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Curse of the Car Cart

There I stood. I stood contemplating which cart I should choose for that day’s shopping quest. That’s where it all began. I relive this moment in my mind wishing the chance to go back and listen to better judgment and select old faithful. Why is it sometimes so easy to depart from our better judgment. For once I’d like to walk hand in hand, side by side, arm in arm with my better judgment. Sadly, I left my better judgment and walked off into Kroger alone. I selected the car cart. Yes, the car cart…the envy of toddlers and preschoolers … Continue reading →

When Being ‘In Love’ Is Not Enough

As I’ve read the forums recently it seems a few people in relationships feel unsure about what they should do. They are ‘in love’ but unsure about the commitment of marriage. It prompted me to think that love is not enough. Being is love is great, but sometimes you can be in love with the wrong person. I’ve been in love twice in my life. The first time I was very young, still in my teens. Yes, I was in love with this boy but at the same time I realized one thing – though in love he was not … Continue reading →

Sharing What’s Important

At Christmas time we see lots of people we don’t normally see. Because we live in a tourist area, we often see couples or families on holidays. We also see people brought along by other family members to church for special services, as we had yesterday. At times like these some women manage to convince their husbands who don’t normally attend, to come. Each week I see women at church on their own because their men won’t come. They aren’t interested. Others are on their own, because their family they have been victims of a family pulled apart by unfaithfulness … Continue reading →

Thinking About Marrying An Unbeliever?

Thinking about marrying an unbeliever? Think again. Think long and hard, because it is setting yourself up for a hard time. So why shouldn’t you marry an unbeliever? Firstly, if you are a Christian, it goes against what the bible, which is the Christian’s guideline for living and the Maker’s manual, teaches. 2 Corinthians 6:14-15, says ‘Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light and Darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?’ Christians are called to be obedient … Continue reading →

Marriage Quiz

Do you want to get a clearer picture of your marriage and your spouse? Try this quiz. Better still, both you and your spouse do the quiz. Separately of course, and then compare answers later. 1. What is your spouse’s favorite color? 2. What is your spouse’s favorite movie? 3. What is your spouse’s favorite song? Is it your song? 4. Would your spouse be able to buy you something you like in the way of jewelry or clothes? a. always, b. mostly c. sometimes d. occasionally e. never 5. Would you be able to buy your spouse something they’d … Continue reading →

Left Unattended

There’s a lot of truth in this quote by Zsa Zsa Gabor. ‘Husbands are like fires- they go out if unattended.’ I’d like to suggest we need to change it to read ‘Marriages are like fires- they go out if unattended. That seems to me to be part of the problem. People live their lives as though there marriage and their spouse are not important. Everything else – career, hobbies, friends, family, or being right seems to take precedence over the marriage. If you are both working at your marriage attending to the details to make it the best it … Continue reading →

Practical Help for Christian Living

The book of Romans is one of the helpful and practical letters in the New Testament. Just look at some of the gems from Romans 8. Romans 8:1 assures believers of their standing before God. There is ‘no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.’ Paul goes on to tell us that those who believe in Jesus have been ‘set free, from the law of sin and death,’ verse 2. The reason we are set free is not because of anything we have done or because of keeping rules but because of what Jesus has done for us through … Continue reading →

What is Marriage All About?

Is marriage all about having the biggest best house and most possessions, you can? I don’t think so. One of the other things that amazed me recently when looking at houses was the size of them. Most were massive but all I could see was a lot of waste space and how much more difficult and time consuming they would be to clean. I think it’s a shame that people’s expectations aren’t more realistic and that they don’t focus more on the marriage itself and building and maintain that relationship rather than the periphery things. I’d rather have a smaller … Continue reading →

Want to Feel Treasured and Special?

Would you like to feel treasured and special? Don’t you think your spouse would like to feel treasured and special and glad they married you? Perhaps you could try this way to make it happen. Put your spouse first. Excuse me? I can hear some people say. How does that help me and make me feel treasured and special? Let me explain. ‘In some couples each person puts the other first’ this was an observation by the Katie, a child observer of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph in the novel True to Form by Elizabeth Berg. Yes, it is a novel … Continue reading →

What Is at the Center of Your Life and Why It Matters

What is at the center of your life? That which is at the center of our lives determines the shape of our lives and the direction our lives take. Whether it is work, ambition, self interest, spouse and family, or some other obsession, it is a question for all of us to answer. This idea for a blog came after reading a novel called Summertime by Liz Rigbey. One of the characters, Lucy, in talking about a policeman said, ‘he talked of men who lost their family, how that was the price you paid if you couldn’t or wouldn’t put … Continue reading →