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Each person’s imagination will picture it differently.
Yet together you can cross the plains with the Ingalls family, visit Narnia with the Pevensie children, or go adventuring with Christopher Robin and Pooh. Adventure. Courage. Imagination. Wonder. Humor. Insight. These Family Read-Alouds will stay with you for years to come, and be returned to in the days ahead. Enjoy!
These are some of the character traits you’ll find in today’s recommendations.
A continuation of our book series, these are excellent picture books…
When his wife saw the situation transpire ahead of her, she pulled herself and their children out of line.
Who knew if their passports might be “marked” too? Unexpected situations expose where our identity is found. Who defines you? Who or what is the basis of your identity? I propose we must believe what our Creator says about us. We must let His Word, and His alone, define who we are. This is the final blog in our series on marriage. What does this topic have to do with marriage? Bottom line: Your identity cannot be found in your marriage. If it is, then what will you be when unexpected situations arise? Instead, believe what your Creator says about you. And what does He say?
Assuming Christ as the foundation, we landed on two other essentials:
We discussed commitment in Anchored in Christ, Committed in Marriage. Today, let’s look at this indispensable habit of positive communication.
What did he think about the March Madness teams? Who did he pick to win?
Where was his favorite place to travel? I wanted to know him, be with him, and was giddy to see him. The anticipation was palpable. Years into marriage, this delight in one another does not have to diminish. Marriage is fun!
The plot thickens and eventually they need to make a decision:
Are they for each other, or against each other? This is war! A matter of life and death. They determine they are on the same team. As a team they fight together against those who are trying to destroy them. Doesn’t every married couple need to make the same decision this fictional Hollywood couple had to make? Whose team are you on? Are you for your husband? Or against him? There is a war against your marriage.
I’ve learned from experience that whenever that ‘something’ becomes anyone or anything other than my Lord Jesus, I am left hurt, disappointed, discouraged, angry, scared, or sad.
So how does this concept apply to marriage? To whom or to what is your marriage anchored? When the storms come, who or what holds your marriage securely? I submit that what anchors a marriage in the storm, is the couple’s individual commitment to the Lord and to the vows they made to each other.
No time this side of heaven.
Which illustrates the point: You can’t change him! “Wait a minute!” you say. “You don’t know him.” Dear wife, you are correct. I don’t know your husband, your marriage, or your situation. Yet I do know that you can only change yourself. |
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