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100 Proven Ways to Have a Stronger Marriage
A marriage is a living entity. It grows and changes over time. It is two people working together to in a symbiotic relationship. But, just as anything without proper sustenance, without proper care, it can become stagnant. That doesn’t mean it’s dead, it is still possible to grow a stronger marriage. Daily, you have the freedom to choose. You can decide to work toward stronger marriage. And, you can choose how you will love your husband. It’s a powerful choice. Your attitude about your marriage can serve as an essential building block for a long-lasting marriage. One that is sustained by love, joy and peace. This post contains affiliate advertisement links…
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How Can it Be? Celebrating 25 Years of Marriage Moments
How Can it Be? That’s how I’m feeling on this day. I look at my Beloved husband awed at his love. It’s incredible to think that we’ve been married for 25 years. It seems... ah, so cliché to say, like yesterday. So Happy Together for 25 Years I’m amazed, that he still stares at me with loving eyes that look awed to be with me. I’m still giddy like a school girl when he says my name. I still wonder why he chose me. He said, “we’ll grow old and I’ll still stare at you,” and he still does. Through the years we’ve had difficulties, and joys. Awestruck surprises and heartfelt…
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20 Things To Do for a Stronger Marriage
Do you sit around wondering why your marriage isn’t what you thought it would be? Are you ever hoping for a stronger marriage but aren’t sure what to do to get there? Remember how last week I shared that it starts with you? This week I’m sharing an important key to understanding how your marriage can be stronger. Over the years, I’ve come to understand this important thing and if you will really allow it to work in your heart you’ll begin to see that it changes everything. This one thing that I’ve come to understand over the nearly 25 years of my own marriage has changed my heart and I…
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50 Awesome Marriage Quotes to Inspire Joy and Peace
Sometimes I like to pop in here to the blog and share a bit of marriage or family inspiration. I don’t know about your but I find great inspirational quotes to motivate me to love more, do more, and be a better wife, and mom. Which is why I’ve gathered 50 of my favorite marriage quotes to share with you. It’s no secret that I love my marriage. Believe me; I understand that marriage isn’t always easy; in fact it’s sometimes very hard. But joy, well, joy is something we choose regardless of circumstances. We decide that no matter what happens in life, what difficulty, or sorrow, or fear might come…
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Intimacy In and Out of the Marriage Bed
Marriage Moment: In the Marriage Bed Part III Intimacy is one of those words that takes on different meanings to each person. For some it’s a reference to a close spiritual relationship that develops between two individuals, for others it’s about friendship, while for some it’s about the affectionate relationship. The reality is all of those definitions are true. In the adjective form of the word, each of those definitions are accurate. But, there is another, the use of the word characterized by privacy, closely personal, rising from a close personal connection or familiar experience. Then there is the form of the word that indicates a very private relationship, the sexual relationship. I’ve discussed the…
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How to Prioritize your Relationship in the Marriage Bed
Marriage Moment: Love in the Marriage Bed Part II Last week I started a series for learning about the purpose of the marriage bed. This week I want to look forward to how to prioritize your relationship in the marriage bed. This means we are going to look at how and why joining with your husband, often, as one, is important, with tips for how to make it a priority. This post contains affiliate links to 3rd party sites where products may be purchased, such sales may result in paid compensation to this blogger. Setting Your Priorities for the Marriage Bed The Apostle Paul gives clear instruction for how we are…
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Holding on to Marriage During Times of Grief
Grief. At some point or another we all experience grief. It comes in many forms and various reasons. It will have an impact on marriage. The way the couple chooses to handle the grief will determine the outcome of the marriage and the overall path that the grief can take. Grief comes because of some kind of physical separation. It can be due to a change in circumstances such as a job loss, a physical change in ones body, or even the loss of a personal dream or goal. Other times grief comes due to the death of a loved one. This could be through miscarriage, the death of a child, sibling,…
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That Kind of Love
Recently I was with another woman and we were watching a romance movie. At the end of the movie she was crying and said, “Don’t you wish you had that kind of love?” My response was, “I do.” She was like, “Really?” I said, “Yeah.” I thought for a moment and then said, “What do you mean by, that kind of love?” She responded with, “You know, someone who will love you know matter what, will always be there for you when you need them and won’t give up even when it seems like there is no hope.” I smiled and said, “Yeah, I have that kind of love. It…
