Category: Perseverance
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A Painful Year of Changes
Written by Heather CoppleMessy Marriage Team Writer This past year has been hard. So much has happened and not all of it good. But then that is life. Thankfully, we don’t always have to like it. I know that I haven’t liked all the changes and I’m sure neither has my husband, Scott. Let’s start…
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Finding Love in the Wilderness
March’s “Share Your Story” is byAnna White who blogs at2Day I Choose I got married at 20, not purely for love, but because I was running away from home and God and a bad situation as fast as I could. The first few years we were married I know we both wondered what we had…
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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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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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Why Your Resolutions Aren’t Working
If you’re living in a messy marriage (and who isn’t to some degree or another?), you probably want change, at least for the better. Problem is, you might want that change to occur in your spouse rather than strapping the load to your own back. Mistake Number 1 – Expecting your marriage to get better…
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Dealing with Childhood Hurts
January’s “Share Your Story” is by, Shannon Little Shannon has been married for almost 15 years. She and Brian actually were divorced from each other for a few years and remarried 9 years ago.They have two sons, Cameron (13) and Caden (8).She lives by the mantra … balance mind, body, spirit. The depth of my “messy…
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Despairing of Life?
The holidays are a difficult time for many who’ve lost loved ones at this time of year—whether recently and in years past. It’s hard for some who face the prospect of spending the holidays alone, or who simply feel sadness in contrast to what the holidays represent. The holidays can be a very sad time…
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Is God at Work?
Lately God’s impressed upon me one important aspect of His M.O. (“mode of operation”—yes, I know … I watch too many crime shows and know the lingo all too well!) God is busy at work in our lives, but very often He is busy in the … Unseen, spiritual realm. Remembering this has encouraged me,…
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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.…
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July "Share Your Story" – On Hold
Well, today I wanted to share another “Share Your Story” by blogger, Megan Elzey of Sunshine Through the Windows. But unfortunately, I won’t … At least not today. For the past couple of days my home internet has been out and we’re not expecting to get it back on until sometime later today. And…
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