Category: Marriage
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What to Hold On To – Philippians 3:10-14
My husband scrolled through Facebook last night and stopped at side-by-side photos of a couple on a motorcycle, one taken when they first married, the other 60 years later on the same bike. The woman highlighted the similarity between marriage and motorcycles–with both you just keep holding on. Jerry’s mother often rode with his father. She could even…
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Marriage, Knives and Laughter
I was stressed and anxious this past weekend, because instead of one deadline, I had two. And instead of spending Friday meeting those deadlines, my husband was tugging on my heartstrings to spend the day with him at the Oregon Knife Collectors Show. Jerry didn’t know I wanted to spend the day writing. My plan was to pop in at the…
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Two Things to Consider Before Marriage
Interested in being married? Here are a couple things to think about. In an earlier post I mentioned that I often pray with my hands open. This is to show I’m ready to receive from God, and also willing for him to take something away. To me it’s a perfect posture of faith, like I’m demonstrating the prayer, “your will be done…
