by Joyce Zook | Sep 22, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage, Marriage
Criticizing tears our relationships apart and reflects poorly on our character. Luke 6:41 says, “Why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?” How often do we attempt to fix others and, in the process, become judgmental and...
by Joyce Zook | Sep 8, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May of 2021 with the title Tired and Frustrated. It has been updated for accuracy and freshness. Over the last eight years, since 2018 until now, I have undergone four major surgeries and have experienced a...
by Joyce Zook | Aug 25, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage
Turn Your Negative Thoughts into Positive Ones My life, like many others, has been filled with unexpected challenges. Each day I practice turning my natural negative thoughts into positive ones. My favorite verses for working on this are Philippians 4:6-8. Today I...
by Joyce Zook | Aug 11, 2026 | Life, Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage, Marriage
The story of how I met my husband, Aaron, is not a pretty one. I was a broken and depressed woman coming out of an abusive marriage. However, God had a plan for me. He led me to Aaron, and a year after we got married, we both turned our lives over to Him when we...
by Joyce Zook | Aug 7, 2026 | Life, Love Your Home, Love Your Life
This illustration compares our lives to a house that is built on the firm foundation of Jesus Christ, as referenced in Luke 6:46-49. As believers, we are considered God’s building, and He wants us to build our lives upon the foundation of Jesus Christ. Steady and...