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Weekend Devo – The Smallest of Prayers
Read more: Weekend Devo – The Smallest of PrayersMy family and I took nearly a month to drive from San Jose, California to Sarasota, Florida to spend time with our families and then drive home again. A bit crazy, I know, but we love road trips. We have games we play, like finding all the license tags, (did you know they make a…
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A Perspective for those dating a nonbelievier by Martha McMillan
Read more: A Perspective for those dating a nonbelievier by Martha McMillanI am a 52 year old divorced mother of two mostly grown girls (age 21 and 18). I can testify to being unequally yoked. I was married for 21 years. It was hard on many occasions and lonely as well. But I loved being married, even when it wasn’t good. I loved my husband and…
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Thankful Thursday – Dineen is in the House!
Read more: Thankful Thursday – Dineen is in the House!Welcome to Thankful Thursday. Hosted here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage each Thursday in July. August- Laurie and September- Iris. Hi Friends! Lynn's on vacation and asked me to do Thankful Thursday this week. Woohoo! I get to play. 🙂 So this week, let's talk about a turning point in your life that you are so…
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Moments of Truth
Read more: Moments of TruthSometimes I forget how far apart my husband and I are on the issue of faith. We are pretty much on the same page for most things except this one area. Every so often a subject will come up (usually political) and I'm reminded that we sit on very opposite sides. Those are the moments…
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Disillusioned in My Marriage – Unequally Yoked
Read more: Disillusioned in My Marriage – Unequally YokedA few weeks ago I watched my friend Kelly walking through the foyer of our church. In tow, her three children. They passed by me smiling and saying, “Hello” to passersby who were heading out to eat or going home after church. But, as I looked into her face, I saw something no one else…
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Weekend Devo – God Makes Us Competent
Read more: Weekend Devo – God Makes Us CompetentAnd you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to…
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Choosing to Love
Read more: Choosing to Love(Last Fall I wrote this post about making the choice to love our spouse. With a little revision, I'm sharing this again since it's a topic that can be a great challenge yet is so crucial to any marriage.) How do we love our spouses unconditionally? How do we keep going? How do we keep…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Read more: Chronicles of the Donovan ClanI’m thinking it’s time for a Chronicles update. This is one of the most meaningful posts about the Chronicles I have written to-date. Up until now, I hesitated to share with you what happened on May 6th. But today the Lord said to me, “It’s time.” For those of you who are new to our…
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Weekend Devo – Gideon a Mighty Warrior?
Read more: Weekend Devo – Gideon a Mighty Warrior?When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.” – Judges 6:12 The story of Gideon is a tale of man who sees himself and his tribe as being weak and most incapable of defeating their enemy. He’s baffled that God would even consider him suitable…
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Bittersweet
Read more: BittersweetDear Dineen and Lynn: I just have to share with the two of you my “bittersweet moment” this morning. To back track, I just got home yesterday from having been with my youngest daughter the past three weeks as she gave birth to her first child-a precious 9 lbs. 1 oz. baby girl, name Hadley. …
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Pointing Out the Positive
Read more: Pointing Out the PositiveI’m in Florida at the moment visiting with our extended families. When I fell in love with my husband, I also fell in love with his family. He has a big one too! I love being around them and hearing all their stories of growing up. Lots of chuckles and memories. On Father’s Day I…
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The Elusive Dream
Read more: The Elusive DreamToday’s post may be a bit rambling but I'm sensing you may be in the same place. So here goes. Yesterday was Father’s Day. I know this day can be emotional and challenging to spouses who are spiritually mismatched. I know this because I am still one of them. I walked into church this morning.…
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Weekend Devo – Do Whatever Brings You Back to Your Heart and the Heart of God
Read more: Weekend Devo – Do Whatever Brings You Back to Your Heart and the Heart of God(In honor of Father's Day, we'd like to share this excerpt from Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge.) Against the flesh, the traitor within, a warrior uses discipline. We have a two-dimensional version of this now, which we call a "quiet time." But most men have a hard…
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Thankful Thursday –
Read more: Thankful Thursday –It's Thankful Thursday. In June we are at Iris', Grace Alone. ….. Today Iris was sharing her thanks for the summer produce and the Farmers Markets. This brings to mind two things. First a verse that I read recently. John 4:36 But he said to them, ”I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Neat.…
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Extenuating Circumstances
Read more: Extenuating CircumstancesWe've talked about all kinds of issues here at S.U.M. but today I'd like to delicately touch upon extenuating circumstances that can exist in our mismatched marriages. You know that Lynn and I will always be on the side of believing that God can save any marriage, but we want to also be clear that…
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Weekend Devo – Our Faithful Travel Companion
Read more: Weekend Devo – Our Faithful Travel CompanionThe other day I took our dog for a walk. Shasta is a strong dog, so much so that we have to use a lead leash in order to keep her from pulling us down the street when we walk her. On our usual route we approached a house under construction. A yellow caution tape…
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Keeping Eternity in Our Sites
Read more: Keeping Eternity in Our SitesYesterday marked the one-year anniversary of my father’s death. I will admit I am affected by this more than I thought I would be. Sunday I was down right cranky (my daughter will confirm that) and yesterday I was sad. I kept I reminding myself that death didn’t win. I know where Dad is and…
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Good Always Wins
Read more: Good Always WinsHeaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back The following is an excerpt from Heaven Is For Real: Looking back, the Burpos realized there had been moments since the surgery when Colton had spoken very personally about Jesus, but they had just been happily surprised. Now…
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Weekend Devo – Character Builders
Read more: Weekend Devo – Character BuildersIs there a particular area of you life that you seem to constantly struggle with? I have several! (grin) I have a funny one to share with you over at Laced with Grace. Stop by and read how God used my 17 year old daughter and traffic to bring one to light… That car just…
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Our Soul and the Natural World ~ Article III
Read more: Our Soul and the Natural World ~ Article IIIArticle III: Our Soul and the Natural World A few weeks back, I began a series on the natural world and how nature, the world God created, can bring healing and joy to our soul. We started with light. If you missed that post, you can read it here. Then we looked at darkness and…
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The Heart of the Matter
Read more: The Heart of the MatterOver the last two weeks I’ve shared the importance of having a quiet time. My fear is that we haven’t covered the heart of this discipline and see it more as a duty, so I want to make that clear today. Not having a quiet time each day isn’t a sin. You haven’t broken a…
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Creating a Quiet Time
Read more: Creating a Quiet TimeLast week we talked about keeping a divine appointment with God on a daily basis. Again, I know this isn’t easy to do, especially if you have small kids, but I promise you it will be the most important and beneficial decision you will ever make in your life. Do you want a transformed life?…
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The Schwarzenegger Rant
Read more: The Schwarzenegger Rant(Photo: Reuters / Tomas Bravo) Okay, I’m not really sure where this post is going today but I think I’m about to go on a rant. I am utterly and wholly disappointed and sad over the impending divorce of Arnold and Maria Schwarzenegger. I am outright devastated for the children, and the son of the…
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Lavish Love
Read more: Lavish LoveWhen they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. – John 6:12-13 I read this piece of…