Tag Archives: love

Love Hardly Notices Repost

Posted on May 5, 2018 by elainecreasman

     Today I’m sharing with you a repost of a blog from September 2012. Since I have an ongoing battle with unforgiveness, once again this blog spoke to me. I hope it does the same for you.     … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Criticism

Posted on April 12, 2014 by elainecreasman

Steve and I were watching television recently, and he criticized me for some small issue. Because I can still slip back into being sensitive to criticism due to childhood traumas, I felt a stab in my heart. I was tired … Continue reading →

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Love Hardly Notices

Posted on September 18, 2012 by elainecreasman

Two evenings ago memories of wrongs recently done to me invaded my mind. Once again anger and hurt reared up. I wanted to move on, but it seemed impossible. In the middle of the night this phrase came to mind … Continue reading →

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His Love Never Fails

Posted on July 3, 2012 by elainecreasman

“I am a failure.” Those were the words that paraded through my mind. I brought these words to the Lord and asked, “Is that true?” This is what came. You could not get this person to love you at the moment, … Continue reading →

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Letting Go of “No Way” Thinking

Posted on January 21, 2012 by elainecreasman

No way. How often we say that to the Lord. We may not utter the words out loud, but the manner in which we live proclaims it loud and clear. We declare it most when we’re going through dark days—whether … Continue reading →

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Freedom from Demanding My Own Way

Posted on September 9, 2010 by elainecreasman

On this day 35 years ago I left my husband. We were on our honeymoon walking down the street in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  “Don’t you think it’s time we stopped for dinner?” I asked. I was an eat-meals-at-prescribed-times person at that phase in my life, and growing up our family ate dinner … Continue reading →

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Freedom to Love In Marriage

Posted on August 25, 2010 by elainecreasman

“I, Elaine, take you, Stephen, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until … Continue reading →

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