Dear Compatible Husband Made Just for Me, You don’t exist. In their article You Never Marry the Right Person (actually an excerpt taken from their book, The Meaning of Marriage), Tim and Kathy Keller say, “No two people are compatible.” Many men and women would agree that compatibility is an appropriate criteria to look for in a potential…
I was reading a story the other day about a man who started spending a lot of time with a woman. They became close friends and she would help him in all sorts of ways, from making him food to doing his laundry, which he really enjoyed (who wouldn’t?). Then, when it came time for…
I’m sure you’ll agree that trusting God in the midst of His No’s is not easy! Don’t ya just hate it when you have a relationship all worked out in your mind, but it never manifests the way you dreamed it should. What’s worse is when you’ve actually started dating someone, and after having given…
Our honeymoon had been perfect so far. My husband of four days had blown me away with his romantic surprises. We were giddy about being on the breathtaking Hawaiian island, Kauai, and it seemed like every minute we were relishing in our new love together. But suddenly as we walked along the shore near our…
Successful marriage consistently calls for both the humble admission of error when wrongdoing has occurred and the mutual commitment to grow in unfamiliar ways. Nothing destroys these two pillars of healthy relationships more quickly than persistent defensiveness and an unforgiving, critical spirit. These are the heart-hardening factors that eventually destroy the elasticity of creative conflict…
