Follow my blog with Bloglovin I couldn’t help but share this post a senior friend of Trevor’s posted on Facebook. We all know how our society has become so sexually promiscuous. When it’s time for my second and third child to get married, I want them to have someone to choose from who has saved themselves for marriage. I’m not belittling those who have already chosen to have sex, and there is a very real concept called “reclaimed virginity.” It’s {Read More}
Not All is Lost! {Guest Post on Marriage and Addiction}
20 October, 2013 by 5 Comments
Today I have a guest post on dealing with addiction in the marriage relationship from Saint Jude Retreats. Hope you enjoy! Not all is lost! By Annie Kochneva (Saint Jude Retreats) When thinking about marriage, more often than not, people would first recall the beginning stages of how their family came to be. The proposal, the excitement, the wedding preparation, the vows, the respect and appreciation, the general care for the other person, their feelings and their well-being, the pure {Read More}
Thought #2: In marriage, you’re on the same team
2 January, 2013 by 5 Comments
, a There’s just no two ways about it, marriage is a tricky business. I just gave my daughter a book to read by Gary Chapman—Things I Wish We’d Known Before We Got Married. I would have loved to had that book before I got married, but honestly, I doubt I would have read it. Young, head-over-heels in love, with nothing but marital bliss in my future, I knew nothing bad could happen. I mean, we’d dated for almost six years, and we {Read More}
A Little Beachy Goodness
29 July, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Our marriage verse. Our life verse. Has it always been easy? No. Have we served none the less? Yes. When I ponder our lives and see where we are now, the choice was always clear. We will serve the Lord. And he has rewarded us abundantly. Enjoy a little beachy goodness from our vacation 😉 The fancy… and the fun… Hope you enjoyed the… From my heart, Celeste
Make-a-change Monday~Marriage Menders
9 July, 2012 by 2 Comments
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it, Whenever you’re right, shut up. ~Ogden Nash, Marriage Lines: Notes of a Student Husband Such a simple poem, but so hard to do! No one can get under our skin quite like the one we live with every day, wake up with every morning, go to bed with every night, pay bills with…you know. And Satan loves to keep us too busy to really {Read More}
Mars and Venus
25 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This time of year brings so much of everything, and for many it means busy, busier, and busiest. That’s sure what it means for me. So earlier this week when I ended up waiting two hours for a doctor’s appointment, I was a little frustrated. It just so happened that I had a book in my purse I’d won in a drawing, Eden Derailed, so I pulled it out to read. Well, the Mars and Venus authors have nothing on {Read More}
The Trulywed Game~Episode Four: Achieving the “Big O”
3 October, 2011 by Leave a Comment
You have to watch the podcast. If you are married, have a boyfriend, have children, or are still in the planning phase, this sermon will change your way of thinking. I am only going to highlight Perry’s main points and give you some of my thoughts (his points are in blue). I’ll bet you’ve never heard a sermon like this before! Here is the link. If you cannot access it directly from here, just copy and paste it into your {Read More}
The Trulywed Game~Episode Three
26 September, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Spiritual intimacy includes submitting to Jesus Christ and sacrificing for our spouses. I think one of the key words here is “spiritual.” True intimacy cannot exist without a spiritual component. God created man and wife…marriage, the closest tangible example of a Christian’s relationship with Christ. Marriages have such a hard time these days. We are bombarded by the media with Hollywood’s definition if intimacy…sex. Sex is most definitely necessary for intimacy in a marriage, but certainly does not stand alone {Read More}
The Trulywed Game~Episode Two
20 September, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Well, let me first be honest about this post. I had a hard time getting into Perry’s sermon this week…not because it wasn’t great, but because I was so frustrated with David! He fussed at me Sunday morning about being on my computer. I admit, I am on my computer a lot these days, but writing and photography require much computer time. So that being said, here’s part two of The Trulywed Game. The title for this sermon was “Communicating {Read More}
You Reap What You Sow. But Skunk Stink? Really?
14 September, 2011 by 4 Comments
Last Friday, I had a horrible, funny, but not horribly funny beginning to my day. When I was telling my friend Tonya what happened, she said, “I bet I’ll be reading about that in your blog soon!” Also last week, I was listening to an audio class on speaking by Vonda Skelton (long time friend and now mentor). In her suggestions, she says to keep track of stories in your life that you might be able to find lessons in. {Read More}
The Trulywed Game~Episode One
12 September, 2011 by 3 Comments
Remember “The Newlywed Game?” Well, we just started a series at our church this week called “The Trulywed Game.” All in the spirit of fun, they actually produced a mock video of the show, complete with hippie clothes and wigs. It was hilarious to watch, but the subject matter is not one to laugh about. Did you know that 50% of all marriages end in divorce? Perry, our pastor, challenged everyone in the church to spend just five weeks…the length {Read More}
Intercourse…an adventure or a destination?
25 August, 2011 by 1 Comment
Be honest. Did the title make you want to read this? I’m sure this one will catch my hubby’s eye…and I can’t get him to read hardly anything I write! It’s not very long, but you have to read to the end to get the title… If you have read my recent posts, you know my hubby and I just celebrated our 22nd anniversary. See my posts titled, “Its time for….” and “Do you get it?” to be up to {Read More}
