Category: Marriage
Not Feeling It
As a kindergarten teacher, I would repeat the same concepts in my lessons over and over again to my students. My delivery and setting were…
Husband Rant With Much Venting
This journal entry is a typical mad-at-husband rant. I will edit most of it out except God’s responses to an angry me. Most of my…
Give the Benefit of the Doubt
I don’t have many memories of my dad, but I knew he loved me and that he was a proud man. He conveyed to us…
Close to the Shepherd
I was reading in Luke 18 about the blind beggar man who followed Jesus asking Him to have mercy on Him. Finally, Jesus stopped and…
Something is Missing
From the journal . . . . May 2013 Lord – I miss you. Something inside feels missing. Not sure what. Maybe it’s because I…
Be Holy as I Am Holy
I think all of us who have been married would agree that we don’t always treat our spouse as we would like to be treated….
Sleeping in Church
This was a hard season for our marriage. Alcoholism was a large part of the problem, but I had my role in the dysfunction as…
Can I Eat Candy Bars in Heaven?
My husband was the sole provider for our family of seven for the first twenty-five years of our marriage. He was a self-employed roofer, sheet…
When Hope is Compromised
For all our married life Mark has struggled against alcoholism. By the grace of God, he has been winning the battle consistently for over six…
This is Amazing Grace
In a crowd of people, the father looks for his child. When they aren’t together, his mind goes to that child throughout the day. Lord,…