“my own vineyard I have neglected” Song of Songs 1:6 “my own vineyard is mine to give” Song of Songs 8:12 Like the muse in Janis Ian’s Grammy-winning, “At Seventeen,” the young bride in the Bible’s Song of Songs feels the sadness in lyrics like “dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling…
I used to think all I wanted was a marriage where we never fight and always feel head over heels in love. Come to find out, I want an authentic and raw marriage that adapts to the changing seasons of life. Marriage is loving each other through the messes: It’s brewing the other person a…
“Marriage can be a great stumbling block to spiritual growth.” It is in the confines of a marriage, the daily living together, the total commitment that we made to our spouses on our wedding day, that our deep-rooted selfishness as individuals is exposed. In the first few years of marriage, some of us discover that…
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is more delightful than wine. (Song of Songs 1:2 NIV) Rascal Flatt’s Country song “I Love to Love you Out Loud,” narrates the story of a love so deep it erupts into public expression. In a similar way, the bride of the…
“I feel like a foreigner in this country without you.” I had only been away from home for a few days when my husband wrote these words to me. It doesn’t matter where we are in the world, if we are not together we feel just a wee bit ‘adrift’ as individuals. He feels ‘alone’…
