Topic : Marriage and Family
Faith and Father's Day Cards
I stood facing a tall rack of Father's Day greeting cards and meandered through them, not finding anything that seemed to fit. I was stuck, paralyzed by a mental wrestling match and quickly becoming frustrated. If only I felt the way the words inside the cards told me. Emotions swelled in my heart and I was trapped between wishing I could say such beautiful and heartwarming words, yet feeling guilty because I couldn't.
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Is Divorce Our End?
I met a newlywed couple recently; I'll call them Ted and Lindy. They were giddy after their honeymoon—young lovers with big dreams for life together. But within months of that romantic high, their daily routine (or lack thereof) and a mounting list of unresolved conflicts and unmet expectations began to take their toll. As it turns out, they're reeling. They're quickly becoming what Sacred Marriage author Gary Thomas calls "shell-shocked newlyweds."
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He Gave Me Away
I tried to busy myself with the dirty countertops and listened with a knot in my throat. Jim, my soon-to-be husband, closed his eyes and pressed his cheek against the receiver. "I really think you should walk her down the aisle," he said. We looked at each other and I knew the silence on the other end of the phone was the answer. My chest tightened and I could feel my cheeks flush. The pressure behind my eyes threatened to pound a crack into the dam holding back my pooling tears. Jim looked at me with apology written on his face, and as he continued to plead with my dad, I slipped away. I went to my room and curled into a ball on the bed. The tears came. Quick and hot. "God!" I cried out. "What do I do? How could something so beautiful and blessed turn into something so painful and raw?" I buried my face farther into the pillow and wrapped my arms around my knees. I could feel my heart thudding into the mattress as a warm peace trickled through my body.
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