Now, before we go any further, let’s get rid of a myth. No one makes you do anything. No one makes you so angry you lose it, that’s your choice. Argue with me, rail against me, do what you will but managing your anger is your responsibility.
Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
Marriage: Truth and Consequences
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged lies, love, marriage, truth on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I can tell Karin (my wife) almost anything because she is spiritually and emotionally mature enough to handle the truth. My boundaries with her are expanded significantly, not because she’s my wife, leave off your romantic notions here, but because she is my mature, strong, helpful and most of all, loving partner.
Love and Respect
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged love, marriage, respect, simple on October 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The key to the love and respect aspect of marriage is just this, treat your partner as they need/want to be treated. To behave lovingly to a woman is to make sure she knows you love her. To behave lovingly to a man is to make sure he knows you trust him and his decision (respect).
Marriage, Making it Work: The Basic Building Block
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged love, marriage, passion, romance on October 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
There is a single base ethic in Christianity and therefore, a single base ethic in Christian marriage. It is love.
Marriage: The One?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agape, choice, divorce, free will, journey, love, marriage, purpose on September 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Married folks, tomorrow morning when you first look at your spouse, lying asleep or preparing for the day, choose. Say, “I choose you today,” because that’s what counts and that’s what brings beauty to marriage. Is today better or worse? I choose. I do. Is today in sickness or health? I choose. I do. Am I angry? Do I need to forgive? I choose. I do. This is why we have to say, “I love you,” so much, yesterdays words are just so much air. Tomorrows words are unsaid.
Marriage: The Two-Hundred Percent Solution
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged covenant, divorce, love, marriage, sacrifice on September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are never disappointed (ideally) and never take anything for granted because when we live sacrificially for another we have no expectations. Every service and gift becomes a surprise and a delight! Every failure becomes just another challenge to love through!
Marriage, A Definition, pt. 4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged becoming one, marriage, one flesh, sex on September 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sex is not a privilege of the married, sex is marriage.
Marriage, A Definition, pt.3
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, marriage on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It does mean that God created marriage, in part, as a foundation for raising children. Godly children carry the light of the gospel into the next generation and reach places we will never go.
Marriage: A Definition, pt 2, Washes White
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged behavior modification, community, growth, inspiration, lifechange, marriage, purpose on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are to make our spouse a better person.
Marriage: A Definition, pt. 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, divorce, marriage on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Marriage is a matter of calling, but community, the fellowship of souls is a matter of life and death. God built us all for community and some of us for marriage. And so, marriage is a subset of community, not the idol it has become in many Christian circles.
