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April 16, 2011 / Avoid Divorce

There IS More… The Respect Dare

Ten years into my “Christian walk,” I discovered that I really didn’t “get it.”  My experience of God wasn’t a relationship, it was a checklist.  Bible study.  Check.  Prayer time. Check.  Sunday service.  Check.  Volunteer.  Check.  Make a meal for someone in need.  Check.  Tithe.  Check.  Busily doing things “for God,” but not in real …

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June 24, 2014 / Got Conflict??

How to Scare Your Husband and The Respect Dare

So a few months back, we ran a survey and discovered a commonly used phrase that instills fear into the average husband. The creator of all this anxiety?  One of the most commonly used phrases by wives around the western world:  “We need to talk.”  Fully 96% of our survey respondents had a negative reaction to …

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June 24, 2014 / That Guy We Journey With

The Respect Dare… and a little blessing.

My husband walked into the kitchen two days ago and apologized.  Apparently he had said something to me earlier in the day that he viewed as unloving, and he felt the need to apologize for it. 

What’s amazing is that I didn’t even remember him saying it. 

So, ten years ago, I would have not only remembered it, but would have let him know in no uncertain terms how he had hurt my feelings, disappointed me, AND (probably) set a bad example for our children.  Funny how God really doesn’t need my help in coaching my husband after all…

While I wish I had known something that simple in the first ten years of my marriage, I realize now that I wouldn’t be able to relate with the too-many women just like me who struggle with these things. 

So join me this week, staying out of God’s way while He does His thing (and perfectly, I might add) with the hub!

Love to you,

~Nina

January 19, 2011 / Avoid Divorce

Angry & Married & Doing Something About It – with the smaller things…

Last night, when my husband came upstairs to go to bed, he woke me.  He didn’t mean to do so, but it happened.  Not because he’s inconsiderate, thoughtless and rude, but because he was half-asleep when he came into the bedroom (he’d fallen asleep on the couch).  After lying awake for about half an hour, …

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September 20, 2016 / Got Pain?

Why is My Marriage So Hard?

You are wondering: Why is my marriage so hard? Your struggle is one that is common to women in this culture.  I’m not going to talk about that here.  There’s a hundred reasons in the culture, our upbringing, etc., to blame for this, but the source of the struggle when we know the Truth is …

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