FamilyFaithWisdom

You've noticed it happening, things are not as they used to be. You and your husband (or wife) are not as close as you used to be. There used to be this burning desire you had for each other, but somehow you've drifted apart. You still love him (or her) but things just aren't the same. What do you do now? 1st of all watch this video A up here 2nd read the following: regardless of what you may think, never EVER is your marriage un-fixable. It may be broken right now but it can always be restored. Never under estimate the power of the bond that marriage brings. Relationships will always be man and woman and with that there are always differences. You're never going to see things in the exact same way. The most important thing is to keep God in the very center of every thing. Always remember, never give up. That's what saying I do means, it means you will never give up on each other through better and even through worse. Just because you "love this person be...

Our scars and pain are exactly how God planned it to be. When we are hurting we look to the Father for His help and guidance and sometimes we may turn away from Him but He knows just how to get us back. 

"That's what I had you for." I am so fired up about this topic because it's something I strongly disagree with, sadly just about everyone I know seems to agree with it...Many parents today take shortcuts and become lazy by telling their children to do their work for them. Now I'm all about teaching kids responsibility and giving them chores, (take out trash every Thursday or wash the dishes on this certain day are reasonable chores that teach responsibility) but to tell your child to throw your trash away or to do some super simple task for you is not teaching responsibility at all..They answer back with "why do I have to do that? Can't you do it yourself?" What is our response? "Because I asked you to" or we guilt trip them by getting upset or angry. This is not teaching them responsibility...It's teaching them laziness which is why most children and teens are lazy. Then we have the nerve to punish our kids or try to teach them a lesso...

In one episode of Little House On The Prarie, they showed Almanzo, Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband, in a wheel chair and paralyzed. He was sitting with Charles Ingalls at his storm demolished house, when they both noticed a little green living plant. With shocked faces, Almanzo quotes that the plants he was trying to care for wouldn't grow and it was because he was tending to them too much. He had realized the reason he was also not recovering was because he hadn't a reason to since he had Laura and his sister Eliza Jane looking after him. Many times in life this is us, especially with children. You know, the typical "did you do your school yet? Have your chores been done?" Too often we pester our children with "reminders" and don't get me wrong, they do need reminding sometimes but that's the thing...only sometimes. Many times our kids will procrastinate or simply not do something because we are asking too many times about it. I am saying this fr...

I won't Let You Go - Switchfoot such a very encouraging and beautiful song.

To anybody who is struggling with a situation in your life, today is your day to break free! By break free we do not mean that you are going to be completely healed, we do not control situations that come into our life. If you are struggling with something, then keep reading to find out the one thing that we do control. Many of us have situations that reach our lives at some point. Whether it's dark thoughts that have gripped your mind, a job you just lost, losing your house, a family member dying, or even something simple such as missing an item or being late to an event...these are all things that we cannot change. Now you may think "this doesn't apply to me if my problem is depression or some kind of sickness." But the answer to that would be, it actually does involve you too! Let me explain how: The point of this message is that there is one thing we can control. I know people dealing with depression especially, feel like they have no control over any of it....

This post is going to be difficult to write because this is the part of my life many do not see and do not know. We all have things that we have done or struggle with that we don’t want others seeing or knowing about. Sometimes we hide it because we do not want ourselves to have to see it either.  Here is my story and a look into a part of my life not many know about it. Iam sharing this with you because I am hoping it will encourage you! I struggle with being open with others on how I’m feeling and what I’m thinking. I’m not going to go too personal into detailbut most of my life I have just felt like my opinions or feelings don’t matter. I’ve toldmyself it isn’t true but it’s something I struggle with. I also struggle with feeling lonely and there are times when I choose to be alone and I cause my loneliness. I have learned through experience that I am not alone even when I feel like I am because God is the one who is always there even when I feel He isn’t. There was a time in my...