My husband and I sweated in the sun of an early southern summer morning. The dirt and dust of our belongings darkened our fingernails. It was garage sale day—cleaning out the old house to move into a new one. Around the tables of knick-knacks and useless electronics...
I sat with Mandy as she piled her things into a suitcase. I did everything I could to convince her to give her marriage another chance. Her husband was difficult, this was true, but he wasn’t hopeless. He was willing to admit his problems, get counseling, and work...
I once heard of a young man who said, “A marriage license is like a receipt. If I don’t like this wife, I can exchange her for another one.” His careless response seems shockingly harsh, but this blatant statement encapsulates the actions of our current society. It’s...
Marriage is the most intimate relationship two people on earth can have. As Genesis 2:25 describes Adam and Eve, husbands and wives are “naked and not ashamed.” It’s a powerful union, having the ability to bind hearts together like spiritual glue, produce offspring,...
I remember a time early on in my marriage when my husband was working on a large project that took up a lot of his free time. He had sacrificed time, energy, and money to make everything work together, and there were times when he wondered if it was worth the effort....
