If you are in an abusive marriage, this article does not apply. While some of these books might be helpful, it is important that you seek help in the right places and make sure that you and your children if you have them are safe. Focus on the Family has an article with advice for if you are in an abusive marriage. Sometimes it just feels like marriage sucks. It might feel like your life didn’t end up the way…
Wow, I have been absent on my own blog for almost two weeks! Summer has gotten busy as it is quickly coming to an end and in all honesty I have been struggling to find anything marriage related to write about. My marriage hasn’t been the perfect example lately, old hurts have resurfaced stronger in my marriage, and we have been struggling once again. I would love to say that this doesn’t happen for us, but I would be lying….
As I mentioned before, I have been working my way through a study that covers the book of Mark in the Bible. I was reading in chapter 5 a few days ago about the synagogue ruler named Jairus who came to Jesus because his daughter was sick. While he was with Jesus some men came and told Jairus that his daughter was dead and there was no point in bothering Jesus about it anymore. What would be the outcome of…
At the beginning of this week as part of my Fitness Challenge I committed to waking up in time to exercise, what this also included was getting up early enough to spend quiet time with God. See, what happens is I hit snooze too many times, my kids wake up, the day starts, and I miss my prime time for quiet time, reading my Bible, praying, and getting in a little exercise. So, I decided I was not going to hit…
Oh, how pathetic I have been at this challenge. Last week I completed two days of working out. Not my finest week EVER! Due to the horribleness (that’s a word, right?) of my effort last week I have decided to redo the week. I just don’t feel right counting it towards my challenge when I did not come close to accomplishing what I wanted to. Here’s some of my issues I have been having with working out: Sleeping – I used…
Lately I have been stressed and worried. I have been fighting to maintain peace within because of all the “what ifs” that are running through my head. I have been wanting encouragement, even praying that God will provide someone into my day that will offer the encouragement that I need and that He would just give me a message. Well, it didn’t really seem like anyone came along, but I did some reading in my Bible and was reminded of…