by mcl | Apr 5, 2013 | Chewed Petunias, Columns, Relationships
by Susan E. Richardson …so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and...
by mcl | Mar 8, 2013 | Chewed Petunias, Columns, Relationships
By Susan E. Richardson Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?” Then the “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate...
by mcl | Mar 2, 2013 | Columns, Relationships, Single Still, Single Again
Growing up I had a perfect plan in my head. I would go to college, meet the man of my dreams, get married shortly after graduation, have 2.5 kids, and live in a beautiful home with a white picket fence. I’m pretty sure I’ve told y’all this already. Sound familiar? My...
by mcl | Feb 4, 2013 | Columns, Relationships, Single Still, Single Again
By Amy Ingram Ugh. I’ve written three or four articles and none of them seem fitting in this moment. I thought it’d be appropriate to write an article about the love of Christ with Valentine’s Day looming. But no, the Lord sat on all of those, changed my life, and...
by mcl | Feb 4, 2013 | Columns, Let's Get Real, Relationships
In counseling about relationships, I often draw a circle that demonstrates how we become disenchanted about our partner and the relationship. Or put another way, we wonder if they really love us. Often we doubt that we love them. The cycle goes like this: 1. We marry...
by mcl | Feb 4, 2013 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
Several months ago I was contemplating this very question—again. My sister had just had her gallbladder removed and was having a horrible recovery. As one not a stranger to suffering (stay tuned for examples,) I have considered this question before. As I thought about...
