My relationship with my spouse is a living entity: subject to change, entropy, disease and death. It will never be perfect because it is a covenant between two fallen people still learning to cooperate with the sanctification process. Maintaining a healthy marriage will always require work: attention, intention and prayer. Even with proper care and feeding, marriage is still often tarnished and fraught with extenuating circumstances – the clouds and inclusions of a life lived together.
Tag: beauty
“Therefore, if anyone is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV) I’ve been hard at work this week assembling all the moving parts of a makeshift graduation for my senior class. The pandemic has…
“He gave them power to kick out the evil spirits and to tenderly care for the bruised and hurt lives.” (Matthew 10:21 MSG) Yesterday, I watched “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” with my two teenagers. For a PG movie, it was kind of dark.…
“Walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never prim or shop, but have you ever seen color or design like that?” (Matthew 6:28 MSG) I haven’t seen any fields of wildflowers in recent weeks. It’s mid-October and the summer flora have…
“Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4 NIV) I grew up Catholic and Methodist. Most people can’t say that. My mother was an ordained minister and my father was a staunch Catholic. As a result…