Trusting God and Living Surrendered

Peace, joy, hope, love, and yes, strength comes through trust and surrender. The world may have given you a negative view of the word “surrender”, but in God’s world, it is an act of courage. Learn to live surrendered to the One who you can trust through the challenges and heartaches of life. Unveil your hope by embracing God’s grace and truth. These posts will share our adoption story, the Surrendered Hearts Manifesto, and what living surrendered looks like in day-to-day life.

Building a lasting marriage is possible but not easy. Here are 27 ingredients to making it happen after 63 years of experience! Join the series! #marriage #relationships #lovingwell

63 Years of Loving Well – The Ingredients to a Lasting Marriage

“We are heading to the hotel tomorrow for one night and we will be back home Thursday. Going to celebrate our anniversary with my BEAUTIFUL wife!!!!!” As I was driving and my son read the text out loud, how could I not smile BIG? It was a text from my 86-year-old dad. He and my…

Your heart is broken and you are walking through one of your most difficult seasons. And you feel alone. So, where is God and why do you feel as though He has abandoned you? -What to Do When You Feel God Has Abandoned You - Lori Schumaker for ibelieve.com

What to Do When You Feel God Has Abandoned You

I remember the tears. The days when laughter began to slip away and emotions threatened to unhinge my knowledge of truth. It was a season in which I felt as though God had abandoned me. Life hadn’t worked out as I had thought it would. I was left in a puddle of emotions and God…

You made it through the busy young children years, weathered the teen years, and now you are half in and half out of the empty nest years. So close, but not quite. The kids are busy and don't need you in the same ways. But they are in and out of the house like a revolving door. Now what? How do you refocus yourself and figure out what loving your spouse well looks like in this season? Loving Your Spouse Well When Your Nest is Almost Empty by Melanie Redd for Lori Schumaker's "Building a Lasting Love Story #Marriage Series"

Loving Your Spouse Well When Your Nest is Almost Empty

This week for the Building a Lasting Love Story #MarriageSeries, I get to bring you my friend, a passionate follower of Jesus and a gifted encourager, Melanie Redd. As well as teaching and speaking, Melanie writes at Ministry of Hope. She’s been married to Randy for 26 years and their nest is almost empty! Today,…

Parenting during the teen years has a unique set of challenges for marriage. What was important during the busy years with young children or during the newlywed years, looks a little different. Here are 5 ways to love your spouse well while parenting teens. Shannon Geurin for Lori Schumaker - Building a Lasting Love Story #MarriageSeries

Loving Your Spouse Well While Parenting Teens

This week for the Building a Lasting Love Story #MarriageSeries, I get to bring you a dear friend. Shannon Geurin is a passionate follower of Jesus who loves her husband and girls fiercely! She’s brave and fun and I just know you will be encouraged by what she has to say about loving your spouse well…

Loving your spouse well during those busy parenting years is not easy work. Your time is minimal and your exhaustion real. So how do you do it? How do you love your spouse well during the busy parenting years? Valerie Murray for Lori Schumaker's Building a Lasting Love Story #MarriageSeries

How to Love Your Spouse Well During the Busy Parenting Years

I’m so pleased to share with you my dear friend and gifted writer, Valerie Murray from Cord of 6. She is a Mama to 4 beautiful children and is on the go nonstop, so if anyone can relate to your struggles to loving your spouse well during these years, she can! She loves her husband…

This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. Psalm 119:50 - #MomentsofHope - unshakeable faith -Lori Schumaker

The Humbling Witness of Unshakable Faith

As God gifts us with a child, He opens a Mother’s heart in an indescribable way. A love once unfathomed, now is birthed. It is a love that serves as the closest thing on earth to the Father’s love for us. But it leaves a Mother with her heart tender and unprotected. An easy target for wounding….