Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. –Winston Churchill This insightful quote sums up marriage in a very succinct manner. It is relatively easy to get married but it takes immense courage to stay married in the face of disappoints, disillusionment…
It’s, perhaps, obvious that no one can conduct a meaningful discussion about courtship and marriage, much less about divine redemption, without invoking the central definition of love. For believers, that love is defined by the standards set forth in Scripture. For unbelievers, it provides the only hope for a better life. As Oscar Wilde once…
There is a common misconception that as your marriage evolves and as time passes, it becomes boring. The thing is, marriage is a lifelong sleepover with your best friend. When my husband and I became new parents, we quickly became consumed with diaper-changing, bills, and my husband’s nonstop school and work schedule that we lost…
Sometimes the extraordinary we want is found in the ordinary we already have. —Linda Trammell One proverb asks a particularly intriguing question, “An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels” (Proverbs 31:10). Although the question seems pointed at single people, its message speaks to every reader—“finding” lasting love is a challenge….
The youth pastor at our church got married last month. While I wasn’t able to attend, I heard the pastor made a point not often discussed: there are six people that enter into the marriage—you, your spouse’s expectation of you, God’s view of you, your spouse as they understand themselves, your expectation of your spouse,…
