Marriage Minute ~ Follow His Lead Sometimes I have trouble letting my husband lead. This is partly due to the fact that I like to lead, and partly due to the fact that for a while in our marriage, my husband didn’t do much spiritual leading. During that time, I tried to make sure that I stayed open to the possibility that he could begin leading spiritually so that I …
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Marriage Minute ~ Submission & Love
Submission is a topic that is hard to address in a short little Marriage Minute. I do know this, though. Submission isn’t supposed to be ugly and oppressive. It’s supposed to be beautiful and loving. Through submission and love toward each other in marriage, we are supposed to see a picture of God’s love for the church and our submission in love to Him. Yesterday, I stumbled upon a wonderful …
Recipe for Love – Marriage Minute
Is there any such thing as a recipe for love? I dunno, but maybe this comes close: Love isn’t just a feeling, it’s something that you *do,* right? Interestingly, the verb-love often leads to or enhances the noun-love. So…define “love.” Aside from feeling all warm & fuzzy, (and aside from a little sheet music,) what is it, how do you do it? I think Ephesians 4 is a good place …