Tuesday, February 3, 2026

No peace

 A divorce lawyer once said something 
that stays with you. There is no peace
in a home where a woman is 
emotionally, mentally, and financially
drained by the man who promised to
protect her. Men rest when there is
peace. Women create peace only when
they are met with love, respect, and
care. You cannot expect a woman to
build a safe home when her spirit is 
exhausted, her heart is hurting, and 
her soul feels invisible. A peaceful
home begins with how you treat the
woman holding it together.


Because a home is not built from walls, furniture, or money - it's built from emotional safety.

It is built from the way words are spoken, the way disagreements are handled, and the way love is shown in small, consistent actions.

When a woman feels valued, she nurtures the space around her. When she feels heard, she softens. When she feels supported, she flourishes.

But when she feels alone in a relationship, she slowly stops trying. Not because she doesn't care, but because she is tired of caring by herself.

Peace disappears not in loud arguments, but in silent disappointments that pile up over time.

In the quiet moments where she realizes she is carrying the weight of the relationship alone.

A peaceful home begins long before the decorations and the smiles - it begins in how a man treats the woman when no one is watching.

Because when she feels safe, loved, and respected, she becomes the warmth that makes a house feel like home.

~Malika TV

Monday, February 2, 2026

Most beautiful

If someone ever asks me
what the most beautiful part of my
life was...

I will always say being their mother.
Through every season, every version 
of me,
every chapter I've lived --
nothing has ever compared to the
privilege
of loving them, raising them,
and calling them mine. 

Making us wait

 by Elisabeth Elliot

"I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done."

May those

From Dr. Thema

May those who perpetually pour, receive.

May those who constantly carry, discover what it feels like to be supported.

May those hidden walls of silence, find safe spaces to speak.

May those who fight for others encounter those who will fight for you.

Not done yet

God's not
done yet.

He's just
getting
started.

Abandonment

The Body Remembers Abandonment:
  • The heart races when a text is left unread.
  • The stomach drops when the tone changes.
  • The body becomes the child again, waiting for the door to open. 
Practice:
  • When that panic rises, press your hand to your chest and breathe:
  • "I'm here. I won't leave you."
  • Anchor in the now, not the then.
Know:
"My nervous system is learning that love can stay."

~JMikeFields.com

Holy

 God didn't give you 
your spouse to make
you happy. He gave
you your spouse to 
make you holy.


From Marriage Revolution

Marriage will disappoint you if happiness if the goal. Because happiness is a feeling, and feelings are fickle. They come and go based on circumstances, hormones, stress levels, and whether or not someone remembered to take out the trash.

But holiness? That's the real work of marriage.

God uses your spouse to expose your selfishness, your pride, your need for control, your impatience. And He uses you to do the same for them. It's uncomfortable. It's refining. And it's exactly what you both need.

Ephesians 5 doesn't just tell us how to love our spouse, it tells us WHY. Marriage is a living picture of Christ and the Church. It's meant to display sacrificial love, radical forgiveness, and covenant faithfulness to a world that doesn't believe those things exist.

When you choose to love your spouse on the hard days, when they're not meeting your needs, when you're exhausted, when you'd rather walk away, you're preaching the gospel without saying a word.

Your marriage isn't just about your happiness. It's about God's glory. And when you shift your focus from "what am I getting" to "who am I becoming", everything changes.

Is your marriage making you more like Christ, or are you still just chasing happiness?