Tina M89
~ Encourage One Another ~
I just want to say that I love this man. He is a man of strength and integrity and I am blessed to be his wife. Oh we can have our squabbles but we work them through. Recently we've just participated in a marriage course entitled 'Love & War.' It's a very good course. A well known pastor Dr. David Jeremiah has this to say about the series:
" John and Stasi Eldredge lead us into the heart of marriage…not as we always dreamed it would be, but as it really is…a relationship between two flawed individuals who are discovering together that marriage is difficult. Their willingness to speak honestly about their relationship proves the point…that 'loving costs everything but loving is always worth it.' If you are willing to fight for the love and happiness God intended your marriage to provide, every chapter of 'Love & War' will cheer you on!"
Marriage is far from easy, like Dr. Jeremiah said you take two flawed individuals and put them together and it's not always going to be pretty. But beauty comes when we are willing to face each other, to hear each other and to lay down our lives for each other. It takes commitment and surrender.
My husband is a godly man and for that I am very thankful. He led a meeting at our church last night that was at times difficult and I was so proud of the way he walked it through. A Flickr friend of mine, It's a Keeper (Debbie) had sent me a package in the mail a week or so ago and in it were these cards that had quotes and bible verses on them, they're called Life Giving Word cards. They're beautiful, on each card one word stands out above all the others and is written in beautiful calligraphy. I gave my husband two of the cards yesterday to encourage him for the upcoming meeting.
"He who kneels before God can STAND before anyone! "Do not fear for I am with you." Isaiah 41:10
"Your GENTLE "words bring life and health." Proverbs 15:28 "The godly think before speaking." Proverbs 15:28
As we enter into this Christmas season may we take stock of all the many blessings that we have been given, may our eyes be opened to the needy and the lonely and may we give as we have been given. See every encounter as an opportunity to bless, to be a light and lives will change.
~ Encourage One Another ~
I just want to say that I love this man. He is a man of strength and integrity and I am blessed to be his wife. Oh we can have our squabbles but we work them through. Recently we've just participated in a marriage course entitled 'Love & War.' It's a very good course. A well known pastor Dr. David Jeremiah has this to say about the series:
" John and Stasi Eldredge lead us into the heart of marriage…not as we always dreamed it would be, but as it really is…a relationship between two flawed individuals who are discovering together that marriage is difficult. Their willingness to speak honestly about their relationship proves the point…that 'loving costs everything but loving is always worth it.' If you are willing to fight for the love and happiness God intended your marriage to provide, every chapter of 'Love & War' will cheer you on!"
Marriage is far from easy, like Dr. Jeremiah said you take two flawed individuals and put them together and it's not always going to be pretty. But beauty comes when we are willing to face each other, to hear each other and to lay down our lives for each other. It takes commitment and surrender.
My husband is a godly man and for that I am very thankful. He led a meeting at our church last night that was at times difficult and I was so proud of the way he walked it through. A Flickr friend of mine, It's a Keeper (Debbie) had sent me a package in the mail a week or so ago and in it were these cards that had quotes and bible verses on them, they're called Life Giving Word cards. They're beautiful, on each card one word stands out above all the others and is written in beautiful calligraphy. I gave my husband two of the cards yesterday to encourage him for the upcoming meeting.
"He who kneels before God can STAND before anyone! "Do not fear for I am with you." Isaiah 41:10
"Your GENTLE "words bring life and health." Proverbs 15:28 "The godly think before speaking." Proverbs 15:28
As we enter into this Christmas season may we take stock of all the many blessings that we have been given, may our eyes be opened to the needy and the lonely and may we give as we have been given. See every encounter as an opportunity to bless, to be a light and lives will change.