IF YOU ARE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP:
Please seek help immediately.
You need to deal with your marriage from a place of safety.
http://www.ndvh.org hotline: 1-800-799-7233
NEED PRAYER?
Prayer Request page - please add your needs as a comment to this page. Be aware that this is public page and use discretion where personal details are concerned.
MARRIAGE RESOURCES
Take the 5 Love Language test
Family Dynamics Institute offers marriage enrichment classes, workshops, seminars, ministries and programs. There are also articles and suggested books and links.
Family Life provides practical, biblical tools to strengthen marriage and family relationships, including the FamilyLife Marriage Conference, FamilyLife Parenting Conference, and nationally-syndicated, daily radio program, FamilyLife Today. They have some great articles on their site plus free devotionals and romantic tips.
Growthtrac offers a number of resources for building your marriage. Nice articles.
Intimate Issues - ministry site for Linda Dillow & Lorraine Pintus.
Love & Respect - blog, articles, conference info and more.
The Marriage Bed offers articles, resources and a forum for discussing sex and intimacy for married Christians.
The Sexually Confident Wife - ministry site for Shannon Ethridge and book of the same name, newsletter, resources.
DEALING WITH MARRIAGE CONFLICTS, INFIDELITY
MarriageHelper is Joe Beam's new ministry to folks with struggling marriages. See also: Your Love Path and JoeBeam.com.
BeBroken.com is a good resource for facing and dealing with porn/sexual issues. They have nice resources and a forum for support.
Marriage Builders introduces some of the best ways to overcome marital conflicts and ways to restore love. Good resource for those dealing with infidelity.
FINDING HELP
The Family and Marriage Counseling Directory
Find a Counselor ~ The American Association of Christian Counselors
Consider also looking in your area for:
Accountability Groups
Couple to Couple Support
Lay Counselors
Lay Support Groups (12-step etc)
Licensed Counselors
Marriage Enrichment Courses
Mentoring
Message Boards
Pastoral Counselors
Prayer Ministries (Theophostic Prayer Ministry, Elijah House, etc.)
Professional Support Groups
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Self Help Books
Hi Lori
I had linked to your site some years ago when there was an article full of helpful tips for “tired moms”. I have a link report saying that it no longer exists…could you please give me the new URL or advise if you have deleted the article so that I can update my site.
Thanks!
Wendy
Comment by Wendy — November 10, 2012 @ 5:23 am
@Wendy Thanks for nudging me. I’ve recreated the page here.
http://www.the-generous-wife.com/for-tired-moms/
Comment by The Generous Wife — November 10, 2012 @ 3:02 pm
Almost all of our kids are out of the house, now. My husband told me that he was going to try to hang on until the last one leaves, but he didn’t know if he could wait that long.
I don’t meet his expectations, he told me that. I need to loose weight, the house is a mess.
I know I need to wake up each day and live the day glorifying God in what I do. I realize that a lot of the friction is my fault.
However, I never hear that from my husband that he does anything wrong. He says he is “normal”, and that I am not.
I am discouraged. I need a website to go to.
I love your daily emails; however, they seem to be for couples that generally get along.
Where may I go for encouragement?
I feel like I’ve given up my career for my husband and our children, and now that all are almost out of the house, I get thrown out by my husband.
I could have been an attractive, slender, career woman, like the women my husband works with every day – but I didn’t. However, he compares me to them.
The email address is not my email address. I don’t know if I’ll be able to find your reply on your site (since I didn’t give my correct email address, but I just couldn’t write my real email address down).
Comment by sue — November 24, 2012 @ 5:54 am
@Sue, I hope you are able to find this.
I would start with http://www.marriagebuilders.com/
The site is somewhat geared to couples dealing with infidelity, but would be a great place to start for any troubled couple because it helps you navigate through the issues even when there are hard feelings.
Praying for you big time.
Comment by The Generous Wife — November 24, 2012 @ 12:34 pm