by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage, Spiritual Growth
My little girl loves buying new things. It doesn’t matter if it is cheap or expensive, large or small. As long as it is something new, she wants it. She’ll beg me for a trinket at the check-out. She will act as if this is the most important toy of her life. As soon as...
by Sabrina McDonald | Feb 24, 2021 | Marriage
Marriage is the most intimate relationship two people on earth can have. As Genesis 2:25 describes Adam and Eve, husbands and wives are “naked and not ashamed.” It’s a powerful union, having the ability to bind hearts together like spiritual glue, produce offspring,...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage
My husband and I went on a date to a local dinner theater. Before the show, our stage host made some welcoming remarks and then announced birthdays and anniversaries. A couple at the table just ahead of us waved when their names were called—Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty....
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage
I used to be so polite when my husband and I were first married, “Excuse me, Sweetheart …” and “Please, Dear, would you … .” It was easy for my husband to love me then. But during one recent argument, I wondered when I learned to be so hateful toward my spouse. I...
by Sabrina McDonald | Nov 9, 2021 | Stepfamily, Widowhood and Grief
Our mobile society has made gathering as a family even more important than in the past. It used to be that families lived and died in the same town and saw each other often. But now, with the increase in distance, the prevalence of stepfamilies, and other medical or...
