He disappears. Never a good sign when the house is full and the heart is empty. Children run across dirty carpets. Retriever hovers desperately, though all her needs are met. And then, an hour later he returns. Door shut behind, where I can’t see it. Zombie-like, my eyes stay locked on our open field….hands sunk deep […]
How Disney Poisoned My Marriage
“And they lived happily ever after,” the story goes. Encircled around the table, we weren’t even discussing Disney. We were diving into the word, surrender. But then somehow (as most girl conversations go), we got a little off topic. Women started sharing about their husbands. We start discussing the challenges of marriage, until I blurt out quite […]
Letting Go the Battle to Control Our Husbands
He wakes. Sits straight up. “I think we are supposed to go to Dominican Republic”. “Hmmm?” I whisper, eyes not even open yet. “Why do you say that?” “I don’t know”, husband responds. “I just think we are supposed to go.” Little is said. Time drifts us into reality and we lay hold “the seen” more […]
The Bridge to Head Over Heals, In Love Relationship
According to Universe time…my husband and I knew each other about three seconds before getting married and starting a family. We were in our early twenties, being children in every sense of the word. Survivalist searching for a fairy-tale love, some romantic fulfillment that promises, “Love does exist”. But while offering our lives to work, serving […]
3 Strategies Toward a UNITED Life, Ministry, and marriage.
Have you ever seen a marriage, family, neighbor, or church…divided? It’s a gruesome sight. Like a war with casualties lying around, limbless. Often the result of divisions is a bloody mess. Still in retrospect, how many people really think they are the ones creating division? Often we won’t notice this type of war until after everything around us […]
Ponderings from the Pond: The Dance of Creation.
Sitting. Like a gentle rain on a cold December day. I feel it…. Washing over me. Surfacing from a place, I didn’t know existed … Fear. Worry. Anxiety. A list of impurities. This camel back believer. Unaware. Unnecessarily carrying. Leaving. By the washing of His presence. Though…I did nothing. No more than enter. His Secret Place. […]