After the mass killings in Gilroy, California, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, many people are left asking why? “Why, Lord, do you allow these things to happen?” It’s easy to feel helpless and frightened and ask, “How Lord do I let go of this fear and live my life? I feel paralized!” We don’t know how to help these families who have lost loved ones yet, as our hearts ache for them we ask, “Lord, what do I do?” In times like these the best thing we can do is go to the Lord in prayer. Pour out your heart to Him and be still, knowing He is God (Psalm…

You and your spouse are unique, as is your marriage. However, there is one thing you have in common with every other married couple – you and your spouse are sinners. Because of this truth, you are going to hurt your spouse and your spouse is going to hurt you. The questions we must be prepared to answer are: How will I respond? How will we reconcile? Can I forgive? Something we learn very early on in our marriages is that we have zero control over how our spouse speaks to us or act towards us. In other words, we can’t keep our spouse from hurting us. But, there’s something…