Hate to Wait

by Joyce Zook | Mar 24, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage

Does God have you waiting? Waiting is one of the hardest things for me. We often find ourselves waiting for Him to answer our prayers, show us the next step, or heal our bodies or those of loved ones. We sometimes have to wait years for Him to bring someone we care...

10 Tips to Handle Change

by Joyce Zook | Mar 10, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage, Marriage, Mompreneur

Has your year started really busy?  Have you moved, or are you planning to move? Will your kids change schools this summer or leave for college?  Has your husband changed jobs, left on a military deployment, or will he return from one soon? Have there been any...

Love Is Not Pessimistic

by Joyce Zook | Jan 26, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage, Marriage

Love is always hopeful. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT God says not to have a pessimistic outlook but instead to focus on what is good and true. I thought I had a pessimistic personality – the type that sees the glass as half empty and that I couldn’t change. Complaining...

When You Don’t Feel Happy, Use Your Happy List

by Joyce Zook | Jan 6, 2026 | Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage

Updated December 2025, Originally posted in May 2019 In a couple of weeks, I will undergo my fourth major surgery in eight years, and it’s challenging to feel happy about it. When I’m in one of those blah moods or dealing with pain, I turn to my Happy List. I also...

My Future Is In God’s Hands

by Joyce Zook | Dec 16, 2025 | Love the Holidays, Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage

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Setting Realistic Expectations for the Holidays

by Joyce Zook | Dec 2, 2025 | Free Resources, Love the Holidays, Love Your Home, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage, Marriage

Updated in December 2025, initially posted in December 2021. What I expected to happen at Christmas didn’t happen. My high expectations ultimately ruined the holiday. There was no joy or peace as we gathered to give thanks and celebrate the birth of Christ....