strengthen your marriage. I have been married for 16 years and with every passing day, I aim to help my marriage grow. Through every little…
How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. (Prov. 16:16) The phone rang late one night, and it was one of our daughters calling from college. She found herself in a relational dilemma and wanted to know what she should do. Should she say something…
I was a nervous wreck. Unsure about the choice that was in front of me. As a single mom, you don’t get to make important decisions on a whim. You have to think about what’s best for you. And then you have to think again — one more time for each of your children. I…
Only last week we were “traipsing around tropical islands like a couple of lovestruck teenagers.” Or at least that’s how our 19-year-old daughter described us. On social media, no less. A bit embarrassing, out there for all the world to see. My husband encouraged me by reminding me it could be worse. A lot worse….
Have you considered your own view of sex and it could affect your marriage? Or how it has a profound impact on your daughter’s view? Last week we discussed five things NOT to do when explaining sex to your daughter. Yet the conversation about sexuality begins long before your child is old enough to hear…
Do you feel uncomfortable talking about sex with your daughter? Here are a few tips to get you pointed in the right direction. Salt-N-Pepa might have produced the song “Let’s Talk About Sex”, but if you’re a mom of a growing girl, you’re probably not singing it! Discussing sexuality is hard. Where do you start?…
I’m not sure when I first faced the reality. But I think it was when I saw how content she was sitting in the middle of a mud puddle. Right up to her neck. Soaking in the warm, wet dirt and letting it sink clear down into her soul. Her happy place. My nightmare. You…
It became something of joke between us. I mean, if it had only happened once? Then I wouldn’t have thought much more about it. But it seemed that every time I gave birth to a child . . . He gave birth to a new project. A Major Project. A move to a new house….
So strange. So strange that it would be one of the first things they told us. Stranger still, perhaps, that this is what continues to stand out in my mind. Out of all the things that the doctors at the hospital shared with us, that this statement would be the most memorable. “Most parents who…
In a culture dominated by sexual discussion, it can be difficult to find a biblical approach to sexuality in modern books and media. Until recently, very few books shared both the facts about sex and a Christian perspective on the topic. Biblical sexuality must be “rightly handled”. Even within the Christian writing community, we must…
If you or someone you know is engaged, this list of books is a great resource for preparing you for marriage. I turn to good books to navigate change. One of the biggest changes of my life occurred when my now-husband knelt on a sandy beach and asked me to be his bride. In the…
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; James 1:19 (ESV) “What would you say was the best thing I did for you?” Our oldest son was soon be taking off for college across the country, and I couldn’t help asking the question before he…
I get the shudders just thinking about it. How at only 8 years old, she would sit on our neighbors’ fence. Wait for their horses to come galloping by so she could make the jump. How she would ride bareback through their pasture and how the neighbors never even knew about it. And neither did…
But I don’t want to date . . . I just want to get married. That’s what I told our family friend who was concerned that I wasn’t dating at the age of 26. Oh, not that I’d never dated. I’d actually dated a fair bit and found the whole dating scene rather depressing. Disappointing. Discouraging….
I couldn’t believe my life. Sitting on the floor in my room, tears running down my face. I was heartbroken. Nothing in my world looked familiar. No one felt safe anymore. I was lost, hurt and alone. I tried going to church that Sunday but something didn’t feel right. I was anxious and nervous the…
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