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Category Archives: Marriage
THE SUPPER TABLE
Recently I asked my fourteen-year-old daughter what her idea of marriage is. Her reply amazed me. She said that her idea of marriage is like ‘the supper table’! Below are some of the reasons she gave. I have taken her … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Marriage, Reality
Tagged growing up, Love, Relationships, thankfulness
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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT?
During a morning Bible Study a group of women were discussing how to have loving relationships with their husbands. The group leader asked them ‘how many of you love your husbands?’. All the hands shot up. She then asked ‘when … Continue reading
MARRIAGE AND A DOG!
My husband came into our marriage with a silver tea pot. I came into our marriage with a dog. The dog’s name was Joshua and we learnt some invaluable lessons from him. We learnt about loyalty and faithfulness, about unconditional … Continue reading
LOVE WEARS STEEL TOE CAP BOOTS
My mother’s parents were married for sixty-five years. They were Afrikaans so we addressed them as Oupa and Ouma. Up until the day my Oupa died they still held hands and had lively conversations with each other. Before my Oupa retired, … Continue reading
Posted in Fathers, Forgiveness, Love, Marriage
Tagged anger, grace, Relationships, resentment
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DON’T GET MARRIED!
I asked my husband what advice he would give, in hindsight and with twenty-three years of married life behind him, to a young couple contemplating marriage. His reply: “Don’t get married!” (He assured me he was only joking!) There is a … Continue reading
THE LOST VISION
This was posted to Facebook a while back: The human brain is amazing. It functions 24/7 from when we are born and only stops when you take a test or talk to someone attractive. The second part of this quote … Continue reading
FOUR VITAL INGREDIENTS FOR A LASTING MARRIAGE
Friedrich Nietzsche once said “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” For me, this seems to address one of the four root deficits I notice in the majority of unhappy marriages. Lack of Prayer … Continue reading
“HOW DO I MAKE MY MARRIAGE LAST?”
A beautiful young lady, who is in the process of planning her wedding day, wrote and asked me the following question: “How do I make my marriage last?” Her parents divorced when she was young and her dad subsequently married … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, Family, Marriage
Tagged faith, forgiveness, grace, Love, Relationships, wholeness
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WHAT LEGACY WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND?
During this past week I was going through some slides that had been taken in the early 1960’s. One was of my mom and dad when they were living in Nigeria. They had gone out there, from South Africa, to … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, Family, God, Marriage
Tagged compromising, forgiveness, grace, Love, Relationships, unhappiness
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MARRIAGE IS LIKE A GARDEN
When our older two daughters were in preschool, they came home one day with sunflower seeds wrapped in cotton wool and proudly told us that they were going to “grow them into big sunflowers”. There was a real sense … Continue reading
UNDER A JUNIPER TREE 