ADMIN NOTE: I appear to have the flu or something similar. My temperature was 103.1 yesterday. I will get to the comments when I am feeling up to it. 🙂 ———- Some wives decide that when nagging, attempts to control, criticizing, lecturing, demanding, negativity, disrespect, etc… don’t work – that it is time to resort… Continue reading “I’ll Show Him!” – Why Revenge Kills Relationships
Category: Conflict
A Wife Examines the Hidden Motives Behind Her Desire for Children
Today’s post is a guest post from a dear sister in Christ in response to “I Want a Baby, but My Husband Doesn’t Want One Right Now – What Do I Do?” Thank you for allowing me to share your story! It is entirely possible to have pure motive and to want babies/children for godly reasons.… Continue reading A Wife Examines the Hidden Motives Behind Her Desire for Children
“I Want a Baby but My Husband Doesn’t Want One Right Now. What Do I Do?”
Are you in this situation, “I want a baby but my husband doesn’t want one?” You may feel tempted to push and pressure him to get your way. Here’s why that is not a good idea…
When Your Husband Says “I’m Done”
What on earth is a wife to do when your husband says “I’m done”?
A Beautiful, Feminine, Godly Example of How to Handle Conflict
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: I will be taking a break from the blog this Wednesday through this coming Sunday while my children are out of school. I’ll miss y’all! But I hope to check back in next week. 🙂 ———————– A wife allowed me to share her comments from “Godly Femininity – Part 1.”  Thank you, my… Continue reading A Beautiful, Feminine, Godly Example of How to Handle Conflict
“I Just Want Him to Want to Spend More Time with Me!” – a Discussion
I think that almost every wife has felt like this – most of us, many, many times. For some, maybe it has been every day for years. It is GREAT for us to ask our husbands for what we want and need. As grown adults with God-given free will, our husbands do need to have… Continue reading “I Just Want Him to Want to Spend More Time with Me!” – a Discussion
“My Husband Gets Angry When I Respectfully Disagree with Him”
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live in peace with everyone.” Romans 12:17-18. (If you get a chance, please read Romans 12:9-21) A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh… Continue reading “My Husband Gets Angry When I Respectfully Disagree with Him”
Confronting Our Husbands about Their Sin – VIDEO
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxaa-TkR8Tw?rel=0&w=560&h=315] (a 16 minute video) I wanted to do this topic as a video so that you can hear my tone of voice and see facial expressions and body language. Conflict is difficult. Confronting our husbands’ sin respectfully is hard. I want to try to give you all the tools I can on this.… Continue reading Confronting Our Husbands about Their Sin – VIDEO
To Speak or Not to Speak…
A lot of wives ask me this question… “How do I know when to say how I feel and when I should not say anything?” This can be such a quandary! Especially at first when we are just realizing our former disrespect and we have not yet figured out what exactly is respectful or disrespectful.… Continue reading To Speak or Not to Speak…
“This Is Not Working. I Don’t See Progress.”
I want to address a very common and extremely important concern that I hear from many, many wives. When we as women have a history of being controlling, dominating, overly responsible, overly “helpful”, mothering and we tend to take over in our marriages, thinking we know so much better than our husbands – at first,… Continue reading “This Is Not Working. I Don’t See Progress.”