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Who Comes First in Your Marriage?

When it comes to a choice between your spouse and your children, who comes first? You spouse should be the one who comes first in your concerns, thoughts and plans. He or she is the one you are married to, that you have committed to live your life with, ‘for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer.’ The children will grow up and leave home and need you less. If you make them the centre of your lives what will you have left when they leave? Yes, I missed our children when they left … Continue reading →

Renewing Your Marriage Vows

Would you renew your marriage vows? At one stage, it became quite a trend for people to renew their vows. Would you? Why or why not? One reason why you might choose to renew your marriage vows is to publicly affirm your love for each other. In this day and age where many marriages are going to the wall, it’s great for others to see a marriage that has stood the test of time, that is still going strong and where the couple still loves each other and puts the other one at the center of their world. You might … Continue reading →

If I Had To Do My Wedding All Over Again…

Was your wedding absolutely perfect? Or do you ever think, now that you’re older and wiser, that there might be some things you’d do differently if you had it to do all over again? I’d do a couple of things differently. The Date When it came to picking a date, I really didn’t put much thought into it. I know at one point I’d thought maybe May 15 might be a good date, because that was the first day we met. However, we ended up rushing matters thanks to Wayne’s aunt. (Who I adore, make no mistake.) If it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Renewing Your Wedding Vows

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People celebrate their love and relationship in many ways. Wedding anniversaries are the most common times of the year for a couple to celebrate their life together. Some couples choose to take a special trip together on or near this day. Other couples celebrate with special gifts such as jewelry. Some anniversaries are considered to be even more special than others. These are the years of 25 and 50. Many couples have anniversary parties to celebrate these events. Another way that some couples choose to honor their relationship is by renewing their wedding vows. When a couple renews their wedding … Continue reading →

Giving in to Social Trends?

Has the church given into to the trends of society? The Church of England recently announced a plan for a double ceremony or as some dubbed it a ‘hatch and match’ ceremony, where the couple the can be married and then have their child baptized or themselves too if they like on the same day as part of the same ceremony. The situation that has brought this about is that while the church believes that the best place for sex is within marriage relationship, the reality shows that around 44 percent of women are not married when they give birth. … Continue reading →

Marriage Week in Review: March 17- March 23

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I have been writing sole this week. Like me, many of you have missed hearing from Courtney. Hopefully she will be back writing for you within the next couple of weeks. Monday, March 17 Renewing Your Wedding Vows This article discusses how many couples choose to renew their vows as an anniversary gift to each other. The Fears that Society Gives Us Here I discuss how the pressures and wicked ways of the world can make us doubt our own relationships. Tuesday, March 18 Put Trust in Your Mate This article was a continuation of the previous. It discusses that … Continue reading →

What It Means to Say “I Do”

I do – these are two little words that little girls and boys think about as they are growing up. They are the magic words that are said in the marriage vows when one person is committing to another. I remember seeing a cartoon that talked about marriage in the sense that it said something like: I knew they were writing their vows, but I thought it would be Robert Frost quotes not rules for the Geneva Convention. Our vows are an important component of our marriages because they are designed to set the tone for the marriage. Think about … Continue reading →