Marriage: The Ripe Fruit of Learning to Love
Learning to love took us many married years. But now? Now we get to savor the ripe fruit of that learning.
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Focusing on Negatives
Philippians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.”
Paul’s directive to the Philippians sounds so right, so appealing, so uplifting, and so unlike the way we live.
Forgiveness: Saying Thank You
There’s more to forgiveness than just naming our sins and asking God to forgive us. Such confessing and asking are followed by being forgiven and made clean (1 John 1:9). What extravagant gifts! We recognize their bounty by saying thank you.
Read moreBeing Thankful Goes Far Deeper than Saying Thank You
Being thankful goes much deeper than expressing appreciation. Truly being thankful requires a heart that trusts God for whatever He brings into our lives.
Both delight and affliction are gifts. Hidden behind both lays God's plan to bring us deep goodness.
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