Marriages Restored

Husbands and Wives, Dads and Moms Blogging

When I first began blogging I met Curt.  Curt, is a Texan who moved to New York, had a baby (Tater) with this wife and then moved back to Texas.  Curt's blog is The Happy Husband.  Recently he has posted on some of his favorite men and women in the blogosphere who often or occasionally focus on marriage and family.

Here is a link to the men.   

Here is a link to the women.

A Few Friends

Janelle Hallman is an international speaker and one of the leading minds on sexuality in our country.  She helps many woman heal and break the bonds of female homosexuality and unhealthy emotional dependence.  Her ministry and life is one of compassionate grace to hurting souls.  She sent along these kind words last week,

I am thrilled to hear about Ben and Ann's upcoming conference. I sense that God is absolutely delighted to use these two humble vessels for His purposes. The thing that I have appreciated most about Ben and Ann over the years is their honesty and vulnerability. They are real people who have weathered real problems. Because of that, their ministry is full of grace and glory rather than shame and condemnation. Just listening to their story will inspire any believer to walk closer to Jesus and to pursue greater levels of integrity and forgiveness. Ben and Ann have committed themselves to being transformed into the image of Christ. This means they are willing to suffer and persevere. The path of suffering is not really popular in our "quick-fix" and "do whatever feels good" hedonistic culture. But the fruitfulness of Ben and Ann's lives and ministry testify to God's presence and blessing as we are willing to take up our crosses and follow Him. I know that this conference will be a time of pain but also celebration to many as commitments to marriages are renewed and foremost, commitments to Jesus, our first and only TRUE love, are set as a priority before all else. I praise God for these two special friends, and pray that God's spirit will envelop every person who sits under their powerful ministry. Janelle Hallman, MA, LPC

Another friend who shared some kind words is Mark Jones.  Mark counsels and coaches.  He is an artist and has a heart for ministering to those attempting to live their lives creatively.  He cares for others under the banner Art of the Soul.  Check his post out today on Tim McGraw's Drugs or Jesus.  He also linked to us a while back in The Miracle of Restoring Marriages.

Finally, at a Marriage Home Group dinner at our church a few weeks ago we had the chance to sit down with a bright engaging couple, mopsey and hubby of mopsey. Not their real names. :)  They are the first bloggers I've met there.  They are both readers and writers and they have some great looking kids.  You can check their stuff out at Lifenut.

katyrosej

I received a link from katyrosej yesterday and wanted to return the favor.  She is going through a tremendously difficult time in her marriage. 

I'm not sure what to think about her husband.  First he says he's had three affairs and wants a divorce.  Then he pulls his John Kerry flip flop and says he hasn't and doesn't.  Her sister then shares that he hit on her in a direct manner.  Her sister and kids have lived with them the past year.  Eventually, hubby wakes her up at 4:30 in the morning and claims katyrosej is a prostitute and has been selling her body to other men in their own house. 

So katyrosej is waking up and saying what the hell is this?!  She is dealing with two people in the house she's not sure she can trust, so she's told the sister to leave and she and her husband are getting some help. 

She had this to say, "So, that is my struggle. Trying to maintain...trying to be how God would have me be, but not be stupid and blind either."

That pretty well putts it into place of what it is like to deal with a partner who has had or is having an affair.

Blessings on your journey, katyrosej. 

Blue Goldfish | Surface

We received a link from Blue Goldfish | Surface today.  The post is Following Infidelity. He has a cool looking blog, interesting posts and great pictures of which I am borrowing one and posting it below.  Thank you sir. 

Read Quotidian Light

Quotidian Light is a new blog by Cindy Lawson who hails from Missouri.  She is a wife, mother and excellent writer.  As her husband said, "Durn, you write good."

One recent piece that impacted my soul was Time Enough.  It included these words.

There is enough time. There is enough time. There is time enough and time enough and time enough to move through this world slowly, to take it in, hold it in one’s open heart and let it rest and flutter there, to trace its markings with a fingertip, to wonder at its fragile bones, its feet pressing into your palms and the multi-faceted eyes that turn upon their stalks.

So give Cindy a look on a quotidian basis.  Quotidian means daily.  I must confess I had to look it up.  She's impacting my soul and helping me be a better writer. :)

Whole Lotta Christian Bloggers at the Carnival

Christian Carnival XXXVIII is being held over at Belief Seeking Understanding.
I submitted How Emotional Affairs Start. There are thirty-four fine posts on relationship, God, politics and a couple other fun categories.
Godspeed on your weekend.

Ben