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The new trend of simpler weddings is not only frugal, it’s so much more personal!

October 6, 2020 by Susan 8 Comments

Plan a wedding that is simple, beautiful, and personal. The trends of pared down ceremonies, guest lists and menus is allowing brides to showcase what really matters. Your wedding can be genuinely you without breaking the bank.

Photo credit Chris Leeseberg

 

2020 may go down as the year of plague and pestilence, but my eldest got married in September… so in the album of my memory, 2020 will always be remembered as the year I got a daughter. (Insert all the hearts and flowers here).

My eye doctor was telling me last week that his daughter got married this summer as well. He was contrasting her wedding to her sister’s from a few years ago. ‘Of course they were both beautiful,’ he said. But he went on to describe this summer’s wedding with words like: personal, lovely, simple, intimate, and special.

Sigh. Who doesn’t want that wedding?!

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Proving that your repentance is real is a long road, not a one time deal.

March 4, 2019 by Susan 7 Comments

 

Have you ever had to rebuild trust?  Whether you are the one who has done wrong and needs to make amends, or are the one who has been wronged and are looking for signs of true repentance…you know it doesn’t happen overnight.  There are some important steps that you can take to work this process and cement the change that God has begun.

 

I’ve shared before that God’s grace is very real to me.  That’s because I’ve made choices I wish I could take back and faced some steep consequences because of them.  I’ve also had to extend grace in ways I wasn’t sure I could.  One day I’ll tell you my whole story, but for today, know that when it comes to working through repentance and restoration, I have some experience…on both sides of the equation.

Everyone’s story will be different, of course.  Still, these insights can be valuable for people walking the path to restoration, or those ministering to someone who is.

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Winning in marriage starts with knowing it’s a team event

April 2, 2018 by Susan 6 Comments

Marriage is a team event--That's key information to remember if you're going for the gold!

Once every four years, we find ourselves using phrases like “Lutz” and “triple Salchow” …during the Winter Olympics when we all become experts in sports we watch exactly once every four years.

Imagine if figure skating pairs got on the ice and each did their own routine.  It would never work.  Not only would they never medal, but they’d be laughed off the ice.  Everyone knows, that’s not how paired figure skating works.

It’s not how marriage works either, friends.

And yet day after day we pursue our own agendas and wonder why our marriages are not all that we’d hoped they would be.

Marriage is Hard

Marriage can be difficult.  No doubt.  But ask someone who’s been married into the decades (plural) and they will overwhelmingly tell you that it’s worth it.

The other side of difficult is worth it.

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Food for Thought #30

November 9, 2017 by Susan 2 Comments

Let's share what we've been perusing this week. From household tips, to spiritual growth...and everything in between!

I went to a blogging conference a few weeks ago.  I LOVE conferences.  Workshops.  Key note speakers. Break-out sessions.  {Swoon}  And the thing about conferences is that it’s almost never totally new information that you’re getting.  It’s the reminders that I love.  Renewing convictions and re-lighting fires.

And that’s kind of how these articles are.  Probably nothing you’ve never heard.  But enjoy the reminders.

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100 Ways to Show Your Wife She’s the Apple of Your Eye

November 6, 2017 by Susan 9 Comments

Tangible ways to show your love to your wife. Let her know she's the apple of your eye

Your wife knows you love her.

She also knows that finding ways to show that to her is not always easy for you.  But the thing about marriage is that it’s really easy to drift apart if you’re not consciously working to draw together.

So to help the fellas out, I put the word out to my fantastic readers and compiled a list of 100 ways that you can make sure that your lady knows that she’s your one and only.  And even if you’re already doing a GREAT job of showing your love, more ideas are always helpful!

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Hugh Hefner, Dennis Prager, and the Destructive Nature of Pornography

October 2, 2017 by Susan 6 Comments

I was so disappointed to hear Dennis Prager’s views on pornography recently, and equally pleased to see other men speaking truth on this important issue.

Do you think that using pornography is okay as long as one remains physically faithful?

 

Hugh Hefner died last week.  While I don’t revel in his death, the phrase ‘good riddance’ did cross my mind.  Hefner contributed heavily to bringing pornography to the mainstream, making it more easily accessible and normalized.  Grieving his death never entered my mind.

What did make me sad was hearing Dennis Prager speak about his father subscribing to Playboy.  He said that he felt no shame over it.  After all, his dad had been faithful to his mother for seventy-some years.

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