Category: Joy

• 10 Inspiring Ways Troubles Can Be Used to Ignite Joy

  

  I remember the moment like it was yesterday—the day I recognized the unbreakable link between troubles and joy. Ironically, that day and moment happened more than 20 years ago. 😉 My husband had just been called to pastor a church. And we were so excited to get started on that new journey. During those first […]

  BethSteffaniak

  April 18, 2021

  Acceptance, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Choices, Christ-Centered, Comfort, Contentment, Desires, Discouragement, Emotions, Encouragement, Faith in God, Grief, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Joy, Marriage, Pain, Perseverance, Positive Focus, Prayer, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Unity

  Bible, Bible Study, Christ, Conflict, Encouragement, Joy, Suffering, Trials, Troubles, Unity

• How to Find Hope When You Feel Cursed in Marriage

  

  I entered marriage with the mistaken impression that it would always feel much more joyful than painful. Ironically, my parent’s marriage should have proven the opposite of that reality for me! 😉 Don’t misunderstand—it’s not as if my marriage hasn’t had plenty of joyful moments. It’s just that the joys have ALWAYS been mingled and […]

  BethSteffaniak

  September 20, 2020

  Acceptance, Bible Study, Bible Study Tools, Christ-Centered, Discouragement, Encouragement, Hope, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Joy, Marriage, Marriage Battle Strategies, Pain, Perseverance, Perspective, Positive Focus, Realistic Expectations, Redemption, Salvation, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Warfare, Surrender, Thankfulness, Trials, Trust

  Christ, Conflict, Cross, curse, cursed, enemy, grateful, Hope, Marriage, Rejoice, Satan, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Temptation

• How to Be More Grateful and Make Your Marriage Stronger

  

  Being grateful is not an attitude and choice I easily make most days. Because I’m rather detail-oriented, my eye immediately goes to the visual imperfection or the disappointment in most situations. Yes! I’m rather embarrassed to admit I’m more of a glass-half-empty kind of gal. But I remember a story I read in middle school […]

  BethSteffaniak

  May 31, 2020

  About Me, Anxiety, Bible Study, Christ-Centered, Contentment, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Gratitude Inventory, Insight for 2020 Series, Joy, Love for God, Marriage, Negative Self-Talk, Pain, Perseverance, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Self-sacrifice, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Practices, Thankfulness, Trials, Trust

  Anxiety, Anxious, Bible, Faith in God, Gratitude, Joy, Marriage, Prayer, Rejoice, Suffering, Thankfulness, Trials

• Where to Find the Perfect Christmas Gift

  Christmas can be a time of joy and laughter … But for many couples and families, it is a time of stress, fighting and over-extending. Not only do you have the pressures of buying fun and frugal Christmas presents for all of your family and friends, but you also have the pressures of cooking, cleaning, […]

  BethSteffaniak

  December 21, 2011

  Christ-Centered, Imperfect Prose, Joy, Love, Love of God, Surrender

• Mess-Maker #1 – My Marriage Should Make Me Happy

  This seems like a “no-brainer!” We should all want our marriages and spouses to make us happy. Only a masochist or crazy person wouldn’t want his/her marriage to produce happiness, right? Don’t get me wrong! I completely agree that it’s a wonderful thing when happiness happens. Where I have trouble with this concept is in the “expectation” that it should make us happy. That’s because […]

  BethSteffaniak

  April 14, 2011

  Faith in God, Joy, Trials