Marriage
Watch more about their story on I Am Second. They talk about meeting in college, marrying right after college, their focus on their careers, their struggles, effects of friends, anger, bitterness, divorce and the new focus in their lives that turned their lives around. Have you had similar struggles? Do you know friends or co-workers [...]
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You have to give David Lapp credit. The 22-year-old young man knew what he wanted, and he got her — a wife. It wasn’t easy. When David and his wife Amber told her father that they wanted to get married (at ages 22 and 21, respectively), he hit the ceiling. Thankfully, Amber’s father changed his [...]
God, who is love, is the definitive romantic. And he professes his love to us through countless “ordinary” ways… After watching the movies as a young girl, I daydreamed about having my own romance full of tender looks and pulse-racing emotion. I wondered who my “Gil” would be and how our breathtaking love story would [...]
Does a person fall in and out of love the way Hollywood portrays it? Does something just happen and the light switch flips on or off in our romantic relationships? Or, is falling in and out of love an involved process that takes time and the development of key elements? In my opinion, along with [...]
…”but I love him anyway,” is one of the most profound theological statements on marriage I’ve ever heard. Most of us base love on because, not on anyway. I love you because you’re good to me. I love you because you’re kind, because you’re considerate, because you keep the romance alive. But in Luke 6:32-36, [...]
Inexpensive Ways to Honor Your Spouse this Valentine’s Day Create a photo postcard of the two of you Recreate your first date Create a mail box for love notes “Kidnap” your spouse from work or other responsibility Have dinner someplace different in your home Look at your wedding album Dedicate February 14th to learning something [...]
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It is time to take inventory of our friends. Most people assume that they have certain friends in their life for a reason or that they are not free to choose who they are or are not friends with. The fact is that we choose who is in our lives, who we take advice from [...]
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Most couples experience winter from time to time. It may last a month or 30 years. It may begin three months after the wedding or hit in the mid-life years. Do not give up if your marriage appears beyond hope. Just as most people wouldn’t lie down in the snow and wait to die, there’s [...]
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No one ever said that reconciliation is easy. It can be very hard. But this is certain: reconciliation is necessary. It can take years to form the deep divisions that keep families and former friends apart. And it may take time to heal those wounds. Today: we’ll learn from the teachings of Jesus the steps to take to seek real reconciliation and find it.
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