Tag Archives: Divine grace

50 Shades Of Grace In Marriage – Part 4

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Debi Walter

31. Grace helps me celebrate their victories and accomplishments as if they were my own. 32. Grace helps me refrain from competing with my spouse and see that we’re on the same team. 33. Grace helps us become one flesh … Continue reading →

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50 Shades Of Grace In Marriage – Part 3

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Debi Walter

21. Grace helps me grow my friendship with my spouse over all other friendships. 22. Grace helps me continue to study my spouse in order to love them in the way they need it most. 23. Grace helps me remember … Continue reading →

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50 Shades Of Grace In Marriage – Part 1

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Debi Walter

        Grace helps me do for my spouse what I, in my laziness, don’t want to do. Grace helps me love my spouse when they have wronged me. Grace helps me overlook things my spouse does or … Continue reading →

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50 Shades Of Grace In Marriage

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Debi Walter

I was thinking the other day about the trilogy and soon–to-be-made movie of 50 Shades of Grey, and how it has been such a detriment to what a healthy relationship is as defined by God. It makes me appreciate all … Continue reading →

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Spot Removal

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Tom Walter

Jesus spent much of His three years of ministry sharing word pictures with all who would listen. Some asked what the parables meant, others shook them off as crazy. We think God still speaks to us in word pictures, or … Continue reading →

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Come Grow Old With Me

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Debi Walter

I remember when we reached the point in our marriage where we had been together longer than we had been single. It was thrilling to have crossed that milestone bringing with it a sense of success. Although we were very … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Blessed Wife

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Debi Walter

I wake up every morning with an overwhelming sense of God’s blessing on my life. It isn’t because my life is perfect–it isn’t. It isn’t because everything has played out the way I’d hoped–it hasn’t. It isn’t even because I … Continue reading →

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Part 2 – We’re Exhausted

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Tom and Debi

This is Part 2 of our series titled, Diapers, Toddlers & Romance, Oh My, where we are talking about how to keep the home fires burning in the midst of raising a family. Yesterday we began by talking about the … Continue reading →

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Happy Hour

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Debi Walter

With my Mom’s 90th birthday party tomorrow, I haven’t had as much time to read other blogs as I would like. BUT, I did take some time to update our Wine Train Blog Roll. We highly recommend these websites, and … Continue reading →

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Off The Air

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Debi Walter

Image Credit: gramilano.com As I am writing this post our blog is “Off the Air.” It is a strange feeling and one I’ve never experienced since becoming a blogger. We’ve had a minor issue with some people not being able … Continue reading →

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Just A Phone Call

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Debi Walter

This morning I was on my cell phone talking with my daughter who lives in Atlanta. My home phone rang, and the caller I.D. said it was my Mom. I told Tracy to hold on for a minute so I … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Reasons We Blog

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Debi Walter

Ah, We’ve made it to the end of our first ever Ultimate Blog Challenge, and it has been a whirlwind of a ride.  It wasn’t as hard as we anticipated, and we learned so much along the way, not to … Continue reading →

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Trigger Words of Grace

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Debi Walter

Mark Twain said the difference between the right word and the almost right word is “the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” I suppose the reverse of this could be said as well – using the wrong words when … Continue reading →

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