Category: Choices
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The Unfair Task to Avoid Lust and Attraction to Others

When I first got married I was under the mistaken notion that I would never feel attracted to anyone other than my husband. I was, after all, deeply in love and thought that “love was all I needed” to fight back any desires, urges or attractions to others. This made me a prime target for…
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The Unfair Task of Praying for Your Marriage Even If It Feels Passive

We all have heard the phrase, “Well, if all else fails, at least we can pray about it!” It’s like you’ve tried everything else to get your marriage back on track and nothing has worked. So, I guess it’s time to get busy praying! 😉 Well, yes and no. It is time to pray. But it…
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The Unfair Task of Accepting Your Mate’s Aging Body

I’m no fool. The reflection in my mirror clearly reveals to me just what age I am. And I’d be crazy to think I could keep my weight the same as the day I walked the aisle. Not only that, but I’d be in for the biggest inferiority complex ever, if I thought I my…
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The Unfair Task of Respecting Your Mate No Matter What

I think people often confuse respect and trust. Why do I say that? Because I hear people, women in particular, saying their mates must earn their respect before they will show respect. I totally understand the challenge to treat with respect the mate who acts in a way that is not respectable. It certainly feels…
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Romancing Your Husband in the Way He Loves Most

Today, we’re continuing our series, “Rekindling and Reclaiming Sex in Marriage, with a guest post written by Debi Walter (see her bio below). Debi speaks especially to wives—offering wonderful insights that can really win our husband’s hearts and add a spark to our sex lives. Make her feel welcome by commenting and sharing this post…
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Ways to Align Mismatched Sex Drives in Marriage

We’re continuing our series, “Rekindling and Reclaiming Sex in Marriage,” with another lovely guest blogger, Bonny Logsdon Burns, who brings her incredible insight on sexual intimacy in marriage to this important topic today. I hope you’ll make her feel welcome by commenting and sharing this post to all your favorite spots around the web! Mismatched…
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How Suffering Can Improve Your Marriage and Life

Back when I entered marriage many years ago, I was young, naïve and totally idealistic. I thought that marriage would fulfill the longings in my heart that had been bubbling up all throughout my childhood and teen years. Naturally, I was far too familiar with the fairytale endings that Disney churned out, and was equally…
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6 Motivators for Improving Your Love Language Deficit

No one would argue that speaking our mate’s love languages can really improve the feeling of love in our marriages. But what do we do when our love languages conflict and change over time? And more importantly, what are the motivators for improving how often and how much we speak our mate’s love language in…
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64 Abusive Actions That Spell Trouble for Your Marriage

We live in a culture and world racked by a rising and alarming number of sexual abuse accusations right now. But in marriage, the issue of abuse of every type can be extremely murky and convoluted. I think that’s because it’s so hard to know when your spouse is crossing a healthy and appropriate boundary…
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24 Ways to Show and Grow in Grace in Your Life and Marriage

Recently I’ve been sharing about my one word for 2018—“grace!” But sharing about it versus living it out is so much easier to say than do. That’s why I really want to nail it down biblically, so that I increase my tendency to be gracious in every circumstance—including and especially in my marriage. My hope…


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