Archives for February 2013

Makes Me Wanna Jump, Jump

February 5, 2013 by Amy 2 Comments

I hope you do.

I can’t imagine you don’t. I’m pretty sure she’s got the market on lifestyle blogging.

But if there’s a small, even tiny sliver of a chance you don’t read her, you need to get familiar with her Charlie posts. I mean, she wrote TWO books about him.

I was thinking about Charlie today. Poor, placid Charlie. In her last post about him, she was encouraging him to move.

I was thinking that maybe, just maybe, I should introduce him to Tucker.

Because Tucker likes to move.

Scott was outside playing keep away the other day.

Tucker gets really excited when Scott plays keep away.

He likes to jump.

A lot.

I’m sure Charlie would be so inspired he’d at least, you know, move.

So, PW, if you want to set up a play date. Or jump date. Or, you know, just a move date, let’s hook up.

BundleoftheWeek.com: Marriage Resources

February 4, 2013 by Amy 2 Comments

Good Monday morning to you!

Very excited to share that my eBook Entangled is part of BundleoftheWeek.com’s marriage package this week!

image courtesy of bundleoftheweek.com

If you’re not familiar, BundleoftheWeek.com packages several related books each week and sells them at a fantastic rate.

This week’s marriage bundle includes 5 books worth over $30 for only $7.40!

Here’s what you’ll get this week:

15-Minute Marriage Makeover by Dustin Riechmann ($10)
15-Minute Marriage Makeover is more than an ebook; it’s a plan designed to refresh your relationship, add sizzle to your sex life and bring more happiness to your marriage. And all of that in just 15 minutes a day! The exercises in this book focus on the four pillars of a happy marriage — communication, romance, intimacy and finances — with time management tools, mini lessons, couple time tasks and a weekly date night to review the topic of the week.

A Simple Marriage by Corey Allan, PhD ($4.99)
Written to help you experience more in your marriage, A Simple Marriage: The Path to Experiencing More in Marriage and Life is a compilation of Corey Allan’s experience as a husband and counselor. Not only will it show you the foundational principles that are present in every marriage and an understanding of where you currently are in your relationship, but it also provides the encouragement, tools and steps to help you invest in your marriage today, whether your spouse is interested in participating or not.

Stripped Down by Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo ($8.99)
In Stripped Down: 13 Keys to Unlocking Intimacy in Your Marriage, this husband and wife duo show you how to create a solid marital foundation by placing God at the center of your relationship, establish family boundaries, improve communication, make your bedroom a sanctuary, have fun together and much more. With frank conversation and practical advice, this ebook will walk you through exercises to invest in intimacy and reconnect with your spouse.

Entangled by Amy Bennett ($4.99)
Through her own story, Amy gives readers an honest, detailed look into an emotional affair and how God restored her marriage. In Entangled: Recognizing Your Emotional Affair & Restoring Your Marriage, she shares what an emotional affair looks like, how to get out of one and — most importantly — how God can meet your deepest need for the love you’re seeking.

The Husband’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Marla Taviano ($2.99)
With Marla’s candid humor, The Husband’s Guide to Getting Lucky clues guys in to the way their wives operate and gives them practical suggestions for being husbands their women want to make love to. Although it’s written primarily to men, The Husband’s Guide to Getting Lucky provides insight for both men and women into what makes their other half tick and how to achieve a fulfilling sex life.

Love this bundle, especially since I’m sharing it with my online buddy Marla Taviano. Hi, Marla!

Praying these will be great resources for you and your spouse!

This post includes affiliate links but I’m glad to share this bundle affiliate link or not—I’m kinda partial ;) Thanks for supporting Permission to Peruse!

Afraid

February 1, 2013 by Amy 5 Comments

Writing with Five Minute Friday on afraid. No editing or backtracking. Just writing for five minutes.

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I remember lying in my twin bed staring intently at our mini blinds. I waited, afraid, for looming shadows.

I cried, afraid, curled in a ball in the hallway listening intently for the winds to whistle like a train.

I gripped my spray, finger on the trigger and walked faster to my car in the university parking lot, looking to the left and right, just to be sure.

I stood outside the circle, heart pounding with words bubbling. My throat constricted and burned but fear squeezed tighter keeping the words in its grip.

I’ve said no, maybe later and didn’t show up because I wasn’t quite sure how it would all go.

Years have past and I don’t stare at windows or cry in hallways.

Sometimes I think I have this fear thing figured out. And then God prunes a little more of something else and we find the roots are made of fear.

I’m learning one thing though.

The opposite of my fear is not my courage.

No, the opposite of my fear is the certainty of God’s power.

Even if the window breaks, the winds howl or words are mangled, God will be there to rescue and redeem.

Because God didn’t come to prevent us from evil but He did come to deliver us from evil.

Delivering is not a prevention. Delivering implies the evil happened and he’s rescuing us from it.

So next time you are waiting or crying or walking faster in fear, remember God’s power awaits. No matter what happens,

will

deliver

you.

Do you know someone that is experiencing fear? Just one? Would you share this with them and maybe give them a little bit of real courage?