Dena Johnson

Emotional Abuse | Faith | Grace | Hope | I Love to Tell the Story | marriage | Pain and suffering | promises | remarriage | Surviving Adultery and Divorce

Proclaiming His Faithfulness
March 5, 2025September 26, 2025

Several years ago, I wrote An Open Letter to Lysa TerKeurst when she announced her pending divorce from her husband of nearly 30 years following his adultery. Since that time, TerKeurst has gone through reconciliation attempts, cancer, divorce, and remarriage. This morning, I read an article from a question and answer session with TerKeurst as…

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Faith | Grace | Hope | marriage | promises | remarriage

The Man God Chose
October 15, 2024September 26, 2025

Today, I was out walking when I received the sweetest text from my husband. “God is in control and He has won the battles for us. You’re making a difference and you’re going to change the world!” Can I just tell you that my heart was overcome with faith and gratitude in that moment? You…

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Faith | Grace | Hope | marriage | prayer | promises | remarriage | Spiritual Growth

A Letter To My Husband On Our 7th Anniversary
August 28, 2024September 26, 2025

Dear Roy, Wow! It’s hard to believe it has been seven years! In some ways, it seems like forever. Maybe that’s because we have known each other for so long. Maybe it’s because you had become my best friend long before you became my husband. Maybe it’s because you can act like a toddler! And…

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Faith | friendship | Grace | Hope | marriage | prayer | promises | remarriage | Uncategorized

Five Lessons Learned in Six Years of Remarriage
August 29, 2023September 26, 2025

It’s been six years. This weekend, September 2, Roy and I will celebrate six years of marriage. Six years of changes. Six years of blending two very different families. Six years of learning and growing. Six years of experiencing God’s redemption. Don’t let me fool you. It hasn’t been six years of wedded bliss. It’s…

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Faith | Forgiveness | Grace | Hope | remarriage | Surviving Adultery and Divorce | Uncategorized

The Theology of Forgiveness
April 12, 2023September 26, 2025

Someone asked me this week how I ended up remarried after divorce in light of biblical teachings. My response started with Deuteronomy 24 where Moses specifically allowed divorce so that women could remarry. I went on to Malachi 2 where God talks about the cruelty of men to their wives which ultimately leads to divorce, another time…

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Book Reviews | Emotional Abuse | Grace | Hope | marriage | remarriage | Surviving Adultery and Divorce

What Makes a Marriage?
February 9, 2022

Gary Thomas has become one of my favorite authors and marriage mentors. There was a time when I didn’t feel this way, mostly because his book Sacred Marriage was used as a weapon to tell me I should have stayed in my marriage. While I agree that marriage is sacred and divorce should never be…

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Faith | Hope | marriage | promises | remarriage | Spiritual Growth

An Affair-Proof Marriage
January 7, 2021

Truthfully, you can set all the boundaries you want. You can create all the rules you want. But there’s only one thing that can truly affair-proof your marriage

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Dating | Faith | Grace | Hope | marriage | promises | remarriage

Why Roy? What to Look for in a Partner
September 30, 2020

Some of our high school friends have questioned why I chose Roy. Here’s my answer….

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Faith | Hope | marriage | Pain and suffering | promises | remarriage | Surviving Adultery and Divorce | Waiting

The Life I Never Wanted
September 2, 2020

I am living a life I never wanted, and I am so glad God gives us what we need and not what we want.

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fatherless | Grace | Hope | marriage | promises | remarriage | Uncategorized

A Portrait of Redemption
June 17, 2019

I see redemption so clearly in so many ways. I see God’s hand carrying us through such painful days to bring healing. I see the God who loves us so well reflected in every smile, in every face.

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Dating | Faith | Hope | marriage | promises | remarriage | Uncategorized

A Valentine Worth Keeping
February 13, 2019

He told me he knew that to get a girl like me, he had to seek God. Oh, how my heart melted that day!!

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Emotional Abuse | Faith | Grace | Hope | Pain and suffering | remarriage | Surviving Adultery and Divorce | Uncategorized

Three Truths About Divorce
January 15, 2019

The Word of God as a whole is about love and grace, about second chances. God is a God of forgiveness, of setting prisoners free. He is a God who redeems all things and brings beauty out of our broken lives.

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