Finding Your Method to Style – Tips, Inspiration & Encouragement
There are alot of different reasons why you and your partner may not be connecting as much as you have in the past. Maybe your kids schedules take over and you just can’t seem to be in the same place at the same time. Maybe you or him, or both, have work that is unpredictable. …
You guys…..FOR REALZZZZ…..I cannot STAND spending time ironing!! Even though I KNOW it is crucial to having a crisp, clean look, whether going to the office or just going out of the house. There are certain pieces in the wardrobe that MUST be ironed to look nice. Dress shirts (don’t be fooled by that No …
Oh what a glorious day, that is Mother’s Day. I read something recently that said it should really just be women lifting each other up, as well as families, giving Mom a well deserved day of less to do (because let’s face it, while kids are living in our home, we never actually take a …
Here’s what I know for sure….prayers get answered. If you are hoping to hear that it happens in a timely manner, you are not going to like the answer. In fact, I’m certain that often times people pray and feel like it isn’t going past the ceiling of the room they are in, so they …
After 20 years of being a couple, and being through many obstacles that are both typical AND difficult to overcome in relationships, we knew we needed help. I truly believe God saw that we were ready and put us on a path. We were given the opportunity to go through a program called Re|Engage at our church, The Woodlands United Methodist Church, here in The Woodlands, Texas. The link to the church and the newest semester with Re|Engage being held there is here:
http://twum.ch/50s
The story of Us is one I am now so proud of. We had spent so many years committed but not necessarily happy in our relationship with each other. And as children came in, jobs changed and life got “busy” we used that as a bit of a distraction from dealing with what really matters…how we love each other…because in the end, that is both where we began and how we will end. We deserved to love each other, and ourselves, the way God loves us, and through this program, we were able to learn how to do just that. Kent did not grow up with faith in his life, so this was a pivotal moment for him. After we were finished up, he looked at me and said, “You know, most people will live to be around 80 years old. I turn 40 this year….I spent the first half of my life thinking God wasn’t in it, and I am so looking forward to spending the second half knowing He is there.” That makes TWO of us who got to witness His work in motion.
Even though I spent my whole life knowing God, I got to learn so much more about Him, His word, and how to live my life in a way that honors Him. It’s amazing how the Bible can have the answers for any questions you have in your life.
We are grateful every day that we had this opportunity, that our Lead Pastor for the Harvest Worship Service we attend, felt called to bring this program into our church. It is originally out of Watermark Church in Dallas, Texas and is doing amazingly well for the married community there, and the same success is happening for us in our community as well. If you are the slightest bit intrigued by what this program could offer you, I encourage you to reach out to our church at the link above, or even YOUR local church…because as Rachel Platten says in Fight Song, “I might only have one match; but I can make an explosion.” What I have learned after going through this and then sharing our story, is that there are MANY couples out there who expressed a need for something like this. Let God’s love into your life, and you will see how He had intended us to live.
Re|Engage was able to show me the way to being the wife I had always hoped I would be, to the husband I had always wanted…here’s to many more years together growing our love and in our relationship with Christ.
xoxo Taryn