Honoring God with What We Have
A beloved and integral building at my best friend’s business burned down almost a week ago. As the wife of a fire captain, of course I know things burn all the time. Sparks kindle. Paper, grass, and wood catch flame. Then we pray the water comes to suffocate the fire …
When I finally warmed up to writing about my real life and marriage, not just my imagination played out in picture books, one of my friends messaged me and asked me if I could write something special for her and her husband’s vow renewal. It shocked me that someone, anyone …
That man you met and exchanged phone numbers with for the first time? Kiss him goodbye. That man you wondered about and wanted when you were apart? Kiss him goodbye. That man who took you to a movie or bought your dinner and you were too nervous to eat in …
If you’re tired of circling the same mountain in your marriage and you want something new, you are not alone. You’re dizzy, frustrated, exhausted, devastated, disoriented, hungry, lonely, empty, or even just a little bit quieter than you would like to be. And you want something to change. But you can’t …
So your marriage isn’t what you thought it would be, isn’t what you want it to be, or maybe it’s already over. You signed the papers and stood over its grave- maybe in a cemetery lined with divorce statistics, mulched by legal fees, or maybe you just imagined it so …
