Category: Spiritual Practices
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6 Lessons that Motivate Me to Forgive My Mate

I’ve always struggled to let go of offenses and forgive my husband from the heart. In the moment it feels like God needs my help to point out my spouse’s sin or at least to stop it from happening again. When I give in to that thinking it mushrooms. I feel like I need to…
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5 Best Practices to Help Your Marriage Survive Tragedy

I’m excited to introduce you to my latest guest blogger—Rachel Lee—who’s talking today about recovering from a tragedy in her life and marriage. See her bio below for more on where to find her. And be sure to make her feel welcome by commenting and sharing this moving and meaningful post all around the web!…
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How to Reconnect After a Drift in Your Marriage

I’m excited to have a guest post by Melanie Redd to kick off our new series, “Lessons Learned in Marriage.” Please make her feel welcome by commenting on, as well as sharing her wise words with others to all your favorite social media spots. It was the craziest thing really. My raft and I got…
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3 Fun Ways to Spice Up Your Love Life Using the Bible

Today I want to provide a romantic game that you and your spouse can play using the Bible as your guide to spice up your love life. No, I’m not going to suggest sitting together, holding hands, while breathlessly taking turns reading the Ten Commandments to each other! 😉 There certainly are more romantic passages…
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2 Devotionals Offering Encouragement and Relief

Today I want to point you to some encouragement and relief by sharing two devotionals I’ve recently written, which are featured at two inspirational Christian sites. The first devotional starts off by pointing you to see the unseen. An impossible sounding task, I know! But read on to find out how … I’m about to…
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10 Inspiring Marriage Quotes in the Bible and More!

We all need a little jolt of encouragement that some inspiring quotes about marriage can provide. So today I’ve decided to provide a whole lot of “jolts!” Some are from the Bible and some from my personal stash of marriage quotes. I will also be offering a few of my own reflections on some of…
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How the Bible Addresses 5 Common Problems in Marriage

I did a Google search recently and found several articles offering common problems in marriage, in order to come at them biblically. Below are just a sampling of some of the problems I found … 1. Boundary Problems Sadly, an awful lot of boundary problems can erupt in marriage. The good news is that the…
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Marriage’s Definition and Purposes According to the Bible

Even though our country and world continues to hotly debate what defines marriage, the Bible settled the issue for Christ-followers long ago. It began with the very first people—a man and a woman—that God joined together in a one-flesh covenant in the Garden of Eden. If you’re not a Christ-follower, then you probably don’t believe…
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Feeling the Forgiveness

I’ve talked a lot about forgiveness on this blog over the years, because I’ve learned first hand that it’s what brings calmness out of messy moments in my marriage. So it only makes sense that it should be the foundation of marriage, since forgiveness is the foundation of what Christ did for us in all…



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