I came to this blogging thing pretty late. In fact I spent many years toiling away writing for other people, in a voice I didn’t particularly care for, covering topics I knew were through and through crap, but I was a writer, not getting paid to give my opinion, rather to report the facts and put other experts on a pedestal.
It was all good and fine, until my fee per article overtime DRAMATICALLY decreased and well I got restless, felt undervalued and was determined to work for myself and find a way to write about things I wanted to and somehow, some way eek out a living doing so.
Here I am with my girl VERA oh and her buddy Jeff and that Cash cab guy;)Then GD was gracious enough to put Lady and the Blog’s Vera Sweeney in my path. Vera is a firecracker, smart as a whip and has single handedly created a web empire through her own blood, sweat and tears. And yet- she took me under her wing- because that’s just the kind of gal she is– so magnanimous and literally, after a weekend in Ohio- she helped me buy this url and well I haven’t looked back. Rather I continue to look to her and this army of women she surrounds herself with- so many of the bloggers I now consider friends for inspiration and that little push I need every day.
I am so proud to be able to call myself a blogger but most importantly to call Vera Sweeney my friend.
So this Monday if you see a blogger at your local Starbucks- don’t just give them a hug- ask them their blog and then.. LEAVE A comment it’s like gold to us writers– oh and if you Want to get involved? Here’s how:
-Post a picture(s) of you hugging a fellow blogger(s) on your site.
-Explain why you love that person. Then link to their site
-Add your story link to the Mr. Linky box on LADY AND THE BLOG so we can all check it out.
-Optional -use hashtag #hugablogger to spread the news on Twitter.
Your turn–GO!
I have comment about your article “Religion and Marriage: What Happens When You’re Not On the Same Page?” Religious beliefs is one of the most, if not the most, important factors in any relationship. 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness?” Light and darkness cannot go together. Many women think they can marry a man and change him later. If God Himself cannot change him, they why in the world do we think we can change him? We ourselves some grief and do what God told us to do: If you’re a believer, marry a believer. Put yourself on the winning side!
God wants to bless all marriages, as that’s what He intended. God does not want to see marriage end in divorce. A LOT of people are simply not sure about what to do in this area, we shouldn’t simply dismiss them or tell them to marry a believer, especially when they are ALREADY married.
Melissa, if you happen to read these comments, I would encourage you to read the books The Case for a Creator, and then The Case for Christ, both by Lee Strobel. Find a way to get your husband to read at least the first book, he should be interested in the arguments in there.
Have you prayed to God? It doesn’t have to be long prayers, a few minutes a day is usually enough to start with. What I find most interesting about prayers is that, it changes the way we see things. It changes our Hearts! It restores a right relationship between us and God! Pray for your marriage, and your husband, and I trust that God will bring fruit to your relationship!
God can do everything, Tasha! He just does it in His time. He turned Saul to Paul and Paul became one of the hugest missionaries. To think that God can not change her or my or any other husband’s heart would be a great disservice to God and truthfully sounds like something a non-believer would say. You need to give HOPE, not fear. There is always Hope and with God EVERYTHING is possible!
I have an awful lot to say about this! But, I won’t say it all. I am Christian and my husband is not. It is the BIGGEST argument in my marriage. But, I pray for him and I’m not going to stop believing.
This Bible verse has helped me. Sounds as if you are Jewish, so truthfully, not sure how you feel about the New Testament, but anyway!. . .
“And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. “–1 Corinthians 7:13-14