Romancing Your Wife
Guys, let’s face it. Some of us have a long way to go in the romance department. We know our wife wants it, we know we’re supposed to do it, but it just doesn’t come naturally to us.
When we first begin to court a woman, our step is lighter and our inner Romeo is unleashed. Driven to win her heart, romantic creativity seems to flow easily....
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Not Another Divorce Statistic
I did not want to be another divorce statistic, but the numbers were not in our favor.
My husband Rudy is a bus driver and I work in dentistry - both careers that rank high in divorce statistics. We have a severely handicapped son. We struggled financially. My husband has been fighting depression for most of his life. My life and my marriage were...
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MU: First Born Advantage
According to psychological research, there are certain traits that are much more common to firstborn children than to second, third, or later born children in a family. In this video, Dr. Kevin Leman shares how the first born advantage works. If you are the firstborn child in your family, can you identify any ways that you differ from your siblings?...
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Does God Send Valentines?
Remember those tiny valentine cards we received from classmates in elementary school? And how much we hoped for something special from a certain boy? One was so precious to me I didn’t share it with anyone, but hid it in my sock drawer. I still remember that because there is something so special about Valentine’s Day. Years later, our lingering...
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First Aid for Bruised Hearts - Talk to a mentor
“What’s love got to do with it?” Tina Turner famously asked. For many of us, love – the joy of it, the lack of it, or the confusion that comes with it – is both what gets us up in the morning and what keeps us up at night.
If you have a question about love, relationships, or marriage you’re not alone. Love, even when it’s wonderful,...
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A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break
Donned in her favorite nightgown Kimberly* slips under the covers anticipating a good night’s sleep. Patting her husband’s shoulder she says, Goodnight honey… Tentatively Ron reaches out for Kimberly and nuzzles her check giving her a tender kiss. With a familiar sick sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, Kimberly wriggles away from Ron,...
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An Old Testament Lesson on Contentment: Hannah
I’d been praying for a husband for a long time. In fact, I adapted Hannah’s request for a son in I Samuel 1:11 to my situation: "O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a [husband], then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his...
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