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Could you? Would you?
When you see a bride & groom, which words come to mind? celebration responsibility commitment Maybe your thoughts are colored by less than positive emotions because of your own marriage experiences. Perhaps you're slightly jaded, or cynical, or even bitter. When...
A Promise of Something Good
What symbolizes hope for you? Is there something that you can visualize to represent hope in your mind? I found an idea that represents the hope from encouragement - it's from a quote ... Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. ~ Maya Angelou What a lovely quote, huh?...
Blinded, Paralysed & Hobbled
Are you good - really, really gifted - at something? Are there areas in which you've failed consistently? In marriage, I think we can be blinded, paralysed or hobbled in 2 ways - either because we've become complacent in our strengths, or secure in our weaknesses. If...
A First Line of Defense
Do you pray? I'm not talking about just a quick mutter before you eat - I do that too, sometimes. I'm referring to a connected, directed, and deep conversation with God on all those tragic or niggling issues in your life. One spouse praying - asking, seeking &...
Close the Gap – Prepare to Talk
Sometimes there are weighty issues to discuss. Conversations on topics that cause conflict are difficult - even for the most developed marriage. Make it easier on yourself by preparing to talk. Here are some fundamentals before starting a conversation on serious...
Frivolous Fun
Life can become pretty serious, and unless we're careful, all the responsibilities and concerns (ours and others) become a weighty blur. Building a strong hope for better in the future becomes a really important function. So, how can you keep your hope quotient...
Encourage Your Spouse – 100th Post
This is the 100th post on Encourage Your Spouse. I began this blog (on Blogger) at the end of 2007. I think only my husband knew I was dipping my toe into the online world. Nobody else noticed. And that was perfect! I was writing for me - to keep myself...
Too much?
Jagged boulders. White-water rivers. Mine fields. Lava flows. Ravines. Flood waters. Hurricane winds. Rotted floorboards. Bottomless pits. Shark-infested seas. Are your circumstances just too much? You aren't enough. It's all going to suck you under and...
Where Will Faith Take You?
...faith holds the key to life's meaning. John Maxwell John Maxwell has a video here- talking about faith being a 3-dimensional concept - faith in God, faith in yourself, faith in others. After Robert and I, and our friends watched this video, we talked about how...
Preparing to Decide
In successful marriages, husbands and wives share decision making. Now and again, making a decision is simple and easy - you've talked about the situation, and know each other's perspective and one direction makes the most sense. Badda-boom, badda-bing... the...
Perseverance – Character – Hope
Robert and I are looking forward to spending time with friends next week. They're traveling a long distance and they'll be staying with us for a week. It's not easy for them to travel. My friend has been battling severe anxiety and depression for many years and as...
Where do you drop your burdens?
I've been thinking some heavy thoughts lately. It's about stuff I have no control over and can't influence. Things that Robert - no matter how much he wants to - can't fix. When he asks me what he can do to help, I have to answer - just pray. So he does. Sometimes...
Something New – an equation
Guess what? Your spouse is changing. There's nothing so constant as change. The one you married, and the one you woke beside this morning - are not the same person. Inside. The one-you-love is changing and growing and shifting into the person God is designing them...
Sharing Your Story
Whether we subscribe via email, or RSS or just bookmark, I imagine, we all read a great number of blogs. This Ultimate Blog Challenge has added so many to my "must read" list. When I go to a blog for the first time, I read everything on the "About" page. I love...
My Favorite Words
There are more than 100 words associated with "encourage". Did you know that encouraging your spouse is much MORE than just verbally 'rah-rah-ing' when an event is happening? Encouragement isn't about being a cheerleader. A cheerleader puts on a uniform at the...
Success – Where does it start?
Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed. John H. Spalding Success = A Favorable Outcome I think we'd all like to succeed - whether it's in small stuff like managing our daily...
Are you watching?
I believe God will do good things in my life. It's not that I believe everything that happens will be good, but rather He is busy and working and engineering and moving so that all things will be good. Eventually. The past has proven to me that when I stop fearing...
Like a seedling…
HOPE needs to be nurtured. What are you hoping the Lord will do in your life?Do you talk about that hope with your spouse?Do you pray for it?“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of...
What will your spouse anticipate?
It's interesting - when I step out on the deck in the early morning, the horses come to the fence. Why?They expect something good from me.What do I do?I feed them carrots, pet and pat them, and praise them softly. Those actions aren't over-the-top, amazing and...
Where are you going?
After you've been married for a while, experienced all the joys (and frustrations) of marriage, perhaps reached goals at work, been involved in faith activities, explored hobbies and even raised children, a question may percolate... "Is that all there is?" Why would...
When real encouragement happens …
... a caring heart can talk to "fear" so real encouragement happens. Fear is often unnamed, unacknowledged, and unaddressed. But it can bring havoc into our married life. We see the effects of fear - procrastination, withdrawal, jealousy, anger, indecisiveness,...
