“Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.” Proverbs 13:18, MSG I love sharing stories of my childhood. Our adult daughter is now sharing stories about her childhood. Sometimes I remember them the way she does but other times, I don’t recognize the story or even me in the story. Each of us perceives events, even the same event, through the filter of our own life experience. That cloudy view…
“A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.” Proverbs 27:15-16, NLT Do you every wonder if Solomon lived with a quarrelsome and moody wife? I am just speculating here but out of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, there was surely a few surly ones in the bunch (1 Kings 11:1-3). What in…
Is it OK for #marriagemonday to be on Tuesday? Elisabeth Elliot, missionary, author, speaker, wife, daughter and momma died this week. She wrote beautiful words. Not just beautiful words but words that moved us to change. Kay Warren posted a beautiful tribute to her on Facebook. Kay’s introduction to the portion she wrote about Mrs. Elisabeth’s book Let Me Be A Woman, “Her book in the mid-70’s Let Me Be a Woman – written…
My dear friend Sabra places salve on the wounds of hurt and pain in marriage everyday. Her and her husband, David, are following the call of God on their life as they pour nourishment and encouragement into hearts that beat for each other in marriage. They remind us that we can have a loving, passionate marriage. Enjoy her words today…. It was all set to be a romantic evening at home with my sweetheart….
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