God, using His infinite wisdom and creativity, sometimes orchestrates a unique melding together of two lives. There are stories of love at first sight, or stories where the courtship strung on and on while one person or the other sorted through a myriad of feelings, and there’s the typical dating ...
Read More »Do What the Holy Spirit Says — Don’t Resist
One of my worst habits, if you ask my husband, is that I don’t listen. Instead I wait to talk, which means that while he is talking, I am thinking about something else, usually what I want to say next, probably a refutation of what he just said. I have ...
Read More »7 Things You May Not Know About Introverts
Do you find that it can be a challenge to be an introvert in a culture that embraces extroverts? Have you ever been told, “Just force yourself to be more sociable?” Yet you tried this and were miserable? Is it possible for introverts to be in a relationship with someone ...
Read More »Forgiveness Versus Reconciliation
“She said she was sorry for at least the tenth time. Each time that I forgive, she changes for a little while but then goes right back to her old behavior. I know I am supposed to forgive as I am a Christian.” Does the above sound familiar? I encounter ...
Read More »Constant Arguments and 5 Ways to Reduce Them
Many will be quick to offer comfort to hurting couples with these three words: “All couples argue.” But how much arguing is too much? And is it healthy? Fact: every relationship will at some point experience occasional conflict. It’ll happen inevitably since we are entitled to our opinion, and God ...
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