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A Bible Verse To Fight Discouragement in Life

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Are you facing discouragement?

I wanted to title this post “Jesus is not a pit-stop” because sometimes I try to make Him one.

I zip through life at breakneck speeds, burn out tires, blow out equipment, wreck out margins and then zip back to His presence expecting a quick fix-up and refuel so I can go out and run the track again.

Bible verse to fight discouragement in life

This morning, I woke up and despair filled my soul.

The kind of discouragement that lays you out and you just want to pull the covers over your head and pretend the day doesn’t exist.  READ MORE...

Her Husband is Better Than My Husband

by Filed Under: Becoming a Better Wife, Loving My Husband, Newlywed Advice 4 Comments

What happens when a wife believes another man is better than her husband?

From personal experience and talking to other women, comparison can crop up unexpectedly when another man excels at something your husband isn’t great at (but you wish he was.)

If you’ve been reading this blog a while, you know of my struggle sin of comparison and how the drive for “better” lands me in wrong divisions.

Her husband is better than my husband

I know I am not the wife who wars in vigilance and so I want to encourage you if you’ve found yourself wishing your husband was like someone else, and your longing landed you in blues-ville.  READ MORE...

12 More Things I Love About My Husband

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Have you heard of the Why I love My Husband List?

A few years ago, I wrote the post 29 Reasons I Love My Husband, as part of an online call to encourage wives to focus on the good things in marriage.

Fawn Weaver, the founder of Happy Wives Club, challenged wives to lift up the positive things in their marriage through creating a continuing Why I Love My Husband List.

12 things i love about my husband

It has been four years since I wrote the post, and there’s a whole lot more I love about my husband! (I have a little folder on my phone where I keep my little notes!)  READ MORE...

Creating The Right Foundation for Sexual Intimacy in Marriage

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Sexual intimacy in marriage: what if we could shorten the learning curve?

Nine years ago, I was the exhilarated but anxious new bride. Looking forward to connecting with my husband but wondering how it was going to work out.

Our wedding night was beautiful.

It was also bumpy.

I was perplexed because I didn’t think married sex could be both.

A lot of Jesus and sweet Tommy later, I have learned to embrace the beauty and the bumps, the highs and lows of marriage. For the most part, anyway.  READ MORE...

4 Things I Would do Differently as a New Bride

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What would you do different if you could go back to your newlywed days?

We’ve been talking newlywed experiences here at Intentional Today in preparation for the launch of my new book – The Wedding Night: Embracing Sexual Intimacy as New Bride, which releases next week! Update: the book is now available! Check it out here!

And I was thinking about what I would do different if I could relive my first day of marriage.

Like many newlywed couples, our first night of marriage was filled with many firsts! New beginnings have their excitements. And anxieties!  READ MORE...

Wedding Night Preparation: Why The Bride Needs Your Help

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The wedding night – every bride’s longing, yet often every bride’s cause for anxiety.

The first night of marriage can be a mixed bag of emotions for most brides. A lot of sweet expectations but also a lot of tension.

I remember the “S” talk with our mentors. It was the night of the wedding rehearsal, just one day to the wedding.

Wedding night preparation

We stood on a grassy patch, away from everybody else and our lovely mentor discussed wedding night delicates.

We tried not to shuffle. Or giggle. The talk was over in less than five minutes.  READ MORE...

2 Things I Did Which Helped Me Wait Well for Marriage

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I’ve never met a single woman who loves God who didn’t aspire to honor God with her body, mind, and emotions before marriage.

But I’ve met many who yearned to wait well, but struggled to hit the mark.

When it comes to waiting well for marriage, typically, the problem is not in wanting to, it’s in getting around to do it. Like how do you actually do life?

2 tips to help you wait well for marriage

There’s plenty to do with yourself between now and marriage.

Especially because who you are is what you bring to the marriage. Also, marriage is not the goal of life, Jesus is.  READ MORE...

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