Tag Archives: Struggling
Giving Up Too Quickly
Over the last several years I have had conversations with quite a few men early in their marriage crises. A typical scenario has often been that when the wife says she is done with the marriage and the man first … Continue reading
First Marriage In Crisis?
If you are married for the first time and in a marriage crisis and if things are getting hard and discouraging, you might be thinking that starting over with someone new might be the way to go – please think … Continue reading
Playing to Win During Marital Separation
We just came through the season of March Madness with the NCAA basketball tournaments. I watched very little of any of the games but I am aware that many of the games were decided by one goal. In those situations … Continue reading
Using Premarital Curriculum to Help Build a Strong Foundation
Even if you have struggled in your own marriage encourage young people you know who are engaged to go through a good premarital course. The help available now is so far superior to what was available when we got married … Continue reading
Changing a Marriage by Yourself
It can’t be said enough that you can change a marriage by yourself. Here is a good article explaining how. http://kyria.com/topics/marriagefamily/marriage/helphealing/onewayturnaround.html?start=1
Separated? Thinking you’d be better off with someone else?
When you are separated, especially for a long time, even if you are the one who wants to save your marriage, it’s easy to start wondering if it would be easier just to give up on this relationship and start … Continue reading
Stories of the Determined to Reconcile
I once read in a book about a man whose wife had told him that after many years of marriage she had no feelings for him. He went to the refrigerator to get milk and collapsed in grief and pain … Continue reading
Loving Your Wife Like Christ Loved The Church
In Ephesians 5:25-33 Paul tells us: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her … Continue reading
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