Tag: Suffering
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How to Face Suffering Like Jesus and Why it Helps

This is a golden oldie I’ve pulled from my vault, written years ago. I hope it encourages you in every struggle and trial you face in life or marriage. Anyone who knows me well, knows I’m not much of a crier—at least not someone who usually cries publicly. But put me through a time of…
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10 Inspiring Ways Troubles Can Be Used to Ignite Joy

I remember the moment like it was yesterday—the day I recognized the unbreakable link between troubles and joy. Ironically, that day and moment happened more than 20 years ago. 😉 My husband had just been called to pastor a church. And we were so excited to get started on that new journey. During those first…
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How to Live Out God’s Word in a Difficult Marriage

Today I’m excited to share a guest post from my blogging friend, Jana Carlson, who will be guiding us on how to use God’s Word in the difficult moments of marriage. And who hasn’t hit one of those?! Be sure to welcome her with lots of engagement and encouragement! The day after the dreaded “D…
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One Christmas List That Can Actually Relieve Your Stress

Today I’m reposting an article I wrote two years ago with a message that bears repeating! It’s all about the hidden benefit and stress reliever of love! And who doesn’t need to relieve stress at this time of year? I know I sure do! Read more to find out how to apply this stress reliever…
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3 Encouraging Truths for When You’re Suffering Plus Giveaway!

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve hit a confusing and/or conflicted point in life and/or marriage, only to find my time of Bible study providing the truths and support I needed. God has been so good to me in that way. The pages of the Bible are dripping with so much wisdom, comfort,…
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5 Inspiring Examples of Perseverance in the Bible

I’m excited to have Landen Melton as my guest today—offering inspiration from the Bible on how we can persevere like Job, Jeremiah, Apostle Paul, the Persistent Widow and Jesus. What does the word perseverance mean to you? Perhaps you haven’t had to endure a lot of life’s ups and downs. Perseverance might not mean much to…
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How Jesus Helps Us to Navigate Suffering

Have you ever faced a season of suffering in life or marriage that left you wondering how or where to navigate out of the darkness? If you’ve lived for any time at all, you probably have! Difficulties, injustices, trials and pain come to all of us at one time or another. Today I’m excited and…
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The Unfair Task to Love a Mate Who Won’t Love Back
I grew up in a family that wasn’t very open with statements of love for each other. So I went into dating and marriage with a larger than average love-hunger. This drove me to expect a larger portion of love than any “love interest” could humanly feed me. As you can imagine, this put tremendous…
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How Suffering Can Improve Your Marriage and Life

Back when I entered marriage many years ago, I was young, naïve 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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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…


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