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I have been uploading all of my husband's sermons from when he was pastoring. This is the 9th recording of the teaching he has been doing now at church, on early Church History and Theology; it's actually the 12th lesson, the first 3 didn't get recorded. This is the second video…

💯% this. We phrase it differently. We tell each other, and people we have advised, that marriage only works if both people are FOR each other. Whatever that looks like. You have to be on the cheering squad, wanting the best for, delighted when they are delighted, still hoping…

So... Apparently I missed a few spam accounts (or offended a few people?)... So, once again, I am at 299! Wanna be #300?? 😁 Pretty pic incoming!

I have altered my natural speech since moving to Florida and have increased my "Hun" "ma'am" and "sir" exponentially. Why? When I am chattering in small social interactions, I have noticed .. People actually relax a microfraction when I do. I am not a "Southern" woman but…

Agreed. This is peak rage bait.

For me, I would be desperately curious what my hubs was like at this age and terribly impatient to meet him but would have to start shoving it down deep inside so I don't mess up God's perfect timing!

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As a mom of ADHD squirrels I know that transitions are hard. But disobedience is still not ok. So I would tell mine, you have until I get to 1 to obey (or 5, however you count). That gives them time to consider their response. If they made it to the time and still weren't moving…

Gosh. Background lore checkpoint. Had no idea. Sounds like you're aware of how sucky life can be. So here's a funny name story (ok _I_ think it's hilarious 😂). I stayed with a step-cousin and his wife and nanny'd for their first born for a few months, right before meeting my…

Prayers answered! No heat stroke, nobody got lost, we made it all the way to getting home at 12 am. Random pics from the day. Busch Gardens and Adventure Island. So. Tired.

It's a little surreal to be sitting here with thousands of feet walking by constantly.

Some old friends are in town so we are doing theme parks tomorrow. Pray for me! 🙏😭 I don't often have to be confronted with my own "highly sensitive person" quirks but theme parks do it to me every time. Specific requests: * No heat exhaustion/stroke * Endurance * Nobody…

Living in SW FL where most people wear sandals and it's a lot of older people, I can say that most women's feet past a certain age look deformed. I don't know how much they wore heels or whatever but their feet do NOT look normal. It's a reason I kept my kids barefoot as much as…

I think we have a lot of agreement, specifically on how to deal with abuse Biblically. Very few actual abuse cases go through the whole Biblical process which is often why the situation goes off the rails. I think partially this is due to the church having such cowardly leaders…

I disagree. Marriage is not supposed to be a chain to keep you in bondage in an abusive situation. It's supposed to be a picture of Christ and his church. If the marriage is so awful that it qualifies for abuse, and all steps to Biblically call to repentance have been made, and…

I would add, @TheMoleyHeart , that few people understand what the Bible actually says about divorce. They spout off "God hates divorce" as a proof text. No. A better reading of that verse is, "God hates the man who covers his wife with violence as with a cloak" - hmmm... Quite…

I have a very clinical definition of abuse, because I spent years working with abused women. Abuse is a pattern of coercive and/or controlling behavior where there is a power differential between the two people. This is a better definition than most people unconsciously have of…