Hardship And Suffering
How to Survive Your Spouses’ Affair
If you are dealing with an unfaithful spouse, the pain you are feeling unfortunately comes with the territory. The consequences of an affair are overwhelming and horrifically painful. I have heard it likened to post traumatic stress syndrome. You are in a place you never expected to be. Here are a few things that will help you navigate this...
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Coping with Your Husband's Job Loss My cell phone rang on Monday morning while I was working...
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When the Cradle Is Empty It has been my experience that couples suffering from infertility often...
Do you want to energize your marriage? Then upgrade your communication skills. Recently we upgraded our computers. We got rid of old files and added new features to make them more efficient. Frankly, it was a little scary, but now we love our more powerful computers. No way would we go back to the old programs. Is your communications like our...
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Nine years ago, Pam Thum signed a recording contract and began her ministry of Christian music. With her Shania Twain-looks, God-given talent and velvety-smooth voice she could have succeeded in any music venue. However, as her website, states, she has chosen many of her songs to carry the Lord’s message of healing and hope for the weary. She...
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How do you look at change? Change can be positive or negative -- depending on how you look at it. Do you see it as an adventure or is "change" a scary word to you? Maybe you just don't want to rock the boat -- even if it's going nowhere. Change can be risky, but we're convinced that no risk equals no change, and no change adds up to no growth...
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I remember when I was 12 years old, playing in a peewee hockey game where we were getting destroyed. My father (and coach) stormed into the dressing room between periods and yelled at my teammates, “Listen up, you guys! Just give the puck to Paul and get out of his way!” I was mortified at the time, but later on it hit me. My Dad thinks I’m...
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My husband controls who I have for friends, what kinds of meetings I go to, what I should wear to cook breakfast in. I'm thinking of leaving him. You really do have some choices before you move out. You can give your husband the choice of being controlling or of being frustrated. The reason we get frustrated in our lives is that things we want...
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A prevailing myth in our society says that during times of extreme crisis, many (if not most) marriages falter and fail. Certainly it was something we were told time and time again when we faced our own tragedies. Grief counsellors and social workers cautioned us about this danger after the stillbirths of both our sons Noah and Simon, and even the...
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