“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men” (Rom. 12:18). The perfect picture of a diverse family unit is the in-laws accepting their new daughter-in-law with open arms, considering her as much a part of the family as their own children. Makes you smile, doesn’t it? Now, she...
“That they may teach the young women to . . . love their husbands” (Titus 2:4). Building a loving, sweet relationship with your husband is a lot like creating beautiful music. The melody line is lovely in itself. But add the harmony, with all the crescendos and decrescendos, and suddenly, there is an amazing depth...
“Thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works” (Rev. 2:4–5). Ephesians 5 tells us that our marriage is a picture of the relationship between Christ and the Church. In both cases we can become cold and calloused toward the one that we once...
“Rejoice with the wife of thy youth” (Pro. 5:18). The road to my 14×70 trailer was graveled and bumpy. I lived there as a single school teacher, but that wouldn’t be my status for long! I was engaged and soon to be married. Occasionally, my husband-to-be would come for a visit from college, where he...
“Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountain be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be...
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled” (Heb. 13:4). Remember your honeymoon? Remember those days of being alone, kissing, cuddling, and discovering how wonderful marriage can be? If romance and intimacy are so very wonderful (and they are!), why does this area of our marriage sometimes get pushed to the end of our...