Comments on: According to Plans http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chondra http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17960 Chondra Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:50:01 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17960 My husband is a planner & I am more a "fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-feeling-girl. It used to make me crazy that he read and researched everything! He would recommend a book for me to read for almost every thing that was going on in our lives, but you know what? Because he is so well read the knowlege he has gained coupled with the wisdom of God has helped make our lives so much better! Our finances & marriage were a shambles but because of information and lessons learned for books he has read we are in such a better place today! In fact I am now reading some of his books now! I am thankful that God blessed me with such a wonderful intelligent man! My husband is a planner & I am more a “fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-feeling-girl. It used to make me crazy that he read and researched everything! He would recommend a book for me to read for almost every thing that was going on in our lives, but you know what? Because he is so well read the knowlege he has gained coupled with the wisdom of God has helped make our lives so much better! Our finances & marriage were a shambles but because of information and lessons learned for books he has read we are in such a better place today! In fact I am now reading some of his books now! I am thankful that God blessed me with such a wonderful intelligent man!

]]> By: Kim Burghart http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17895 Kim Burghart Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:46:14 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17895 My husband is my rock. We have been married for 27 years, but have known each other for 32 years. The last 8 years have been very rough and a lot of couples would have divorced with all the stress, but he stands WITH ME and Beside me and he loves the Lord. We lost my FIL 8 years ago, a year later our oldest daughter was dx with terminal brain cancer and at the end of her journey my SIL was dx with MS and within 2 weeks she was gone due to a drug causing her heart to stop and exactly 2 mos. later we lost our sweet Marissa Faith, just one day after her 8th b-day, 9 mos. later my dad was dx with cancer and we lost him to the Lord in Sept. Right after that my husbands other sister was dx with breast cancer. On top of that my dh took a new job in a new state and we still have a house for sale back home. It has not been an easy last 8 years, nor an easy married life, but we are still together and we grow closer to HIM every day. We would be lost without our faith. He is calm, I am the one to panic. He calms me and keeps me grounded. I also have health issues that does not help, but he still stays with me and with our children. We have 8 total, all adopted from 23 down to 3. I also had endometriosis and have fibromyalgia, so good days and bad. He also has some health issues. I am amazed that he has stayed with me and beside me through it all. Without my husband and the Lord, I do not know where I would be today. I love my husband with all my heart. I thank God for bringing us together outside that Dairy Queen so many years ago. I am very blessed! My husband is my rock. We have been married for 27 years, but have known each other for 32 years. The last 8 years have been very rough and a lot of couples would have divorced with all the stress, but he stands WITH ME and Beside me and he loves the Lord. We lost my FIL 8 years ago, a year later our oldest daughter was dx with terminal brain cancer and at the end of her journey my SIL was dx with MS and within 2 weeks she was gone due to a drug causing her heart to stop and exactly 2 mos. later we lost our sweet Marissa Faith, just one day after her 8th b-day, 9 mos. later my dad was dx with cancer and we lost him to the Lord in Sept. Right after that my husbands other sister was dx with breast cancer. On top of that my dh took a new job in a new state and we still have a house for sale back home. It has not been an easy last 8 years, nor an easy married life, but we are still together and we grow closer to HIM every day. We would be lost without our faith. He is calm, I am the one to panic. He calms me and keeps me grounded. I also have health issues that does not help, but he still stays with me and with our children. We have 8 total, all adopted from 23 down to 3. I also had endometriosis and have fibromyalgia, so good days and bad. He also has some health issues. I am amazed that he has stayed with me and beside me through it all. Without my husband and the Lord, I do not know where I would be today. I love my husband with all my heart. I thank God for bringing us together outside that Dairy Queen so many years ago. I am very blessed!

]]> By: carrie jones http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17881 carrie jones Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:37:00 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17881 my husband is loyal,hard working,would buy me most anything i want within reason.a good provider and very handy around the house-carpentry,car maintenence,snow removal,cutting and splitting the wood,and much more. my husband is loyal,hard working,would buy me most anything i want within reason.a good provider and very handy around the house-carpentry,car maintenence,snow removal,cutting and splitting the wood,and much more.

