Philip and I were married on 2nd April 2011, a glorious day and a fabulous celebration of the beginning of our life together. God brought us together, He had confirmed to each of us that He wanted us together, and He keeps us together. In our first year of marriage, as a newly-wed farmer's wife, I got to experience in a really practical way what it means to be his 'helper'. There've been countless times [...]
I read somewhere the other day that marriage is easy when you’re married to your soul mate/best friend – THEY LIED! 5 years in and it does get easier but it still takes a lot of work. Andrew and I got married on the 3rd of January 2009 and there are still times when I get completely frustrated and I know he does too. But that’s ok! The longer I have been married, the more [...]
Alex and I have been married for 5 years. 29 November 2008 seems like a lifetime ago. Since we got married we’ve studied further, travelled the world, moved house and started a company together- all activities that are guaranteed to bring you closer together. Sometimes I struggle to remember what it was like before we met – now 12 years ago. It feels as though this has been my life forever. This past weekend we [...]
When I first agreed to write something for this topic for Brett, I honestly had no idea what I wanted to tell my “married” friends as a “single” person. Sometimes I feel so frustrated with the labels we place on each other and use to define where we think someone should be at in their life Journey. Don’t get me wrong, after a lifetime of “single” (I’m 42, never been married and don’t have kids) [...]
I married my lovely photographer wife Sam on the 28th of January 2012, on a beautifully sunny day under some trees in Port Elizabeth. We’d led our church’s youth group together but had never been interested in each other romantically, and it felt like God just opened our eyes at the right time. There’s honestly so much to say about marriage – so many lessons, metaphors, parallels. One thing I know, though, and it applies [...]
This year I’ve been married five years. WHOA. It seems really long but at the same time, it seems to have passed by so quickly. Mine was different to most because Matt and I started out our married life by having a baby one month into being married. (Long story for another day but God used and still is using our journey through that immensely for His glory!) If that’s not being thrown into the [...]
when i asked Kate if she would write me a piece for this series, she ended up with a much longer post which i asked if i could share as part of the Taboo Topics series on Singleness that has been so encouraging to so many people and she agreed. but i still wanted to keep the end of this article and share it as part of this series as it gives a person with [...]
sitting outside on the steps in front of my apartment as the rain falls down around me much needed long awaited precipitation well, not so much by me not now, anyhow not here, at this place, at this time not while I am trapped outside my space of refuge by a tiny little piece of carved out metal which I at this moment do not have safely in my possession pushing in towards the wall [...]
The relationship between Sean and I, like all couples like to affirm, is unique. We got married when I was 21 and he was 24, he had just returned from a working year in Norway and I had just completed my first year in theology, he was bearded with scruffy surfer’s hair and I was clean and caffeinated.People said things would change, that living together would be a huge adjustment and that the first two [...]
Challenges seem to be our forte. In the 4 years we have been married, Nate and I have struggled through some pretty rough times. We both agree that last year was the hardest time in our lives. In the same week in February, Nate lost his job and I was diagnosed with an incurable disease, a disease that was threatening to kill me. If I were to tell you that we just turned the other [...]