There’s an episode of the much-beloved show This is Us wherein (no big spoilers, don’t worry!) Randall and Beth—the married couple viewers love to love—are fighting. In the stress and strain of trying to launch their respective careers, they both bristle with anger, each feeling unseen, underappreciated, less than loved. In a fit of pique,…
A marriage after God is one where the husband and wife are transparent with one another. Transparency in marriage is like giving your spouse a flashlight and letting them explore the depths of your heart. Transparency is being honest with your spouse through the art of communication, talking to one another, sharing details of your…
Recently a friend invited my three children and me to her five-year-old’s birthday party. The kids had a blast jumping on the blow-up bouncy house she’d rented and eating cupcakes, and they were sad when it was time to leave. On the way out, the children were given party favor bags filled with stickers, coloring…
I have never celebrated Valentine’s Day. Perhaps I should clarify: I’ve never celebrated Valentine’s Day as part of a couple. Since I’m a forty-two-year-old who’s been married almost twelve years, you would think I’d have had many a romantic February 14. The reality, though, is that I have never had a Hallmark movie–style Valentine’s Day….
Our Bible study leader, Dana, asked some challenging questions the other day: Who or what is your number one ministry? and Are you attending to that number one ministry? For believers, God comes first, but Dana reminded us that we who are married have our number one ministry staring us in the face over morning…
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24 NASB) Here’s the rub: You’ve done your job as parents, and now your children have left to establish a family and/or life of their own. Whether they’re single or…