]]> By: Donnell http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17856 Donnell Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:27:38 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17856 I love my husband's kind & gentle spirit. He is always calm, gentle, and soft with his answers. He has the wonderful ability of giving the benefit of the doubt and believing the best in people, especially me. He softens me up, and reminds me to stay calm, listen more, and react less. I am so blessed. We will be celebrating our 15 yr wedding anniversary soon. Thank you Lord for the gift I have in my hubby! I love my husband’s kind & gentle spirit. He is always calm, gentle, and soft with his answers. He has the wonderful ability of giving the benefit of the doubt and believing the best in people, especially me. He softens me up, and reminds me to stay calm, listen more, and react less.
I am so blessed. We will be celebrating our 15 yr wedding anniversary soon.
Thank you Lord for the gift I have in my hubby!

]]> By: Kimberly http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17826 Kimberly Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:52:18 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17826 My husband and I too are completely opposite. We are newly married and it has been such an adjustment for the both of us. This is a second marriage for the both of us. After being with someone for so long (he was married 12 yrs and I was married 14 yrs) it is sometimes difficult to not compare. I try hard not to do this but find myself sometimes thinking to myself of course this is not what I am used to. We either really get along or really don't get along. There is no in between. But I Love my husband with all my heart. I am 39 yrs old and I have never ever had anyone to make me feel so loved. I can totally be myself no matter what and he loves me all the time. I pray constantly that the Lord will help me to stop throwing "flesh balls" and start trying to understand and except the fact we are different and love him for the man he is. He is a wonderful man and I am blessed to have him. Like I said his best trait is making me feel loved like I have never felt before. He is my bestfriend. My husband and I too are completely opposite. We are newly married and it has been such an adjustment for the both of us. This is a second marriage for the both of us. After being with someone for so long (he was married 12 yrs and I was married 14 yrs) it is sometimes difficult to not compare. I try hard not to do this but find myself sometimes thinking to myself of course this is not what I am used to. We either really get along or really don’t get along. There is no in between. But I Love my husband with all my heart. I am 39 yrs old and I have never ever had anyone to make me feel so loved. I can totally be myself no matter what and he loves me all the time. I pray constantly that the Lord will help me to stop throwing “flesh balls” and start trying to understand and except the fact we are different and love him for the man he is. He is a wonderful man and I am blessed to have him. Like I said his best trait is making me feel loved like I have never felt before. He is my bestfriend.

]]> By: Lucy Sanguinetti http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17758 Lucy Sanguinetti Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:46:47 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17758 My husband, Jay, and I have been married for almost 24 years. He has truly been my "knight in shining armor!" We have three children together, and I have had 16 operatons in the last 12 years. Jay has always taken up the slack, been my nurse, my strength, "Mr. Mom", and the spiritual leader of our home. He is calm when i am anxiety ridden, he is happy and positive when I am negative and grumbling, he is quiet when I am loud, he is strong when I am weak. Sometimes the tables turn, and all I have to do is verbally tell him that he is wonderful, that I respect him and especially that I desire him, and all is right with the world! We read the "Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti" book together several years ago, and are now teaching it as a marriage class at our church. We love it, and together we celebrate our differences! My husband, Jay, and I have been married for almost 24 years. He has truly been my “knight in shining armor!” We have three children together, and I have had 16 operatons in the last 12 years. Jay has always taken up the slack, been my nurse, my strength, “Mr. Mom”, and the spiritual leader of our home. He is calm when i am anxiety ridden, he is happy and positive when I am negative and grumbling, he is quiet when I am loud, he is strong when I am weak. Sometimes the tables turn, and all I have to do is verbally tell him that he is wonderful, that I respect him and especially that I desire him, and all is right with the world! We read the “Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti” book together several years ago, and are now teaching it as a marriage class at our church. We love it, and together we celebrate our differences!

