What if… …You knew when your life was going to end and that the end was imminent? What difference would it make in what you do today? This NUGGET is a testimonial to my little sister, Nan Richards. Three years my junior, we had all the stereotypical big brother/little sister exchanges growing up. Our paths […]

We throw these two words around rather loosely in everyday parlance, but when it comes to marriage, there really is not a distinction without a difference. Despite the concept of covenant seen throughout the Bible, we don’t often use the word covenant in conversation. Most of us have little understanding of the word. When we

A group of Bible teachers were sitting in the leaders’ meeting at a Bible study discussing God’s forgiveness compared to our own. One woman talked about her husband’s complaint that she often brought up his past sins when they got into an argument. He said he was sure she was telling the truth about the

Doesn’t that make you want to grab your spouse and do a spin around the floor together? For The Gorgeous Redhead and me our song is Anne Murray’s “Could I Have This Dance For The Rest Of My Life“ https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla&p=Could+I+Have+This+Dance#id=5&vid=d1a58ca2794e5c051402f8b6eb3e3035&action=click How about you? Do you and your spouse have a song? I’m not sure what

It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of person kind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely. –Leo Buscaglia Love is that itchy twitchy feeling, right? It’s all

Learn to “Mend it” not “End it”! 3 Wreckers to Watch Out For There are more of these, but here are three biggies. Read the description and listen to yourself in conversation with your wife or husband over the next few days. The first step in getting rid of a relationship wrecker is to recognize

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. Proverbs 21:9 NLT Most couples don’t understand where things go wrong in their relationship. You know things started out great, but then at some point, the relationship starts turning a dark corner. First Came Love,

I picked up my pillbox this morning and was surprised to see that I was almost out. I thought I just filled it up. Then as I was changing the toilet paper an “aha” moment surfaced. Time moves way too fast these days. It’s a bit like a roll of toilet paper, the closer it

Spicing Up Your Lives in the Midst of Your Routines I promised you last time that we’d talk about how to get out of ruts that most couples get in from time to time. So, here goes. All couples who are still in the pre-marriage stage of their relationships put their best feet forward and

“Rut” – a grave with both ends knocked out!) Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country… . There I will give you my love. Song of Solomon 7:11-12 I’m indebted to Dennis and Barbara Rainey of Family Life for this idea. See how much of this resonates with you. I don’t know