Category: God’s Redemption

• Trying to Grasp Grace

  My church has been doing a series that deals with God’s redemption in the midst of brokenness. And one of the main focuses has been on forgiveness. I’ve done a lot of study and spent a lot of time trying to understand and exercise forgiveness in my life and marriage over the years. That is,…

  BethSteffaniak

  October 17, 2012

  Acceptance, Christ-Centered, Confrontation, Faith in God, Forgiveness, God’s Redemption, Self-sacrifice, Surrender, Truth

• Blaming Yourself for the Mess?

  Sometimes we get hung up in a messy marriage because we blame our partner or even God, like I mentioned in my post last week, Feeling Trapped in a Loveless Marriage. But sometimes we feel we’re the one to blame for the messes in our marriage. Are you burdened down with guilt and shame for…

  BethSteffaniak

  September 23, 2012

  Avoidance, Choices, Christ-Centered, God’s Redemption, Guilt, Surrender, Truth

• Mary DeMuth’s "Everything" – Book Offer!

  Over the past month I’ve had the honor and privilege of being selected to be a part of Mary DeMuth’s Launch Team for her soon-to-be released book, Everything. One of the many opportunities that I was given was getting to read her book before its release to the public in mid October. But the best…

  BethSteffaniak

  September 19, 2012

  Christ-Centered, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Love for God, Surrender, Trials

• Feeling Trapped in a Loveless Marriage?

  Recently a comment caught my attention. First of all, because of the pain I was sensing in this person’s words, and second, because it got me to thinking about my own messy marriage journey. Here’s the comment to an article I posted about a spouse continually refusing to admit fault … My wife has behaved…

  BethSteffaniak

  September 16, 2012

  Bonding, Christ-Centered, Discouragement, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Self-sacrifice, Surrender, Trials

• A Marriage Destroyed by Sin, Redeemed by Grace

  Today’s article is another “Share Your Story”  from blogger, Megan Elzey who writes at Sunshine Through the Windows.   My husband, Scott, and I fell in love when he was a junior and I was a senior in high school. Although we married fairly young, we’d already been dating for 5 and a half years.…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 15, 2012

  Abandonment, Affairs, Betrayal, Choices, Commitment, Counseling, God’s Redemption, Love of God, Perseverance

• Finding Purpose from Our Pain

    In case you don’t know it, I’m transitioning from a counselor to a life coach. Because of that, I’ve been working diligently over the past year and a half to develop my coaching niches. One of the areas I’ve researched has been finding and clarifying “purpose” or “calling” in peoples’ lives. What’s interesting is…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 1, 2012

  Affairs, Choices, Christ-Centered, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Purpose, Trauma, Trials