by Elisabeth | Sep 25, 2020 | dating, difficult marriage, emotions, faith, remarriage, wholeness
I recently heard this quote, “We all come into the world looking for someone who is looking for us.” That utterly resonated with me. YES, I thought. My entire life has been one big long looking for that person looking for me. But then I read something that did more...
by Elisabeth | Aug 14, 2020 | dating, divorce, healing
The first few minutes, hours, and days will envelop you like a fog, whether you’re the leaver or the left. Trust me. I stood there before the bench and heard the judge ask my spouse, “Is your marriage irretrievably broken?” and I heard this response: “Yes.” And in...
by Elisabeth | Jul 2, 2019 | dating, divorce, e-course, remarriage
You were married. But for whatever reason, you aren’t anymore… And that was a nightmare to walk through, no matter the circumstances. But time has gone by. (LOTS AND LOTS of time, I hope!) And you are ready to move forward with your next step. Whether it’s...
by Elisabeth | Jun 18, 2019 | dating, emotions, wholeness
Short answer: You can’t. And it kinda doesn’t matter. (Wait, what??) Long answer to follow. During my courtship with my husband, we took things seriously. We were super intentional. And I asked myself a ton of questions. Is he the one for me? Am I the one for him?...
by Elisabeth | Jun 11, 2019 | dating, divorce, healing, heart
This post is based very much on my opinion, on my instinct, and on years and years of my thinking being shaped by youth group and Christian college and Scripture and sermons and the Church and living within community and the Holy Spirit, along with years of working...
by Elisabeth | Apr 2, 2019 | dating, divorce, heart, pain
NOTE FROM ELISABETH: THIS POST WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN EIGHTEEN MONTHS’ AFTER MY DIVORCE. Jesus is a lot of things to me. Like, seriously, a lot of things. Let me first say, in case you haven’t picked up on this yet, that I believe Jesus is real. That he really...
