“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that.” (Michael Leunig.) I love this quote. It points how simultaneously easy and hard it is to just “love one another.” We know we’re supposed to, the bible tells us to love each other, to love our enemies, to love as God loves us… no matter how you look at it, loving each other is …
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Marriage Minute – The Same Team
Each week as I write these “Marriage Minute” posts, a funny thing happens: Satan attacks in the very area that I’m writing about. As soon as I settle on a topic and start making a graphic, I see that issue playing out in my marriage. Why is that? Satan doesn’t like strong marriages. Because I am paying special attention to strengthening mine, he’s paying special attention, too. It’s too easy, …
Marriage Minute – Again & Again
When we get married, we recite some version of vows that say something like this: “I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.” When we stand there and we say those words, …