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...
Commitment #5: We will deal with our differences with appreciation and grace. From last week's post about acknowledging our differences, it is equally important to then deal with them. Many times we develop unhealthy patterns to help ourselves through the discomfort...
What if I were to tell you that you were not in control when you chose to marry your spouse? What if I told you that Someone else created your story and that your marriage is actually not by anything you did. Sometimes we think that we are way more powerful then we...
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 3: We will work together to build a sturdy bond of trust. When we think about trust and the ways it can be broken there are several things that come to mind. There is unfaithfulness happening, or signs of physical abuse, or a major verbal blow up occurred....
Have you ever just got done pulling weeds out of your garden to then walk out only a couple days later to even more weeds? One minute you are relishing in how clean your garden looks after all the effort and hard physical labor you put into it and the next minute you...
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...
Have you ever felt the overwhelming feeling of being in financial debt? Have you experienced that constant heavy burden hanging on your shoulders? It's like you know it's there and you know how much you're going to have to work to make it go away. What if that debt...
