Surrender! Let Him Call the Shots

Moms, it’s time to surrender! Yes, I’m talking to you. Are you the woman who makes her own decisions, is self-assured, knows what you want and tells everyone including your husband about it? If that’s you…I get it. I’ve been that woman for years. But, I had an excuse or at least I thought I did. I was a single mom who thought she had to do it all by herself…until one wonderful and life-changing day, the day I heard God speak straight to my heart, my life began to change for the better; I began to really listen to God. One of the first …

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How to Fight Fair in a Marriage

  One issue that affects many marriages is a lack of strong communication.  We might communicate well when the waters are smooth, but then, if the waters get a little rocky, our communication skills often fly out the window.  I taught a workshop a couple of months ago called Fighting for Your Marriage. In that workshop, one thing we talked about was how to fight fair.  Here are some basic rules.  How to Fight Fair in a Marriage: 1. Stick to the topic at hand. Don’t bring up a ton of other issues that need to be addressed. Whatever was the …

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ONE Thing that Will Make Your Marriage Strong

  “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” Genesis 2:24 (NKJV) How would you describe your marriage? Marriage can be tough. I know! My man and I have weathered some pretty tough times ourselves… so I get it when women tell me marriage is hard. But could it be that we are making marriage much more difficult than it needs to be? Could it be that we are making marriage much more difficult than it needs to be? Click To Tweet One of the things I realized …

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Don’t Give Up In the Middle of the Marriage Tunnel

Have you ever heard anyone say that marriage isn’t easy? I’ve heard it too, but if you’re like me, you let it roll off your back.  It wasn’t that I didn’t believe it. It’s just that I didn’t relate to it. What wasn’t my current reality didn’t seem real. But you don’t have to be married for any length of time to discover that marriage really isn’t easy. Maybe you’re there now! Marriage is hard and it not only takes a lot of work, it takes a lot dying to self, a lot of patience, a lot of understanding, a …

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Dear God, He’s Home!

Today I birthed a baby—no not a real baby—but my seventeenth book, Dear God, He’s Home! A Woman’s Guide to Her Stay-at-Home Man, releases March 5th and the process of writing and getting a book published usually takes longer than 9 months and the labor pains go on and on…. But just like when you look into the face of your beautiful baby for the first time, when my “baby” arrived on my doorstep and I held it in my hands, all the stress of long writing days, late nights, deadlines, edits, selecting a cover and a name all faded …

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Love on Display

Yesterday was what my husband and I refer to as a “Hallmark holiday.” Don’t get me wrong, I applaud the efforts of the greeting card industry to help people communicate their feelings, but I believe expression of our love and affection for our loved ones should not be limited to one day on the calendar. Love doesn’t just happen. It needs to be nurtured if it is to grow into something beautiful and lasting. Marriage relationships especially require daily attention to develop and mature. Often that means you make an intentional choice to show your husband you care, a deliberate …

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