General marriage improvement that doesn’t fit elsewhere
The move from “I have to” to “I want to” is a move from duty to delight How often do we view meeting the needs of our spouse as an obligation, yet another item on our already crammed-full to-do list? The problem with seeing our spouse as a duty, through the lens of “I have …
There’s a popular notion today that the best marriages are 50-50. The problem is that’s just not the way God designed it to work. When you keep score, nobody wins.
It was 2010 when I first came across a Scripture that has since become my favorite piece of marriage advice. I had been blogging for less than a year, but I had been studying marriage for many years beforehand in my attempt to understand God’s heart for our marriage. I had even read the verse …
Be a treasure hunter where your spouse is concerned by seeking, seeing, and speaking the beautiful and praiseworthy in your spouse and marriage. Have you ever heard the principle, “We become what we behold?” Or maybe you’ve heard the adage, “Whatever you focus on grows.” The notion behind both of these sayings is that we …
What would your marriage be like if both of you threw out the scorecards? What if you were both one hundred percent in, putting everything you have and everything you are into your marriage? The 50/50 marriage paradigm, held up by many as the “ideal” marriage, says that everything should be divided right down the middle. A husband and wife …
