Last But Not Least This is bittersweet. Our last April Maura Marriage Series blog post from the book, "What Did You Expect?" Paul David Tripp has provided us with grace-filled truth and practical application of that truth. He has glorified God in all the ways He...
Commitment 6: We will work to protect our marriage. There has been a reoccurring theme throughout Paul Tripp's "What Did You Expect?" book. He doesn't talk about marriages that have been destroyed by one, significant, unfaithful choice. He mentions marriages that have...
Choices Having a willing heart is everything. Willing by definition means "ready, eager, or prepared to do something." I also read this definition, "power of choosing," thanks to Merriam-Webster. In a loving relationship, a willing heart, needs to be mutually present....
Commitment 4: We will commit to building a relationship of love. Here is a quote to let soak deeply into your heart and mind: "Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It...
Trust. We have all experienced the brokenness and the strength of a relationship when there is trust or a lack of. Trust can be easily taken for granted and is a lot harder to build then we have ever thought. When we are in the early years of marriage, our spouse is...
Commitment 2: We will make growth and change our daily agenda. You have heard of Fixer Upper before right? Maybe it doesn't have to be Fixer Upper you watch, but any "flipping house," TV show that tells the same storyline. An old, neglected, worn out house is pursued...
Commitment 1: We will give ourselves to a regular lifestyle of confession and forgiveness. We are going to head straight into the commitments Paul Tripp maps out for us through the book. The commitments will be broken down into two separate chapters inviting us to dig...
From the outside, marriage can appear great but then in the very core of us, there are these whispers of "I never thought this and this would happen to us." Such as: Not expecting to get fired, or never thinking you'd be having the communication issues your marriage...
"It's almost as though the potential husband and wife are motivated not to hear the truth about what they will inevitably face, because they don't want anything to mess up the unfettered affection that has left them in a virtual romantic delirium." - Paul David Tripp...
Enter...Expectations "I had no idea this is what would happen." "This is the last situation I expected to be in." Are these quotes all too similar to you? They sure are to me. From the moment we got engaged, I had a number of expectations I put on marriage that I had...
