Category: Trials
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5 Best Practices to Help Your Marriage Survive Tragedy

I’m excited to introduce you to my latest guest bloggerāRachel Leeāwho’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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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 … Iām about to…
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The Unfair Task of Remembering Your Spouse is Not the Enemy

Do you ever feel like your mate is your enemyāor is at least acting like one? Sadly, in the heat of conflicts in marriage, itās easy to be confused about who the real Enemy is. In marriage, weāre often tempted to point fingers at each other, rather than keeping in mind that it might NOT…
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How Suffering Can Improve Your Marriage and Life

Back when I entered marriage many years ago, I was young, naĆÆve and totally idealistic. I thought that marriage would fulfill the longings in my heart that had been bubbling up all throughout my childhood and teen years. Naturally, I was far too familiar with the fairytale endings that Disney churned out, and was equally…
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The Childhood Wound of Neglect And WW Linkup

Iāve been a bit surprised by the amount of interest in this series on the wounds of our past, but definitely not shocked. I think this is an area that many couples struggle with and can relate toārealizing it brings with it much messiness and misery in marriage. The first step I want to take…
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Ruins to Redemption And WW Linkup

Today we are honored to have my sweet friend Mary Geisen who blogs at Passage Through Grace as the host of WW this week, sharing her story of redemption after a failed marriage. I’m so excited that she’s been brave and gracious enough to talk about this, because I believe that divorce is often an…
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The Day I Walked Out on My Husband And WW Linkup

Today we have Aimee Imbeau who blogs at A Work of Grace with us sharing a guest post and hosting Wedded Wednesday while I am on vacation. I hope you’ll welcome her with oodles of comments and encouragement! š I was devastated by his careless words spoken the night before as I walked out my…
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When Your Spouse Stonewalls You And WW Linkup
Creating a confessional culture is not for the faint of heart, especially if you are trying to do so in a deeply wounded and dysfunctional marriage. As a marriage life-coach and counselor, Iād say that the majority of folks I deal with are in a relationship where one partner is doing most of the humbling…
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When Storms Come in Marriage – WW Linkup

This past Saturday, my husband and I were excited to celebrate with our oldest son, Jordan, as he married his sweetheart, Sarah at beautiful Sorella Farm in Evington, Virginia. They had planned to have an outdoor ceremony followed by a grand reception in the nearby, decked-out barn. We knew that storms were a possibility on…
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Are You ‘In Over Your Head’? Video
I wanted to share a video this week of a song that has become very close to my heart lately. I love the lyrics because it says, “I’m in over my head.” I love that idea because, so much of the time, we hear songs or messages that talk about walking on water or being…


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