Solomon and His Bride: Express Your Love
Read Song of Solomon (especially chapters 7 and
Song of Solomon 8:6–7 “Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very [...]
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances. Proverbs 25:11
You talk too much. I don’t feel like talking right now. Can we talk about this later? Ok, can I get a word in? Don’t cut me off when I am talking!
Familiar with any of these?
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Take a few moments before reading further into this article to replay in your mind the words you have spoken to your spouse over the past 24-48 hours. If you had to estimate the number of criticisms and the number of encouraging statements, what would those numbers be?
In the busy realm of every day [...]
Remember those little Valentine’s candy hearts from when we were kids? We would pick just the right one and give it to our “secret” crush – at least that is what I would do every year. As life has progressed I have learned that love is a little more complex than a statement on a [...]
As Valentine’s Day approaches, it seems as though everyone is running to the store to buy chocolates, roses and other gifts to present as tokens of love to their spouse. While there isn’t anything wrong with that, as Christians, we have to make sure to take time out to realize what is truly important in [...]
Read Genesis 29
Read Genesis 30:22–24
Read Genesis 35:16–21
Genesis 29:17 “…but Rachel was beautiful of form and face.”
The story of Jacob’s love for Rachel is one of an enduring love. From the moment that Jacob saw Rachel, who is described as beautiful of form and face, he loved her. He loved her so [...]
I am spending some time today getting my thoughts together as I prepare to speak this Valentine’s weekend to a marriage ministry on their topic, A Celebration of Marriage.
I keep going back to this question, What do you have to celebrate in your marriage? In every generation, across every racial and [...]
As I was driving home, I was listening to KLove radio and heard the announcement that this is National Marriage Week (February 7-14). They were discussing a study that found that, among the marriages surveyed over an 11 year period, the marriages in which both spouses were willing to make sacrifices for one another [...]
One of my favorite marriage stories to share is that of Jacob and Leah. I think it is a marriage “scenario” that every married couple can relate to, in one way or another.
In brief Jacob ends up married to two sisters (that is not the relatable part, smile). Rachel, who was “beautiful of form [...]
