Category: Faith in God
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Why Guarding Your Heart Doesn’t Work
When I was about 5 years old my mother dropped me off at a friend’s house who lived across town. My friend and I were playing happily in her backyard when she decided to go inside for a minute. At about that same time, a boy from next door came over to play as well.…
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When the Pain is On!
Are you in a painfully, messy marriage? Are you going through an excruciating trial? Or both? When I reflect back on my life and marriage, I realize that when the battle was the fiercest and when the pathway seemed the darkest, God was refining us and strengthening us the most! We were stretched during those…
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When Sinners Say I Do – Book Review and WW Link-up
I’m always on the lookout for a good Christian marriage book and I think I’ve found one in Dave Harvey’s, When Sinners Say I Do. I feel like Harvey’s book reflects so much of the heartbeat here at Messy Marriage—the beauty of God’s redemption in our lives and marriages when we yield to His purposes…
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Whole People
February’s “Share Your Story” is byNancy Parker who is a professional nanny. She loves to write about a wide range of subjects like; health, parenting, childcare and babysitting.You can find her website at enannysource.com Going into a marriage solely based on the fact that both partners are Christians is not enough … I know this…
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Wedded Wednesday – Vulnerabilities in Marriage
I’ve been there. I’m certain you have too … standing at the end of a good long stretch of going without, straining to see if what we want and need is off in the distance. But it either seems out of reach or is withheld like some cruel joke. Any prolonged deprivation of a…
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Love Makes a Family
We talk about waiting on God A LOT around here at Messy Marriage because, frankly, this life is full of “waiting on God.” And as I’ve mentioned before, God very often does His greatest work in our lives when we wait on Him, and this could never be more true than in the lives of…
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Why I Didn’t Leave My Husband
My husband and I are leading a marriage group through our church, using the book, Intimate Encounters. In the first chapter you’re asked to complete a marriage inventory that reveals how strong you are in specific areas of your marriage. It wasn’t a surprise to me that our strongest area is and has always been…
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5 Tips to Pray More Effectively for Your Spouse
Does this seem like a “no-brainer”? Well, it is and it isn’t. I’m sure many of you are praying for your spouse and marriage daily, and that’s wonderful!Keep it up! But what if you could pray more effectively? Would you be interested in finding out how? Then read on … Tip One – Thank God…
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Do You Have a "Wait" Problem?
Yeah, it’s a new year and we’re all trying to get rid of those pesky pounds we’ve put on over the holidays, but that’s not the “wait” problem I’m talking about today. No, I’m talking about my inability to trust God when I don’t have the answers that I think I should. And believe me,…
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Finding Contentment in Heartache
December’s “Share Your Story” is by, Becky Kopitzke who blogs at Time Out Devotions for Moms They flooded the mailbox that year. Christmas cards—glossy, smiling photos of loved ones far and near. Full-page letters boasted of job promotions, weddings, vacations, and new babies. So many new babies. I wanted to be happy for my…
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