Love Is Not Hopeless

by Joyce Zook | Mar 8, 2026 | Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage, Marriage

This is one of the hardest parts in this Love Is Not series to write. After my first marriage failed over 47 years ago, I felt certain I would never consider separation again. However, in the years that followed, I faced moments of such hopelessness in my marriage...

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....

Love Is Not Rude from 1 Corinthians 13

by Joyce Zook | Nov 18, 2025 | Love the Holidays, Love Your Life, Love Your Marriage

~1 Corinthians 13:5 I love this quote from Max Lucado, which illustrates the meaning of love is not rude. Rudeness snatches parking spaces. Rudeness mocks others. Rudeness interrupts. Christ, on the other hand, was courteous. He was patient, thoughtful, and careful to...