by Elisabeth | Dec 4, 2020 | difficult marriage, divorce, holidays
Are you in a hard marriage? Are you separated? Are you divorced? Are you a single mom? Are you dreading holiday gatherings? Are you dreading not having plans on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve? Are you dreading not being able to do your years’-long...
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 | Sep 18, 2020 | difficult marriage, emotions, faith, heart, pain
During my difficult marriage, I had a hard heart. My heart was hard and cold and wounded and tired and done. Not hard to God. Not cold toward my family or friends. But closed off to the one I once loved most. During my second-to-last Lenten season of my first...
by Elisabeth | Sep 11, 2020 | difficult marriage, e-course, faith, wholeness
To say it can be difficult to keep walking the Christian walk in the middle of all the adversity of living in a difficult marriage is an understatement. To say it can be harrowing to stay sane while living in crazy town is also putting it lightly. For some of us, it...
by Elisabeth | May 5, 2020 | Church, difficult marriage, divorce, friendship, pain, single moms
This post is for anyone who has a friend (or small group member or congregant or neighbor or family member) who is living in a difficult Christian marriage, or who is going through a divorce, or who is a single mom. You want to help her. You want to support her. But...
by Elisabeth | Mar 24, 2020 | difficult marriage, remarriage, wholeness
I get asked all the time what is different about my second marriage that makes it work? And there are many answers for that. But today I’m going to focus on what I personally am doing differently. During my first marriage, I was controlling. I was a nag. I was...
