“Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom.” Song of Solomon 2:15 Sometimes we face “big things” in life–those obvious trials that we know are for our strengthening. Personally, when something big happens, I know that I must trust in God to work it…
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Wait, Part 2 of 2
(If you missed Part 1, you can read it here). Ten years after I had turned that magical number of eighteen, God allowed me to walk through an intensely painful year. I have no doubt now that the Waiting refined me to withstand what I would walk through. Knowing God, the years of depending upon Him,…
Submission Does Not Make You a Doormat
Oh, it is that word that so many wives dread to hear. Submission. However, submitting to your husband does not mean you have given your entire life away, nor does it mean you are now a doormat. “Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife,…
No Pouty Faces Allowed
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Philippians 2:3-4 I have always considered these verses a “mini-marriage manual”. Some say that marriage…
Wait, (Part 1 of 2)
**Today’s post is the beginning of a two-part series in which Hannah Howe, our resident newlywed At the Well, shares her testimony of God’s providential work in her life during her time of singleness, courtship, and now, marriage. Watch for part 2 in a future edition of “To Have and To Hold”.** Have you ever…
How Love Can Heal
Our past, it’s not pretty. We don’t deserve the love we share, the pure and holy marriage bed. Experts say there should be problems, people with pasts like ours have ‘issues’ in marriage, especially the bedroom. Love really does cover and heal. Perfect love does. No, we have not loved perfectly, but He does, our…
Quiet Times
Do you wake up early, see a brilliant sun rise? Do you sit with a hot, steamy, freshly-brewed cup of coffee? Is your pen in hand, Bible opened on your lap? Do you have time—time to sit, be still, wonder? Do you drink in His words, let words flow out? In my dream world I’ve…
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