Man, life takes center stage all of a sudden and I look up to see I haven’t posted in 2 1/2 weeks. Terrible. So here is me just keeping up. I did get something today that made me stop and think though. I’m reading Our Father Abraham, see right, and there is a whole chapter about how the Hebrew culture thinks about and views marriage and the family. Holy Cow! All I’ll say for now is that if we would learn what they knew, marriages and families today would completely shape up. I’ll leave you with this. Part of being married is to lift your spouse up. But Jim, they. . . . It doesn’t matter, you are to lift them up. If they do something wrong, sure it’s a problem, but lift them up. I think if we would adopt this one idea, it would make a big difference. Instead, we blow up the mistakes of those who are closest to us and tear them down. If I’m not mistaken, thats like fueling a fire. If a spouse is lifted up and know that they are lifted up always, would not that spouse, almost automatically, lift up in return? What could happen in a marriage if the two are constantly lifting each other: grace, unconditional love, respect, honor, commitment, faithfulness. It seems so simple yet, how many times I’ve heard “the guys” talk about their wives in a way that would land them on the couch if the wives found out. Same goes for women too. If you talk about your husband like a dog when he is not around, you have a problem. He may as well also, but you are contributing to the demise of your relationship.
Just sharing a thought
Anyway, that thought sorta stuck out today.
