Expectations VS Realities | What do most people expect on their wedding day and for their marriage to look like once they are married? Men - Expectations Women - Expectations Very seldom do our expectations and realities line up | · bedroom activities all the time – real world problems that leave little time for romance and less once kids come along · knight in shining armor – fix the things on the list and take out the trash · Cuddles and deep conversation – snoring, scratching and funky smells · Deep meaningful conversation - yeah, uh-huh and ok · The Fairy Tale – Beauty & The Beast · The Fairty Tale turns into some late night horror story that keeps us awake wondering what in the world we have done |
Realities | We did not in fact marry the perfect person, or become the perfect person after we were married and so therefor do not have perfect marriages. | But we do serve a perfect God – and His Grace IS SUFFICIENT. It is IN HIM that I live and move and have my being, not him or her . . . |
Passion & Ashes | What started as passion has turned to ashes in our hands Isaiah 61:3-4 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes , the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. KJV | The truth is that our marriage are models for those watching us on what marriage is – especially to our kids Mourning, pain, discouragement and loss God can and will use your marriage to encourage others – if you will let Him |
Light The Fire | With – · Respect · Honor · thankfulness |
Help Me! | Know when to get help. Get the right kind of help from the right kind of people Who to talk to and who not to talk to It is wise to seek counsel as long as the counsel you seek is wise! | Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. KJV Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise . KJV |
Marriage Problems | Marriage can cause more problems that likely it will fix Reasons some get married: The other shoe | We tend to judge others on our experiences, not theirs. . . |
David and Bathsheba got started on the wrong foot but in the end had a successful marriage and raised some great kids. Bathsheba assisted in Solomon becoming king after David’s death . . .
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