It's something you do.

“Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.” Barbara De Angelis

“A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short.”

― Andre Maurois

Love

“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Marriage

"A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."- Dave Meueer

Another article by Dr. Bev Rodgers on Divorce

Jon & Kate Get Your Facts Straight

Marriage Under Attack

Wow! This week has been filled with marital drama. Jon and Kate first and now the stinking Governor of South Carolina. I started a post on May 26th about this, but I am just now getting around to finishing it up. I have just been shocked this week. Now, I know what you might be thinking, "everybody makes mistakes, Holly" or "you don't know what they have been through." I am not going to blame anybody in the post, but I just want to state a few facts.

-Satan is real. "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8) Right before that it says, "Be self-controlled and alert." You better believe that he is looking for a moment of weakness to attack his prey. If you are struggling with an area in your life, WAKE UP! Be alert! Get some help by talking to a friend, through prayer, or making new commitments. Don't think that you have it all covered and you are invincible. Self-control is not easy, but in your weakness you better figure out how to control your actions or you are asking to be eaten up.

-Marriage is God's idea. He created woman for man and the bible is pretty clear about how a husband and wife should treat each other. Love and respect are necessary. Forgiveness and faithfulness are at the top of the list. Society has been trying to knock marriage for years now. When "conservative, christian" public figures make mistakes in their marriages it just adds fuel to flame. Why protect and uphold marriage and marital commitments when it doesn't work for most people? This is scary folks.

-Matthew 16:26 says, "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?" Now, I am not saying that divorce or marital problems will make you lose your soul. I just think we need to take a hard look at our priorities and make sure that they are in an order that will bring glory to God first and then peace and joy in our everyday lives.

Just a few things to ponder.

Jon and Kate and Dr. Bev Rodgers

I told you I love Dr. Bev Rodgers. She wrote an article addressing Jon and Kate plus 8! Check it out- http://soulhealinglove.com/newsletters.htm#jonkate

HOPE for your marriage

I am a huge fan of Drs. Bev and Tom Rodgers of Rodgers Christian Counseling. Jeremy and I used one of their counselors for our premarital counseling and I recently took a course with them on their Soul Healing Love model. Their conferences are wonderful and so are their materials. They were the 2008 Best of Charlotte Marriage and Family Counselors. Check them out. www.soulhealinglove.com