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You Can Be in an Abusive Marriage and Not Even Know It

Abuse isn’t always visible bruises or black eyes—it’s often hidden in words, control, and manipulation. Many strong, capable women live with abuse without realizing it. Recognizing the abuse wheel is the first step toward healing and safety.

You Can’t Control Your Spouse

You won’t be able to control your spouse—or your marriage—the way you think you can. I wish someone had told me that at 21. Here’s what I’ve learned about control, heartbreak, growth, and the grace that meets us when marriage doesn’t go as planned.

What Does the Bible Say About Staying in a Difficult Marriage?

Explore what the Bible says about staying in a difficult marriage through a heartfelt personal reflection. Discover Scriptural insights on covenant, love, abuse, and when it may be right to let go.

How to Grieve a Broken Christian Marriage While Choosing to Stay

If you’re staying in a deeply painful Christian marriage, not out of fear or guilt but after prayerful consideration, there’s one vital step you may be missing: grieving the death of your marriage dreams. Here's how to process that loss with God so bitterness doesn’t take root.

What's Next: How to Follow God in Every Season

What if you're not one decision away from ruining God's plan for your life? Whether you're wondering about a relationship, a career, a move, or simply what's next, it can feel like every choice carries enormous weight. In this post, I share some of the biggest lessons I've learned after forty years of following Jesus—including why I believe God is far more committed to leading us than we are to finding the perfect path.

Why I Still Choose Jesus After All These Years

By February 4, 1986, I was fifteen years old, living in my seventh home, on my third father-figure, and quietly desperate for something I couldn’t name. I had always believed in God, in Jesus, in the cross—but that day I finally understood what I’d missed: God didn’t just love the world. He loved me. Personally. Specifically. Always. That was my missing piece. Forty years later, I can see it clearly—Jesus has been my steadiness, my foundation, my home. Through every season, every relationship, every calling, He has remained the same. He has been my inheritance. He has been the most pleasant place. He has been my home.