The Marriage Mirror Challenge

The most common question I have received since I began to promote this book has been, "Would you say this book is a guide to divorce proof your marriage?" The answer is "No." This is because people choose divorce on their own and for various reasons. No amount of advice is going to stop someone who doesn't want to be in a relationship from leaving. Plus, usually those people are not seeking God's input about leaving. (Of course there are some exceptions.) This book is a guide to doing marriage according to God's model. This book is also my testimony about how I am actively avoiding divorce. For me this book is the brain child of countless disagreements and wondering how my husband and I have overcome so much. It wasn't just the fact that we have known each other for over 20 years. It was the things we did within those years. The good habits we will repeat and the negative habits we have ceased. It was hard work. Still, there were days when I wasn...

Good Morning Lovers! As we approach Valentine's Day in another year I am thinking about post Valentine's Day. I'm not a believer in expressing my love one day out of the year. Currently, I am working on the first ever H.A.W.I.S.M. seminar and book release. I have been finding my way as a marriage counselor. The one thing I have noticed is we are not doing marriage according to God's model. I think trying to articulate this sentiment is the reason I started this blog - The Marriage Mirror Challenge. However, since I began the blog is seems my greatest lessons on the subject have come from the things I have gone through with my husband. I love him dearly. Still we have gone through so much, most of which I attribute to having known him since elementary school. From age a 11 until now we have about 2 decades between us. So, call it growing pains. Spiritually, it's exactly what they were. Our endurance has been tested and given a chance to grow. By the God's gra...