Heather Marshall on August 21st, 2008

“Pride is a slippery sin,” Leslie Vernick writes in her book, How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong. Often, we don’t even realize it’s there, and by the time we head down that slope, we don’t even know how to get back out.
How does that happen? Well, Satan is a deceiver. [...]

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Heather Marshall on August 11th, 2008

I am blessed with a wonderful marriage. I have a husband who loves God and loves me, and we both strive to be the spouse that God wants us to be. It is not difficult for me to love my husband (even though he can get annoying sometimes!), and it is certainly not [...]

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Heather Marshall on August 8th, 2008

I love watching the Olympics! My favorite summer sports to watch are the gymnastics and the diving. I also enjoy watching the swimming and the track and field events. The muscle tone on those athletes is astounding! They make what they do look so easy!
What we don’t see is the thousands of hours of TRAINING [...]

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Heather Marshall on August 5th, 2008

A few weeks ago, my husband was filming a movie. Actually, he was acting in it, and I had the privilege of being an extra. The setting was a cafe, so I thought it would be appropriate for me to be reading a book during the scene, but unfortunately I had forgotten my [...]

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Heather Marshall on July 29th, 2008

2012 UPDATE: It is amazing how much response this post has elicited. I’d say about a third of the comments are from people who love it all, a third from the haters, & a middle third who like it with some tweaks. Hear my heart: I don’t agree with everything 100% either! But my [...]

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Heather Marshall on July 4th, 2008

In Elizabeth George’s book, “A Wife After God’s Own Heart,” she gives a recipe for a happy marriage, made up of 4 basic ingredients:
Help, Submit, Respect, & Love
Those are our roles as wife… ALL 4 of them are necessary in marriage! In fact, she gives a great acronym to help us remember our [...]

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