Taxing My Patience

Encouragement for wives in every area.

Shari Popejoy

Taxing My Patience

Even after my pre-occupation with profit and loss, and my balancing act with balance sheets, with a resulting depreciation of my patience lately -- he has a soft answer! It reminds me of how sweet and supportive he has always b...

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Saturday Grapevine: You’re Just A Nut

So, don't hide yourself from him. He views your body as the mere shell to get through to the heart of the woman within -- the woman he adores and craves so intensely. You are the meat of the nut to him!

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I’m Writing At {in}courage Today!

Has your bruising released a fragrance? Don’t hide or run from the pain. It is accompanied by a special gift, an aromatic offering that will guide you to the source of all fragrance, where you will find comfort and consolatio...

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The WORK of Marriage – Stretching Out (c)

She is creating a man. A man, who will someday woo a girl, and she will lovingly come into his arms, and start the cycle over again, as she is stretched to her limits!

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The WORK of Marriage — Stretching Out (b)

When God said that the woman would experience ‘stretching out’, it was not only metaphorical, as in the stretching of our limits, and the need to reach out, grasp and hold onto our husband, but a literal and painful physica...

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The WORK of Marriage — Stretching Out (a)

This Hebrew word teshuwqah, stretching out after, means a strong craving, desire, longing that consumes one, and it is an accurate description of the force of love and desire between a man and a woman.

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The WORK of Marriage, Part 5 (Expectations of Labor)

In exchange for the pain you endure, as you struggle to give that baby a chance to breathe and live, comes a sense of pride and accomplishment, knowing that you have earned the right to be the mother of that child. Just like I...

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The WORK of Marriage Part 4 — In the Beginning

Now, work and marriage seem to go hand in hand. Now, there is painful toil, misunderstanding, hurt, confusion, and yet the woman’s desire shall be for her husband, who ultimately is the source of harsh, painful toil, a seemin...

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