Be a Butterfly
Don’t be afraid of transformation. It is what will help you develop new beauty and freedom in your marriage, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.
Tag: healing
Where the Holy Spirit Resides
When we pray to God from the depths of our mess, we discover that He is already right there with us. Right in the worst of it all, the Holy Spirit resides.
Do the Brave Thing
Is it possible to heal from having your feelings dismissed in your marriage?
When You’ve Changed and Your Husband Has Stayed the Same
How can you find peace when you’ve made so many changes and your husband has barely budged? This post gives you eight ideas for how you can respond.
What Does a Video Game Show About Marriage Growth?
I was playing a video game the other day, and I realized that my avatar’s energy level was getting low. Instead of forging ahead …
Out of the Swamp
Words cannot adequately describe my emotions when I realized I needed to work on sex. Some of these emotions were due to my newfound awareness …
Have You Waited Too Long?
A little over a month ago, I planted a couple tomato plants. Our tomato cages got lost in our move last year, so I …
Mending the Remnants of Brokenness
Giving voice to your own story of sexual assault can be an important step in your healing. It is part of how you can begin to mend what once was torn.
The De-Cluttered Marriage Bed
As the marriage bed becomes cleansed, it can become easier to experience the blessings God has poured into your marriage.
Inundated by His Hurt
When we gaze at a lake on a sunny day or at a lazy slow river, it’s easy to forget the overwhelming power that …
When What Hurts Is What Heals
The moment it hit me how much I’d hurt my husband by my years of resisting sex in our marriage, I made a commitment …
The Other Side of the Wall
The walls we build to help ourselves feel safe may be the very things that deny us access to what we most want. In this post, I talk about how the walls I’d built to provide me some emotional safety affected my husband’s sense of emotional safety with me. Other posts in the series share about why why we build walls, why we need to forgive, and how to tear down that wall.
Tear Down the Wall
Note: In this post, I will be discussing emotional safety and healing.. If you are being emotionally abused, or if you fear for your physical safety because of physical …
When the Wall Becomes a Prison . . . Forgive
Note: In this post, I will be discussing emotional safety, healing, and forgiveness. If you are being emotionally abused, or if you fear for your …
I Need You
When you are in need, can you and your husband rely on each other for comfort?