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When Your Husband Won’t Plan A Date Night

February 21, 2016 By Jacqueline

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A post by Jennifer Flanders (Loving Life at Home), because we want marriages to thrive.

I received this question from one of my readers several months ago. I replied privately at the time, but with Valentine’s Day just passed (and all the attendant expectations wives sometimes muster up this time of year), I thought it might be a good idea to share my thoughts on this subject here.

Question:

What do I do when my husband doesn’t see eye-to-eye with me on cultivating our marriage?

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Realities Of Being Stuck In The ‘Not Ready To Get Married’ Culture

January 20, 2016 By Jacqueline

In every age, people say and believe things that aren’t true but somehow become accepted as “conventional wisdom.”

[A provocative post by Dennis Prager]

The statement “I’m not ready to get married” is a current example. Said by more and more Americans between the ages of 21 and 40 (and some who are older than that), it usually qualifies as both meaningless and untrue. And it is one reason a smaller percentage of Americans are marrying than ever before.

So, here’s a truth that young Americans need to hear:

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Is He A Really, Really, Really Good Man?

December 7, 2015 By Jacqueline

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I share this important Good Man post by Melissa Edgington (with her permission) because we, as women, must learn better how to feed ourselves rather than waiting for someone (a husband) to feed us.

I am constantly seeing different posts on Facebook about the kind of man we ought to marry or the kind we ought to wait for or the kind we deserve.

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It’s True – Sometimes Christians Do Shoot Their Wounded

May 24, 2015 By Jacqueline

Several years ago, revelations of Josh Duggar fondling his younger sisters were everywhere. His actions happened more than 12 years before while Josh was a child. It was and, I’m sure, still is a nightmare for the larger Duggar family and for Josh Duggar, his wife and children.

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Submission As ‘Plan A’ Strategy For A Disobedient Or Unbelieving Husband

April 23, 2015 By Jacqueline

If you find yourself in a difficult marriage, and many of us feel we are, this is a very important command to understand and embrace. But it may not be what exactly you think!

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Titus 2 Advice To All Seeking Mothers In Painting & Quotes

February 25, 2015 By Jacqueline

The Shell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

I used to believe that to give advice as an older woman, I needed to live a picture-perfect life – to be a perfect role model. But, if I gave in to the old lie that ‘I have no business giving advice because I am so flawed’, I would never do what I am commanded in the Bible to do: to ‘teach what is good’ and ‘urge the younger women to love their husbands and children’, (Titus 2: 3-4).

So even with all my personal imperfections, I still hope to communicate powerful truths through each quote and image. These principles are as relevant today as ever – and maybe more-so – for they are ever more needed today!