You've Been Lied to About Your Marriage

One of my friends posted this link on Facebook yesterday, and once I read it I knew I had to share it here. 

I've been pretty honest on here about sharing that marriage takes work, our marriage isn't perfect, and we've gone to counseling in the past. You don't get to be married for 5 years without some struggles.

So when I read this yesterday, it really rang true for me. This is some of the stuff that I learned in counseling. Society tells us one thing about how marriage and relationships are supposed to be, yet the Bible tells us something completely different. I promise, promise, promise, if you BOTH start following some of the things on the right, you will see an improvement in your relationship.

Source: Rick Thomas

I agree with all of these, but the ones that really stuck out to me were about giving 100% instead of 50/50.

If you always look at marriage with the mindset of "what am I getting out of it" you'll probably be disappointed most of the time. I do things for my husband because that's what God has called me to do-to be a good wife. I do things for the glory of God, not for my husband. And by doing this for God, I am pleasing my husband.

I know this may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for others I hope it helps, or maybe opens your eyes up a little bit. Either way, I think anybody can take at least one piece of advice out of the chart above.

Hope you all have a fabulous Wednesday!

 

A Little Faith

Sometimes all I need is a few words of scripture to help calm my soul. Happy Thursday my friends.

Little White Church

As I talked about last week, the little white church on top of the hill by my house turned 100 years old this year. It was actually chartered on July 27, 1913. My father in law is the treasurer for the Church's Cemetery Association, and he had the ORIGINAL ledger that they started bookkeeping in out on the table one day because someone was buying burial plots in the cemetery. I got to looking through the old book, and realize it was turning 100 years old. 

We got a couple people together that was the unofficial planning committee, and spread the word far and wide to all of the families that we could reach that either attended the church, their families attended, or anyone who had relatives buried in the cemetery.

While the church services stopped about 30 years ago due to lack of attendance, the church still holds a special place in people's hearts. During the service, we sang several songs along with the very out-of-tune piano, people shared stories of their memories or the memories of their families, and the last preacher who taught at the church did the prayers. One of the other preachers came back to do the sermon as well.

 People piling out of the church after the service. All in all, I think there were about 60-70 people that attended. Some of them drove over 1,000 miles to come to this, and said they would not have missed it for the world.

 We also held a potluck afterwards for everyone. We served sloppy joes, and had everyone else bring side salads or a dessert. I think we had about 20 different salads or sides to choose from. And yes, we used kiddie pools filled with ice to keep the salads cold! 

You best redneckognize!

 

I'm not quite sure we had enough desserts.... One other thing I will mention that I think is absolutely awesome, is that of these 30-some side dishes and desserts that came, NONE of them were bought from a store or deli. Every single one of them was homemade. I think one person brought a couple bags of chips, but that was it.

And while we were up at the church, I took a picture of the view looking down to our home and yard. I love love love this view.

Come back tomorrow for some GREAT pictures I took last week! They won't disappoint!

Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain

This isn't meant for anything specific going on, I just found it and had to share. No matter what friends, when bad things happen, you will learn from it. It might consume your life for a little while or even a long time. But just keep your head up, keep praying, and everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end.

This is Good Stuff Right Here

A friend posted this on Facebook the other day. Any married person, engaged person, or person thinking they want to get married, should read this and REALLY, I mean REALLY take it to heart.

Not only that stuff, but learning to apologize and give forgiveness when it is due.

That's all for today friends. Happy Weekend!

Bible Thumpers

One of my FB friends posted this the other day, and I liked it so much I thought I'd share.

P.S. Don't forget about my giveaway! Start thinking of those names!

Keeping the Faith

...not gonna lie, I had a recipe all lined up to share with you guys, then I couldn't find it online. So, basically I'm scrambling to get anything of substance to share with you lovely people. And of course, Pinterest saves the day!

