Life After Divorce

christian life after divorceChristian life after divorce has its challenges and in the beginning can seem hopeless. Instead of self-pity and resentment, this is a time to re-evaluate your life and rebuild it better and stronger. Self-improvement and goal setting is an important process when it comes to resuming life after divorce; strive to be the person God created you to be – the results may surprise you! Click here for a list of resources and books that may be helpful.

Tips for Working Single Parents

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Children have physical, mental and emotional needs. Sometimes it is easy to overlook their mental and emotional needs. It is relatively easy to see that children need food and shelter but understanding mental and emotional needs can be challenging because they don’t always know how [...]

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Be the Miracle

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It seems like our view of a miracle isn’t what it used to be. Biblical miracles tend to revolve around raising people from the dead, healing the blind, making water into wine, and feeding the masses. Today a miracle can be finding our keys, getting to work on time, [...]

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Improve Your Mood at Work

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Whether single, married, divorced, or widowed we still need to get up each day and head into work. Sometimes going to work becomes routine, joyless, and even harmful to our health. No matter what your work situation is, there are some simple steps you can take to not [...]

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Why Bad Things Happen

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We have all wondered at times why God allows bad things to happen; divorce, death of children, natural disasters, etc. Does everything really happen for a reason? Is everything happening according to God’s plan? When we are struggling with loss, pain, and hopelessness questions arise that may cause [...]

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Finding Happiness

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It is every person’s goal to find happiness and feel important. Often people go through life never knowing what it is like to truly be happy because they are chasing after the wrong things, like the superficial things of the world that never satisfy.
Going through a divorce or [...]

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Reaching Out to Others

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It doesn’t matter what stage in life you are or how you feel, reaching out to others helps us feel better. Jesus was constantly reaching out, helping others and we are called to do the same. No matter if you are struggling with divorce, trying to rebuild your life, [...]

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The Loneliness Cure

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I remember what it was like to be lonely, every riveting moment of it. The long hours that would sometimes seem like days and the lonely nights. It is hard to talk about being lonely with others, many times people don’t seem to understand the impact loneliness is having [...]

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Adultery – Can a Marriage Survive?

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Ideally God would want us to avoid divorce but it takes two people working for a common goal, unfortunately that don’t always happen. If a person commits adultery then God provides a valid reason for divorce, it is one of few exceptions.

Matthew 19:9 “I tell you that anyone who [...]

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The Heart of Self-Improvement

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Pain is often the motivation for people to change. Failed relationships and divorce can make us realize that it is time to change and work on our relationship skills, character and life. Divorce can be humiliating, embarrassing, bitter and tragic driving us to never want to have to go [...]

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What Holds a Marriage Together?

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There are several pitfalls when it comes to remarrying after divorce. We tell ourselves that this time around we aren’t going to make the same mistakes; hopefully that is true, however, many people seek out new relationships based off their previous standards. Some people, particularly men, are driven by [...]

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Reasons People Remarry

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There are good and bad reasons to remarry after divorce. Unfortunately many people remarry for bad reasons and either have a rough marriage or end up divorced again.
An ideal scenario when it comes to remarriage is to marry someone because you are best friends, have similar goals and both [...]

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Overcoming Low Self-Esteem

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When a person has low self-esteem they don’t feel good about themselves and find it difficult to be proud of the things they do. Overcoming low self-esteem is important because it helps you to be a positive person, deal better with stress and boost your drive to work and [...]

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Finding Joy

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Finding joy is something many people long for; it seems to be a simple enough concept but unfortunately it can be very elusive. Joy isn’t one of those things that we always feel, it can come and go. Life’s problems, failed relationships and unmet expectations are all factors [...]

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Finding True Love after Divorce

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After divorce it is difficult to imagine being able to love someone again, especially if your previous partner left a lot of wounds. But eventually we begin to heal, the pain goes away and the desire to love returns. However, we need to make sure that the desire to [...]

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The Need to Be Right

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How many times have we gotten into a heated argument with our children, spouse, loved one, co-worker or checker at the store about who is right? Relationships are torn apart by people feeling they need to be right and prove the other person wrong. Family members may go [...]

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Who’s Pulling Your Strings?

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There are several different kinds of relationships we have with various people and they take a certain level of commitment and work to maintain or either break away from. Not all relationships in our lives are healthy but unfortunately they are unavoidable. We often have to deal with the [...]

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Creating Your Own Reality

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There is a famous saying, “We become what we think about most of the time.” This means that our thoughts dictate our life’s direction and the quality of life we live.
When setting goals, breaking habits and creating a healthier lifestyle we look to self-improvement resources. Self-improvement books are [...]

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The Power of Love

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Recently, I completed listening to Gary Chapman talk about “The 5 Love Languages” (Book on Audio CD). As a side note I am pleasantly surprised at how quickly I was able to get through the book with only a short morning and afternoon commute to work. I am definitely [...]

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Remarriage after Divorce

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A large percentage of Christians remarry after divorce and guess what? The majority will end up divorcing for a second time. I know that I never want to go through a divorce ever again. However, I do long to be a family, to give and receive love [...]

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Overcoming Discouragement after Divorce

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If I were to venture to guess I would say we have all been discouraged at some point. After divorce there are many opportunities to become discouraged and the likelihood of it happening is high.
There are several triggers that can cause you to get discouraged after divorce; fear, [...]

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Rely On The Lord

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I’ve noticed that there are many things people learn, including myself, after divorce one of which, to rely on the Lord. I have looked back and realized that I wasn’t walking with Him as I should and it had an effect on our marriage. Of course I can’t take [...]

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