Oh! What fun it is to be married! Coming home from work, Duane said: “I got bread for you like you told me to” Hiding my joyous humor with a perfectly straight face, I told him: “I did not.”  As his gorgeous brown eyes got huge, he said: “Yes you did!” Laughingly I fessed up! The joy of the Lord is my strength! AND: the joy of teasing my husband is just one of the great spices of life!…..

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MEN: A godly man loves a beautiful woman! Don’t let bitter women fool you –  or try to… Physical beauty is important to you and to us! Selah!   Recently I got a very curly perm. Guys, for a while it’s nice just to wet my hair, comb it, gel it – and go! Y’all have no idea how hard it gets to take time to style it constantly. I understand… Now husbands, I want my husband to love my…..

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ENJOY MY ARTICLE: ‘WOULD YOU TAKE COUNSEL’ dated September 22. If you want a great marriage, a lasting marriage (husband and wife only) this is more than just a good read!!!              

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FROM SOMEONE MARRIED FOR OVER FORTY YEARS? That’s me!     The  Lord of glory is always given foremost credence by me: that is why my ministry is named www.joyeternalministries.com! The joy of the Lord is my strength! Truly I matured in Christianity very slowly. My Fault… Selah. However, never was I one to blame others for my bad behavior (biblically known as ‘sin’) because for the most part of my life before Christ I was an honest woman; or…..

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I AM VERY GOOD FOR DUANE… Your wives should be to you too! He’s bummed that he had to cancel his six day trip to the Boundary Waters. I feel for him; yet, he knows I’m glad for me… He understands that I don’t like at all that he’s highly disappointed he’s not going. He also understands that I’m happy for myself (especially because our new washing machine then!) So, in the meantime he gets me more! And guys –…..

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Duane just left to take Tina (our Terrier rescue) to Como Park here in sunny (at this time!) Minnesota… We were talking about getting a hard case for my sunglasses before he left. He told me (because I did ask) how much he thinks they should cost. God gave me one of the best ideas ever! I said: (and was truly, truly teasing)  “Is that price you’re thinking of in the year of 2022 or 1968?” What fun to be…..

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  Bed making is my department; and a bore it is! Still, being that I would have done very well in the Navy and regret not going in, to me a beautifully made bed makes the entire bedroom more beautiful, more peaceful! Selah. Our little girl (Tina, the Terrier rescue) woke up her Puppy Daddy just a tad early this morning. After the cheerful chuckles of her Papa (my hubby, Duane) he needed to take her out; after all, that…..

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  Let’s start with this:   Isaiah 55:8-13 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the…..

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Hey guys! As fishing season in Minnesota is here… be smart. Be considerate of your lady. Call on your way home and ask her if she needs a Caribou Cooler! As my husband says: “Happy wife, happy life!”       Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her                

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Duane is very happy today! Why? I made MYSELF a TO-DO LIST!   GUYS: Don’t let your wives favor themselves!       Ephesians 5:21-33 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit…..

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