🦹♂️ Wives long to look up to their man as their LEADER. And that leadership is not overbearing, not controlling, but a LOVING LEADERSHIP where we can find assurance that we are securely loved, valued and properly...
🧠There is a thought that crosses a man's mind when he goes through a certain age, most especially - between 50 and 60 years of age: "Hmmm, can I still attract someone, even a younger woman👩🎤? Do I still have it in me?" Well, guys, this...
Since turning a year older last November, a word that God impressed in my heart was "fortitude." It didn't make sense at first. Or maybe its because I'm in my 40's. By definition, it's about having courage in pain and adversity. I realized that it's a quality we all...
Just because you’re talking to your spouse (and kids) doesn’t necessarily mean that you are communicating. Active listening is also needed for true dialogue to happen. Active listening is more than the ear capturing sound waves from the speaker's mouth. It is to...
The adage goes that familiarity breeds contempt. When the husband finds the wife as comfortable as an old shoe, chances are that’s how he will treat her: like an old shoe! Why? I suspect husbands (being one myself) subconsciously think this way, “Well, I have her....
By Edwin D. Arceo I feel like I could have written this book by Rayn O'Quinn, Marriage Rules, The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Marriage. Really. I feel like he's describing my marriage. 😎 Like many, if not all marriage, nothing is perfect. Ryan points out many...
By Ganns Deen A few months ago, I wrote "Husbands, Our Wives are Not Our…," with the goal of encouraging us husbands to look at our wives differently. Today, I’d like to flip the coin on its head. Wives, your husbands are not your… 1. Saviors. The assumption of this...
The "Happy Wife, Happy Life" statement is sooo true! When you go home, you want to rest but your wife is not all set up for that. As hubbies, we need to learn and be consistent in finding out how we may adjust so that we may have a happy life, and to do that, we need...
By Ganns Deen A few days ago, before meeting for our couples’ group, I bought two pieces of bread: one with pork floss, the other… with pork floss. (Floss is love. But not the point.) When I got to the second floor, my wife was aghast. “You can’t eat that.” “Why not?”...
Gentlemen, if you’ve read author Gary Chapman’s 1995 book, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, you may remember his premise that there are five ways to express and experience love: Gifts Quality time Words of affirmation Acts of...