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Monthly Archives: December 2011
A New Year Challenge
I’m breaking my week off from blogging commitment to share with you a challenge in which I’m participating. I thought you might like to know about it too. It’s called: 31 Days To Pray For Your Spouse Challenge And it … Continue reading
Merry Christmas And A Healthy New Year
It is Christmas Day, and only one week remains in 2011. A New Year will soon be here, and we will begin to walk out what God has planned for each of us in our lives and marriages. Change is … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Strong Marriages, Holidays
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Day, God, Good News, Holiday, marriage, New Year, Religion and Spirituality
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First Place Winner!
And now it is time to reveal our First Place Winner in our B.I.G. Christmas Giveaway Contest. Drum roll, please… David Traugott, husband to Kelly Traugott is our winner! Below is his winning entry. Note the secret message embedded in … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Contests
Tagged Celebration World Resort Villas, Christmas
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2nd Place Winner
The 2nd place prize is a $100 Visa Gift Card to use for a night away. Again, we are keeping this one anonymous because she is planning to give it as a Christmas present. Congratulations! Here is her winning entry: … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Contests
Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Kidney, Kidney transplantation, Michael Bolton, When A Man Loves A Woman
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3rd Place Winner
This entry was chosen and will stay anonymous because we don’t know if he is planning to give the prize as a Christmas present or not. 🙂 Where do I start? First and foremost, she is mother to our children. She … Continue reading
My Wife
As most of you know, we recently had a B.I.G. Christmas Giveaway Contest. The response was the best we’ve ever had – and understandably so. Our prize was BIG, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor. The entries were … Continue reading
Posted in Contests
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Romantic Sleigh Ride – Florida Style
When Tom got home from work yesterday he asked if I would get the mail. When I opened the door going into our garage – I screamed! There, parked in Tom’s space was a silver convertible! I found out he … Continue reading
But.
It is Christmas. I have only wrapped a handful of gifts, and they are the ones I’ve already given away. Underneath our tree sits a lonely tree skirt. I have finished our Christmas cards, and they have been sent. … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Difficulty, Holidays
Tagged Africa, Christ, Christmas, Christmas tree, Georgia, Holidays, Jesus, Shepherd
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Be Generous
It may seem unnecessary to encourage generosity during THE season for giving, but my encouragement is to draw your attention to a blogging friend who does this very well. Meet Lori Byerly, of The Generous Wife blog. She is an … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Guest Post
Tagged David, God, Goliath, Hugh Downs, LORD Almighty, Ordinary, Thomas Moore, Winston Churchill
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So, Where’s Your Focus?
Debi’s post yesterday touched on having spiritual myopia – that is being near-sighted to where we miss seeing what’s most important. Have you ever taken a picture where the camera failed to focus on the what you wanted it to … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Purpose, Spiritual Intimacy, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Christian, God, marriage, Myopia, Relationships
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10 Questions To Diagnose Your Marital Health
We are currently reading Donald Whitney’s book, Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, and I must tell you, it is encouraging, convicting and compelling. I find myself responding to what I read in the way I believe the author … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Spiritual Intimacy, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Christ, Compassion, Donald Whitney, God, Health, Jesus, marriage, Relationships, Spiritual Myopia, Spouse, Ten Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, The Great Physician
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Romantic Orlando – Antonio’s Italian Cafe and Market
Our next offering in our Romantic Orlando series is one of the places we frequent on our weekly Monday date nights. Antonio’s Italian Cafe and Market. Antonio’s has been in business in the city of Maitland, since 1989. It has … Continue reading
A Heart To Bless
Our B.I.G. Christmas Giveaway Contest has proved to be our best contest ever. Thank you to all who took the time to share with us your stories and your heart to bless your spouse for Christmas. We wish we could … Continue reading
Posted in Contests, Date Night Ideas, Holidays, Mark Your Calendars (time sensitive), Orlando Date Ideas
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Day, God, Holidays, Home, Jesus, New Year
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Happy Hour
It is time once again for our “Specials of the Week!” Enjoy… Encourage Your Spouse Have Courage – Be A Support – I love history, and Lori does an excellent job of telling a story from which we can glean … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour
Tagged Christian, God, Holy, Husband, marriage, relationship
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Hindrances To A Merry Christmas #4 – Regret
Regret is a powerful master. It can hinder our best intentions, and it can paralyze our future. It invades every thought and deed and all the while robs us of the joy there is in doing good to others. What … Continue reading
Hindrances To A Merry Christmas #3 – Injury
Today we are privileged to have a guest post written by our friend, Lori D. Lowe, marriage blogger at Marriage Gems and author of First Kiss to Lasting Bliss: Hope & Inspiration for Your Marriage, due out TODAY. It’s a … Continue reading
Hindrances To A Merry Christmas #2 – Lack
In our possession driven society it is easy to be very aware of our lack when it comes to Christmas. We may lack the funds to buy what our children want most on their list. We may not be able … Continue reading
Hindrances To A Merry Christmas #1 – Grieving
This series came about quite by accident on our part, but we’re certain it was planned by God all along. Every year there are thousands of people who dread the Christmas season. It is a heightened time for many emotional … Continue reading
B.I.G. Christmas Giveaway Announcement!
A generous donor has given us a B.I.G. Christmas Giveaway to offer you – our readers! We are very excited to share with you the details, and we hope you’ll be as excited to enter to win. This would be … Continue reading
The Romantic Vineyard 