“I have heard of a married couple, who, though they were both naturally of a hot and hasty temper, yet lived very comfortably in that relation by observing an agreement made between themselves, “Never to be both angry together.” This is an excellent law of meekness which, if faithfully lived up to, would prevent many [...]

If you’re interested in expanding your view of marriage and what union with Christ means, this article, “Union with the Bridegroom: Exploring a Biblical Motif” by Ian D. Campbell will likely do just that. It’s posted in Reformation21, the online magazine of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.

One of the good things that come of being married is that there is one face which you can still see the same through all the shadows which years have gathered and heaped upon it. No, I have a better way of putting it: there is one face whose final beauty you can see the [...]

This is a day of thanksgiving for Harry and me; we’re celebrating our thirty-eighth wedding anniversary. The day will be spent helping couples who feel like they can’t even last the week together, let alone thirty-eight years. What they don’t realize, and what we strive to teach and show them, is that there is tremendous [...]

Once upon a sunny spring morning, the following was heard in our kitchen:
Harry ( taking a lidded travel mug out of the cupboard and spilling old coffee from it): Aaakkk! this mug is dirty…
Me: Ohh…that must have been me. I thought it was clean when I put it away…Sorry….Are you gonna invoke the Lemon Law? [...]

In the kitchen this morning, my husband poured my coffee, gave me a quick kiss and said with endearing satisfaction, “You’re mine…. And you’re gonna be mine tomorrow.” In the enjoyment of that moment, I had a clear thought of the permanence and security I have in God. I’m His, and I’m going to be [...]

     
Thank you, Jules from EverydayMommy, for sponsoring the Hidden Treasure 2007 awards. Thanks to the person who nominated An Open Letter to Bill and Laura, and to all who followed the Hidden Treasure trail to read them. I am very pleased to have been chosen as a winner, and I have so enjoyed getting [...]

How like an arch your marriage! Framed
in living stone, its gothic arrow aimed
at heaven, with Christ (its Capstone and
its Arrowhead) locking your coupled
weakness into one, the leaning
of two lives into a strength.
Thus he defines your joining’s length
and width, its archetypal shape. Its meaning
is another thing: a letting in of light,
an opening to a varied [...]

I was reading the book of Ruth last week. It’s a familiar story, and a lovely one, even when read looking only at the surface storyline. A more thoughtful reading reveals even more beauty.The thought that impressed me as I read has to do with how God works in wondrous ways through the day to [...]

If you’ve not been reading or listening to John Piper’s excellent series on marriage, start now! Sunday’s sermon, “Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace,” can be found here. Read it, and be changed by its truth.