by Charlene Giles | Sep 16, 2017 | LifeQuest Couples Blog
In the battlefield of my mind, I take every thought captive. I had just given Rod a piece of my mind (and I don’t have extra to spare.) Sure, he had responded by going in the next room to meet my demand, but I didn’t feel good about the exchange. That’s when...
by Charlene Giles | Jul 21, 2017 | LifeQuest Couples Blog
“Good morning, Lord! This is Your day. I am your child: show me Your way.” Around twenty-five years ago a tiny older lady who was part of our small group shared this prayer as her way of dedicating herself to God each day before she even got out of bed. How quaint. It...
by Charlene Giles | Jun 16, 2017 | LifeQuest Couples Blog
It seems whenever I’m around others who are different from me, I tend to jump into comparison mode. Then, if I’m not careful, I judge others’ personality styles and motivators to be inferior. What a problem this has sometimes been in our marriage! When our three...
by Charlene Giles | May 12, 2017 | LifeQuest Couples Blog
Who knew that wearing red nail polish was a demerit against me as a wife? Or that Rod’s leaving his shoes in the living room counts against him as a husband? Bad news is: we didn’t do very well on the marriage scale I checked out today. Good news is: this scale was...
