2013-12-20T06:00:04-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/wife/ http://faithgateway.com/making-your-home-haven/ 2013-12-20T06:00:04-05:00 Why do we love certain houses, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in our surroundings. — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, quoted in Welcome Home We all desire to make our homes a haven. After all, no woman wants a cold, messy, or critical home. Whether you […] http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/be-prepared-to-stop-6946 2013-08-26T11:38:52-05:00 Don't let the preoccupations of your agenda, your problems, your demands, even the un-lovable-ness of the person who needs you keep you from being there for them. Don't let those things make you forget that people are most important. They're going to last forever. Please, be prepared to stop. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/walking-too-fast-to-talk-6869 2013-05-09T12:08:12-05:00 If you're married or if you're in love, the woman you love needs time to be heard. When a woman isn't heard, she starts to talk louder, and longer, and more often. And she nags because she's not been heard. That time with her needs to be a deliberate choice you make, a sacrificial choice, "I'm all yours, Honey, and I'm yours for a while." That kind of love will create a home that is a caring place, safe place for the man who lives there. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/love-through-a-telephoto-lens-6712 2012-10-02T10:30:07-05:00 whether you're a husband or a wife, this secret of happiness is still the same. Marital and sexual fulfillment is the byproduct of focused love. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/nothing-worse-than-a-nag-6655 2012-07-18T11:21:58-05:00 You and I and Solomon all agree. In fact, just about everybody agrees. There's nothing worse than a nag. So, let's decide right now not to be a nag. Oh yeah, or to create one. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-pace-car-in-every-race-6615 2012-05-18T09:40:19-05:00 If Adam isn't right, the garden isn't right either. There's stress, conflict, confusion, decisions not made if the man who is supposed to be leading isn't doing it. Think about it today if you happen to be on Adam's side of the human race. Could some of your frustrations be because you've been neglecting your God-given responsibilities to your wife, to your children, or to be the spiritual leader? http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-radical-side-of-i-do-6590 2012-04-16T10:14:31-05:00 So, laying down your life? It can mean changing diapers, or taking out garbage, or doing the dishes, or caring about the sacrifice of time; the sacrifice that involves listening when you don't feel like it or you don't want to listen that long. She needs your attention; you promised it to her. You promised she would be first. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/what-your-wife-can-t-get-enough-of-6439 2011-09-15T10:41:43-05:00 We can be delivered from that macho frustration that says, "I've got to meet all my wife's needs" and then run from the ones that we can't meet. Together, often, go to your knees and seek your Father for the things that you need. If you're a husband, let your wife live in the secure knowledge that you speak her name often in the Throne Room of Almighty God. She's hungry for your prayer on her behalf, and she can't get enough of it. http://truewoman.com/?id=1541 2010-11-17T16:56:01-05:00 Some men make multiple decisions throughout the day in their vocational role, while also carrying a large load of responsibility, but when entering the doors of their home feel inadequate and fearful to make the simplest choices. http://truewoman.com/?id=1098 2010-09-08T12:20:01-05:00 My family just had the enormous joy of celebrating my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary. Seizing the occasion, I asked my mom to come up with a few tidbits of marriage/relationship advice to share with you on the blog.