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Mixed Feelings on My Boys, Marriage and Milestones
Today’s topic on Marriage Monday is Children and Marriage. This seems like a timely topic for me, since I’ve found myself reflecting back on those many years of raising my three boys due to some milestone moments of late. And not only have I reflected on the past, but I’ve also looked ahead to my…
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Minimizing Messes
In my last post, I talked about how I didn’t take my Poison Ivy seriously at first. I must confess, I have a tendency to do that—to minimize a problem. Unfortunately, I’m an anxious person—always have been. I could spiritually dissect that and tell you that my anxiety means I don’t have enough faith in…
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3 Attitudes that Lead to Trouble
On the last Friday of August, my husband and I decided to clear out some weeds in our yard. Unbeknownst to me, I picked up a batch of weeds “Poison Ivy,” hugging it ever so tenderly on the way to the yard waste bag. In the words of Julia Roberts, “Big mistake! BIG!” Until this…
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Keep the Change!
Written by Stacey Micklevitz Messy Marriage Team Member How often do we hear friends lament that their spouses “have changed?” Such a complaint is common among those who are unhappy in their marriages or are heading toward divorce. The comment is often accompanied by “He/she is just not the same person he/she was when we…
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My Messy Messages
Just the other day I decided to “communicate” my displeasure with something my husband had said earlier to me, by using sarcasm to strike back at him. Honestly, I thought it would get my message across in a “funny” way. After all, everybody loves a comic, right? I guess I have this idea that using…
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Rules of Engagement
Written by Heather Copple Messy Marriage Team Member Fighting and disagreeing with our spouse is bound to happen. We’re individuals who want and need different things at different times. We then share a space where privacy is not always present. We’re forced to deal with one another because we share a bedroom, house, children, and…
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A Difference that Divides
Differences can divide us, making our marriages messy and full of pain … especially when those differences are spiritual or faith-based. God clearly reminds us that our faith can be a stumbling block to those who don’t believe (Rom. 9:31-33). And the Apostle Paul warns us against being “yoked together” with unbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14).…
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Marriage Mistake #10 – Believed Love was Only a Feeling
When I was first married I felt that my love for my husband was completely. I woke up thinking about him and didn’t stop until I laid down at night. But even then he invaded my sleep as my “dream guy!” I felt those sweet butterflies when he walked into the room. I swooned when…
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Unhealthy Alliances – To Leave or Not to Leave?
(I may be stepping into controversial waters with this topic. But I hope that you will allow yourself to look at your marriage in this area without fear or defensiveness.) “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24…
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Not What I Expected …
Written by Kimberly Green Messy Marriage Team Member … Or even what I thought I wanted. My parent’s divorce in my adolescence had left scars but had also given me a wonderful gift—the gift of KNOWING their model was broken. My mother playing the perpetual victim and my father continually looking for her to validate…
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