Category: Wedded Wednesday

• Call it what it is—Adultery! And WW Linkup

  

  I have a confession to make … I’m an adulterer. 😦 Sadly, I have sins in my life that have moved from a one time offense, to a habit, to a compulsion, to an addiction. I mentioned some of those in my last post that you can read here. In fact, we all need to…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 12, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Betrayal, Choices, Christ-Centered, Confession, Desires, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Grace, Jesus’ Sacrifice, Love for God, Love of God, Priorities, Resurrect Me Series, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Surrender, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Adultery, Christ’s Bride, Habitual Sin, Idolatry, Surrender, Temptations

• When Addiction is Subtle And WW Linkup

  

  Today I want to move forward in our “Resurrect Me” series on the addictions, compulsions and bad habits we ALL have in our lives by focusing on the next verse in our key passage (James 4:1-10), verse 3 … “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 5, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Choices, Christ-Centered, Comfort, False Beliefs, Pain, Resurrect Me Series, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Truth, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Bad Habits, Compulsions, Desires, Pain, Pleasure, Suffering

• Resurrect Me from the Pull of My Desires And Linkup

  

  In my new series—Resurrect Me—I want to explore all the ways you and I let addictions, compulsions and bad habits drag us back to the “grave” of our former selves (Rom. 7:22-25). This unbridled and relentless hunger can be especially destructive in marriage—making it so very messy and ugly. There’s an important passage in James…

  BethSteffaniak

  March 29, 2016

  About Me, Addictions, Anger, Attitude, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Conflict, Desires, Emotions, Faith in God, Grace, Humility, Negotiation, Resentments, Respect, Resurrect Me Series, Selfishness, Surrender, Unity, Validation, Wedded Wednesday

  Addictions, Anger, Arguing, Bad Habits, Communication, Conflict, Desires, Selfishness

• Finding Healing for Your Wounds And Linkup

  

  Today I’m continuing the series on the wounds of our past by focusing on how to bring healing to those wounds through a new spiritual and relational focus. This means delving a bit deeper into what must be done in tandem with any ongoing prayer/processing of wounds (that I’ve shared in past posts). I believe…

  BethSteffaniak

  March 15, 2016

  About Me, Acceptance, Authenticity, Choices, Christ-Centered, Comfort, Confession, Confessional Culture, Denial, Empathy, Encouragement, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Guilt, Identity, Love, Love of God, Pain, Perspective, Prayer, Redemption, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Image, Self-Reflection, Shame, Surrender, Toxic Baggage, Truth, Unity, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday, Wounds

  Acceptance, Christ’s Wounds, Comfort, God’s Redemption, Healing, Wounds

• A Sure Strength When You Are Weak And WW Linkup

  

  Today we are privileged to have my lovely bloggy friend, Debbie Wilson sharing a guest post about her new book, Little Women, Big God: It’s not the size of your problems, but the size of your God as well as hosting Wedded Wednesday with a giveaway of her book to boot! Yay, Debbie! 🙂 Larry…

  BethSteffaniak

  March 8, 2016

  Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Encouragement, Faith in God, Give-Away, Love of God, Marriage, Wedded Wednesday

  Christ-centered, Faith in God, Fruit of Spirit, Holy Spirit, Love of God, Spiritual Passion

• The Childhood Wound of Neglect And WW Linkup

  

  I’ve 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 to—realizing it brings with it much messiness and misery in marriage. The first step I want to take…

  BethSteffaniak

  February 16, 2016

  About Me, Abuse, Acceptance, Blaming, Christ-Centered, Denial, Emotions, False Beliefs, Messy Mom’s and Dad’s, Negative Self-Talk, Pain, Perspective, Self-awareness, Self-deception, Self-Reflection, Toxic Baggage, Trauma, Trials, Victim Mentality, Wedded Wednesday, Wounds

  Childhood, Pain, Self-awareness, Toxic Baggage, Trauma, Triggers, Victim Mentality, Wounds

• New Series on Wounds of the Past and Linkup

  

  Lately, it seems like God is dealing with me through all sorts of sources on the need to deal with old wounds that trigger me and my hubby in our marriage. It’s like everywhere I turn the subject turns to old wounds … From my Men and Openness Survey results (see post here on how…

  BethSteffaniak

  February 9, 2016

  Emotions, Failure, In-Laws, Marriage Mistakes, Mess Makers, Messy Mom’s and Dad’s, Pain, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Toxic Baggage, Triggers in Marriage Series, Wedded Wednesday, Withdrawal, Wounds

  Emotional Wounds, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Toxic Baggage, Triggers

• What Men Fear about Opening Up And Linkup

  

  Today I want to continue to unpack the results of the “Men and Openness” survey by looking at question #5 … What do you feel you need to overcome in order to be better able to identify and share your feelings? (I allowed the men to choose all that applied) 70.49% – My fear of…

  BethSteffaniak

  February 2, 2016

  Alienation, Anger, Authenticity, Avoidance, Balance, Blaming, Bonding, Boundaries, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Confrontation, Control, Criticism, Discouragement, Emotions, Empathy, Encouragement, Fear, Gender Differences, Humility, Listening Skills, Marriage, Openness, Pain, Perseverance, Positive Focus, Prayer, Pride, Respect, Security, Validation, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday, Withdrawal

  Affirmation, Communication, Conflict, Empathy, Fear, Listening Skills. Active Listening, Openness, Prayer, Vulnerability

• What Distorts and Damages Men’s Openness? And Linkup

  

  I’m picking up where we left off from the “Men and Openness Survey” series by unpacking question number 4 from the survey … What outside sources have been hindrances to you opening up and sharing your feelings with your wife? (I let the men choose all that applied.) 55.56% – The poor example I saw…

  BethSteffaniak

  January 26, 2016

  Acceptance, Christ-Centered, Communication, Discouragement, Empathy, Encouragement, Faith in God, Forgiveness, God’s Redemption, Listening Skills, Marriage, Men and Openness Series, Messy Mom’s and Dad’s, Openness, Parenthood, Perspective, Realistic Expectations, Self-awareness, Shame, Toxic Baggage, Wedded Wednesday, Wounds

  Communication, Forgiveness, God’s Redemption, Openness, Realistic Expectations, Stigma, Toxic Baggage, Vulnerability, Wounds

• Super Mom Myth Review and Giveaway! Plus Linkup

  

  Today, I’m “super” excited to do a book review of my bloggy friend, Becky Kopitzke’s first book! Woot woot! I’m so happy for her! And, if you’d like to learn more about her or connect with her at her blog, scroll down to find out more about her below. Becky always provides such amazing insight into…

  BethSteffaniak

  January 19, 2016

  Balance, Christ-Centered, Control, Emotions, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Give-Away, Laziness, Marriage, Messy Mom’s and Dad’s, Motherhood, Parenthood, Perfectionism, Positive Focus, Self-Reflection, Spiritual Growth, Surrender, Wedded Wednesday, Worry

  Control, Motherhood, Parenting, Superhero, Surrender, The Super Mom Myth, Truth