Life has to get done, and someone has to do it. In a marriage, dividing that labor can be a sticky web of personality clashes, time constraints, and differing priorities. How can a husband and wife actually divide their labors in a way that keeps unity in the marriage? Read “It’s Not About the Dishes”…continued here
What do you do when your spouse has a TV habit that makes you feel invisible and undervalued? This common dynamic can subtly divide a marriage team and can derail a marriage from its God-given purposes. But TV is not the enemy. At the heart of the conflict are hurts such as feeling alone, unheard,…continued here
TV is an amazing gift to be sure, but so many couples, my husband and I included, let it take a place in the marriage that limits and dulls the connection between husband and wife, as well as between each person and God. How can a husband and wife create healthy boundaries in their TV…continued here
Marriage is tough. Parenting seems tougher. How can you strengthen your marriage team in the early stages of parenting? Check out my articles “New Mommy Secrets” and “New Daddy Secrets” on GrowthTrac Ministry’s site. Tweet
My husband is my beloved, my chosen one. Since we fell in love, he has had first place in my heart. Well, until we had our daughter, that is. I know I’m not alone. Many marriages fall to the wayside when the kids come. For several months, this is a necessary shift in focus, a…continued here
I think it’s beautiful and even a little sultry for my husband to be the only one who gets to know what I look like in something slinky, wild, or sexy. As far as I’m concerned, no one else needs to be thinking about me in that way, so I shouldn’t give them opportunity to.
Even more compelling to me than protecting that spark for my husband (because I think every guy wishes his gal were hot eye candy to some degree. You know, a “That’s right, fellas…I don’t know what she’s doing with me either, but I’ve got a hottie” kind of thing) is protecting the sanctity in the marriages around me.
Heavenly Father, all the goodness in me is a gift from You. There is nothing righteous in me apart from You, so I thank You for Your grace and for Your Spirit Who transforms my heart. Strengthen me to be a light in my home so that my words, thoughts, and deeds will always be those that reflect You. May that integrity of heart greatly bless my husband and family. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Coming before the throne of grace together as a married couple will bring such blessing into your marriage. When both people are individually confessing their sins and soaking up the awe of God’s presence, both people will begin to conform to the image of Christ. And when both people in a marriage do that together, there is an un-replicated unity of authentic selves.
Have you ever heard the story about the newlywed husband who invited his ex-girlfriend over when his wife was out? It’s a funny story. Or at least it is now, but when it actually happened to me, I did not find much humor in it at all.
I wanted to read the words and pulled the jacket out of the CD. She had the Lyrics (Beautiful), A Bible Verse (1 Timothy 4:12), and a sentence saying that she wrote the song based on letters she had written to her future husband. I write them now to my future wife, which is weird because as you read you are my wife.
