This year, as Hindsight is our theme, in some of our posts this year, we will be revisiting, updating, and republishing posts which have received a higher than average amount of shares and/or interactions. We previously published a post called How Much Bible Reading Should We Do Together? (Spiritual Intimacy and Dating, Part 2) (you are here ~smile~) and it became one of our most viewed and shared posts to date. Once again, we bring you another hindsight update! Please enjoy and share! In attending a Christian university, it was not uncommon to see couples praying or reading their … [Read more...]
Why You Should Deal with Your Baggage Before the Wedding
Throughout my teenage years, and probably even before, the adults in my life gave me oodles of advice. “Guard your heart” was a popular one. “Do not date anyone you would not consider marrying” came up occasionally. “Dating and breaking up is practice for divorce.” Yeah, okay. “God has someone special designed just for you.” No kidding?! “Heather, don’t hug boys. Keep your body off theirs!” (But I will die without boy hugs!) “Do not say I Love You so easily.” But, I do love them. Don’t let your good be evil spoken of (c.f. Romans 14:16) – that was Granny’s favorite. I … [Read more...]
How to Love Your Quality Time Partner (Love Language Practical Tips, Part 6)
This year, as Hindsight is our theme, in some of our posts this year, we will be revisiting, updating, and republishing posts which have received a significant amount of shares and/or interactions. We previously published a post called How to Love Your Quality Time Partner (Love Language Practical Tips, Part 6) (you are here ~smile~) and it became one of our most viewed and shared posts to date. Once again, a love language post has proven to be one of our most frequently visited over the years, and so we bring you another hindsight reboot! Please enjoy and share! Quality-timers... what … [Read more...]
Avoiding the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling)
I often think that if fitness buffs spent just 10 percent of their weekly workout time – say, twenty minutes a day – working on their marriage instead of their bodies, they would get three times the health benefits they derive from exercise class or the treadmill. – Dr. John Gottman The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling, and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt. – Dr. John Gottman This last quote makes me think of a Scripture passage. “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (I … [Read more...]
The Importance of Making Couple Friends
We have all heard the phrase ‘recurring conflict;’ but, before I got married, I did not understand the drain they put on your relationships. Eric and I were both so excited about getting married. Like any engaged couple, we looked forward to the future and wondered where we would be in five, ten, twenty, and fifty years. We said our vows, exchanged rings, took our honeymoon, and then came home to.... life. It was not mystical. There were no magical forest animals around to help me with chores. The workday still came and went. Perhaps the Disney-lover in me was disappointed that my fairy … [Read more...]
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