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Tag: self respect
Which Path to Take?
New Year's Resolution guaranteed to produce results...
WHY Do I Respect Him…?
Several years ago, I felt God’s call to write a fictional novel about women who were dissatisfied with their marriages. I’d just finished a Bible study that explored the roles of love and respect in marriage - God calls husbands to love their wives, and wives to respect their husbands. When first confronted with this …
She’s Angry… Watch out!
I was angry at my husband. REALLY angry. For no particular reason, either. There had been no fight. No unkind words. In fact, he’d been texting and Face-Timing me on a daily basis during the week we’d been apart. I was in Northern Wisconsin for two weeks while my son visited a nearby university. So much …
Negative or Positive?
A deep sigh pushed through her mouth as Alma considered the word “hope.” She wasn’t sure there was any hope left for her marriage. Where had they gone wrong? Something in their union had died . . . or at least needed serious lifesaving intervention. At dinner Marco and Alma sat alone at the kitchen …
Wanna Fight?
Let's Go Maxine halted when she saw Samuwel standing in the hallway with hands on hips, looking directly at her. The scowl on his face left no questions about his feelings, “Where have you been all afternoon?” he shouted at Maxine, instantly silencing the cheerful sounds from their kids in the kitchen. “Shopping with the …
Don’t Let the SIZZLE Fizzle!
Joyce Joyce was solid and reliable. She had been the cashier at Register 5 for more than a decade. Today, a woman in her 20s was purchasing a small, heart-shaped birthday cake, a bottle of champagne, raw oysters, and condoms. Joyce fought to keep her eyebrows from arching high in response to the young woman’s low-cut …
First Book Review!
The first book review of DARE TO RESPECT went live yesterday on the "My Beloved is Mine!" blog. Check out what Tiffani thought!
A little “husband-bashing” can’t hurt, right?
Anne read the words of Dare #7 and felt convicted. “Oh crap. I mean, darn. I mean shucks. I mean bummer.” Dare #7 opened with a vignette of married friends talking about their husbands, and the conversation was not flattering. She thought how the example given was a pretty accurate portrayal of the conversations she’d …
Continue reading A little “husband-bashing” can’t hurt, right?
Dare to Follow God’s Leading
Three years ago I joined a small group of Christian wives who were committed to strengthening their marriages. My 17-year marriage to Rey was good, but we’d experienced a few rocky patches that had unbalanced me and I was yearning for greater stability in our relationship. Our small group began a book study of Nina Roesner's …
Dare to Respect 
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