I'm not gonna lie, I've been feeling really churchy lately. Growing up, we went to church twice a week-Sundays and Wednesdays. We prayed every night before dinner, and listened to Christian music. Going off to college, I kind of lost that. Didn't think I was missing it because I thought everything was going great. Now as I grow older, I've been finding myself searching for something more. I have gone to counseling, to a pastor, to help me. My last session I went to a couple weeks ago, I said, "I know what I should be doing, I'm just not doing it." It was right then and there that I realized I needed to make a change.

So, I've started going to church, reading my Bible, and let me tell you, I feel fulfilled. I am happy, and feel like I'm finally doing something to make myself a better person.

I created a Pinterest board to help me out, and whenever I'm feeling down or negative, I read these things and it instantly puts me back on track. So for any of my followers that may be struggling with this, just pray about it. I pray for you guys all the time, and that God would give you whatever you might be looking for.

Here is my Pinspiration:

A Little Faith

First of all, THANK YOU for all of the love in blog land! I had a great day and was reminded of how much I am loved!

Second, I'm skipping the usual Flip On/Flip Off Friday to go with something a little more motivational and healing. When people in my life are hurting, I hurt with them. My heart aches for them and I just want to take all of their pain away. So for those people, or for anyone who reads this today, I'll pray for you. For your healing, your peace of mind and heart, and to let you know that everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, then it's not the end.

Flip On/Flip Off Friday!

hey HEY heeeyyyyy!!!!! You know how I know today is awesome? Because it's Friday, that's how.

Welcome to my weekly link-up, that Amanda from Princess of the Panhandle host. Feel free to create your own blog post, and make sure to link back to mine or Amanda's blog.

So let's start right in, shall we?

FLIP ON!!!!

...to my boss. I'm going to go ahead and make you all jealous right now. My boss said to me on Wednesday, "You know, you worked a lot last week. Why don't you take some extra time off. How about Friday and Monday?" Ummmm, yes please! And me, being the good employee, replied, "I have a lot of work to do, so I'll work half day Friday. But I will take Monday off as well." That my friends, is an awesome boss.

...to getting to see my niece 6 days from today. SIX DAYS people! I haven't seen her since March, so I'm in DIRE need of some auntie time.

...Flip on to being able to catch up on my DVR'd shows...I'm only about 2 weeks behind...

...to feeling like things are falling into place. Not all of the pieces are together yet, but I feel like it's all coming together. You know why? God is GOOD! There is a plan, and I'm just putting in faith that it's all going to come together.

...Flip ON to my MIL, who randomly came over to our house this morning, brought Patrick and I breakfast, and took our dogs for the day. How lucky am I? I literally hit the jackpot with in-laws.

Aaaaaand now for the not so great....

FLIP OFF...

...to people sharing their political views on Facebook. I mean, I'm all for expressing an opinion now and then. Or maybe just once. But this is for those who post over, and over, and OVER again. ALL.DAY.LONG. You're really not going to persuade me by bashing the other political party, so you should just stop.

...to professional people being immature. Come on now, we're all adults here. Act like it. 

....to the oil boom going on here, that makes prices RIDICULOUSLY high. I paid $10 for a tube of mascara, which I found and Target somewhere else for $7. A box of name brand cereal? At LEAST $5, and that's if it's on sale. Maybe I'm cheap, but when I see lower prices for things everywhere else, it makes me mad. I find myself buying a lot more generic brands, or waiting until I travel somewhere else to get my stuff. I think I might start ordering stuff online from Amazon or something. 

...Flip Off to the jackwagon who cut me off and put the giant golf ball-sized crack in my windshield. I called and complained to the company, ever-so-nicely, but have yet to hear back. This was with the same company who was recently caught illegally dumping human waste on farmer's lands...clearly they have a great moral compass. Most likely won't be hearing back from them. Any of you local people that read this, feel free to call me or email me and I'll tell you who it was ;) Hey, no shame here. You do me wrong, I'll make sure everyone I know knows about it.




That's all for today friends! On Monday, I'm gonna have some juicy confessions about myself, so you'll want to come back to find out what they are!