Category: Conflict
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How to Find Your Way Through a Hard Conversation
As promised in my last post, “How to Kill Bitterness Before it Kills Your Heart,” I’m here today to provide a follow-up on how to have a hard conversation with an offender in our lives. Allow me to use the following words of Jesus as our guide for much of what I will share today…
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How to Get Unstuck in a Sticky Conflict in Marriage
If you’re like me, you’ve let your mouth fly wide open in times of conflict with your mate (or others), only to reveal the manipulative and prideful intentions behind your words. For me, these sticky situations erupt when I had the best of intentions, really. Ironically, I think my words will bring clarity and understanding…
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3 Ways to Handle a Failed Confession or Apology
Sometimes you do everything you can to prepare your heart and mind for a moment of confession and/or apology with your spouse, and end up failing miserably! But how does this even happen? Typically, for me, this happens in the heat of the moment and for a variety of reasons. Consider this scenario: I’ve prayed…
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6 Reasons Why I Choose to Submit to My Husband
I’m not a mousy wife who can easily submit to my husband just because it’s what God commands. Sadly, I’ve struggled to let go of control in my marriage more times than I can count. It’s been one of the main reasons my marriage got so very messy back in the day. And still sometimes…
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How I’m Overcoming Arguing AND Not Planning for the Future!
I’m extending last week’s focus on forgiveness for another week since it’s such an important topic! Besides, I’ve got two other posts I want to highlight for you this week. One has to do with my tendency to argue, which certainly dovetails nicely with forgiveness. And the other one has to do with planning for…
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2 Key Ways to Breakthrough to Hope in Your Marriage and Life
There have been times in my marriage when I either desperately wanted to escape my marriage problems or I yearned for a breakthrough. I naively used to think that the best way to breakthrough my marriage problems (any problems) was by improving communication or by understanding my and my husband’s baggage. But I’ve come to…
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How a Faulty Worship Focus Can Hurt Your Marriage
Today my guest and newfound friend Kevin Taylor exposes a faulty focus related to worship that keeps God from being on the throne of a husband’s heart. Our lives and marriages—for both husbands and wives—will continue to fail, without making this essential shift! Find out more about Kevin below, including checking out his blog. When…
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How Time with God Can Improve Your Life and Marriage
Back when I was a young, stay-at-home mom of three sons, my personal Bible study and prayer time looked somewhat different than it does today. I remember realizing that the best window of time to be alone with God was while my sons were either napping and/or at school. Still, I had to know when…
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The Difference Between Tolerating and Overlooking an Offense
In a day and age that cries out for tolerance, the idea of “tolerating our spouses” can easily seep into our mindset in marriage as well. At least, it did for my marriage! This notion sounds so noble and even Christlike on the surface. In fact, there’s one verse in particular that seems to support…
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4 Ways to Avoid Correcting Choices Your Mate Makes
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you know that I tend to want to correct, even manipulate, my spouse’s choices. There’s just something within me that loves to bite on the bait of this temptation whenever it comes my way. Dare I say it? That something within me is my old…
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