It’s easy to have the mindset of comparison when it comes to our relationships. We look at others and wonder why our relationship looks different. It’s the classic grass-is-always-greener mentality. My husband and I recently spent the weekend staying with a couple we are friends with. It is always nice to be around other couples,…
When my husband and I first met, we were both in committed relationships with other people, and neither one of us could stand each other. I thought he was a chauvinist, and he thought I was just another mouthy feminist! Who would’ve thought, years down the road, that the Lord would bring us together? As…
Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold. -Maurice Seitter Have you faced your expectations for marriage with all honesty? We often enter into marriage believing that happiness will abound. No one really expects marriage to be a full-time job. Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott say in their best selling book, Saving…
Raised in a Christian home, both of my parents are Christians, but they were also both fully human. We had ups and downs growing up. My parents were divorced when I was very young. They both did a phenomenal job of staying friendly toward each other and reassuring their children that their divorce was not…
I learned the importance of honesty one day as I sat across the table from a woman who had decades of marriage under her belt. She had infinite wisdom on the subject, and yet somehow could always relate to my newlywed struggles either by recalling her earlier years or current circumstances. She asked me a…
