by Elisabeth | Nov 9, 2023 | dating, difficult marriage, divorce, emotions, faith, healing, pain, redemption, remarriage
REPOST from 2016 Recently, my husband shared a part of his story and it was well-received. We did, however, get a couple questions along the lines of “how did he specifically get from point A (being a certain kind of man in his first marriage) to point B (being a...
by Elisabeth | Nov 2, 2023 | difficult marriage, divorce, emotions, faith, healing, pain, redemption, remarriage, wholeness
REPOST from 2016 I get asked all the time if my husband could write a post sharing his story. Here you go… In my first marriage, I was up and down with God, hot and cold. Different life experiences would bring me closer to God but then it would fade away. I’d go...
by Elisabeth | Aug 19, 2022 | emotions, faith, healing, pain, redemption
Let’s talk about pain. Think about a time when you’ve had a toothache. It’s the worst, right? I’ve even heard it said that “your toothache is the worst pain in the world” because it’s all you can think about and, frankly, because it’s yours. Physical pain sets...
by Elisabeth | Apr 29, 2022 | Church, friendship, pain, redemption
I spoke at a retreat a ways back and though I touched on quite a few points in the two talks I gave, one of the topics I broached was one of my sin stories. I think I have this thing with just telling complete strangers all the details of my life and then letting...
by Elisabeth | Oct 29, 2021 | redemption, wholeness
First, we must come to the place of believing that if we truly believe we are made in the image of God, that means that we are made in the image of Creator God…which means we are creative, we are creators. Even if you don’t think you are, you were made to add...
by Elisabeth | Oct 15, 2021 | faith, heart, redemption, wholeness, writing
I ran for class vice president four years in a row in high school. I never once won. Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is one definition of insanity. So, was I insane to gather those signatures and make those posters and put my precious...