]]> By: Cindy Jones http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17755 Cindy Jones Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:38:34 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17755 My husband and I have both grown so much in our walk with the Lord over the past 5 years. We have been married 20 years and when I look back at how patient he has been with me it makes me so thankful. He is a constant reminder of what it means to walk with integrity. He reminds me often that I need to walk in the spirit not in my soul. There are so many things I appreciate about him, it is very difficult to just put down one! The one thing I appreciate the most is his desire to be intimate with the Father above all else. He is a constant reminder of what it means to walk in the Spirit! What an amazing father and husband he is!!! My husband and I have both grown so much in our walk with the Lord over the past 5 years. We have been married 20 years and when I look back at how patient he has been with me it makes me so thankful. He is a constant reminder of what it means to walk with integrity. He reminds me often that I need to walk in the spirit not in my soul. There are so many things I appreciate about him, it is very difficult to just put down one! The one thing I appreciate the most is his desire to be intimate with the Father above all else. He is a constant reminder of what it means to walk in the Spirit! What an amazing father and husband he is!!!

]]> By: Pam http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17709 Pam Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:00:31 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17709 My husband and I are complete opposites as well. He's the more fun-loving, easy going one and me the more disciplined, reserved. The one trait that I appreciate the most about my husband is in those times when I lose it and throw "fleshballs" he has never done the same in return! My husband and I are complete opposites as well. He’s the more fun-loving, easy going one and me the more disciplined, reserved. The one trait that I appreciate the most about my husband is in those times when I lose it and throw “fleshballs” he has never done the same in return!

]]> By: Kimberly Clark http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17706 Kimberly Clark Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:56:51 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17706 My husband. There are times I'd like to scream and walk out the door. But there are many MORE times that I just want to sit in his lap and breathe in what makes him the wonderful man he is. Different! We are so far apart its almost comical. I relate a lot to what you said. I am the eccentric, no worries, "God will provide", la-ti-dah kinda gal and he is the strong, organized, forward focused provider who always has our family at the forefront of his mind. He can be hard to get to know and is guarded and private. Me? I'm an open book who will tell you our life history in 5 minutes. But he is the strongest man of CHARACTER that I've ever known. I respect that so much in him. He is the guys who stops along the road (or in a restaurant parking lot) to change someone's tire, the guy who will NOT do/say something just because others are, and the guy who will run out into the middle of the night to stop someone from beating up their girlfriend in the street (ALL of these are very true acts that I have personally witnessed in my husband.) The one thing that everyone would say about the man I'm blessed to know as my soulmate is that he has character and it makes me very proud to be his wife. :) My husband. There are times I’d like to scream and walk out the door. But there are many MORE times that I just want to sit in his lap and breathe in what makes him the wonderful man he is. Different! We are so far apart its almost comical. I relate a lot to what you said. I am the eccentric, no worries, “God will provide”, la-ti-dah kinda gal and he is the strong, organized, forward focused provider who always has our family at the forefront of his mind. He can be hard to get to know and is guarded and private. Me? I’m an open book who will tell you our life history in 5 minutes. But he is the strongest man of CHARACTER that I’ve ever known. I respect that so much in him. He is the guys who stops along the road (or in a restaurant parking lot) to change someone’s tire, the guy who will NOT do/say something just because others are, and the guy who will run out into the middle of the night to stop someone from beating up their girlfriend in the street (ALL of these are very true acts that I have personally witnessed in my husband.) The one thing that everyone would say about the man I’m blessed to know as my soulmate is that he has character and it makes me very proud to be his wife. :)

]]> By: Patricia Grable http://karenehman.com/home/2010/02/01/according-to-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-17698 Patricia Grable Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:35:01 +0000 http://karenehman.com/home/?p=1894#comment-17698 Thank you! My husband and I are totally opposites, but it really makes life fun. We've been married 39 years and 6 months -- we've been pastoring over 33 years. We've learned to accept each other's difference and often compliment each other's strenghts and lesser strengths. ;0) Looking forward to winning the prize! LOL Patricia Grable patricia.grable@wsdtx.org Thank you! My husband and I are totally opposites, but it really makes life fun. We’ve been married 39 years and 6 months — we’ve been pastoring over 33 years. We’ve learned to accept each other’s difference and often compliment each other’s strenghts and lesser strengths. ;0)
Looking forward to winning the prize! LOL

Patricia Grable
patricia.grable@wsdtx.org

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