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The Meaning of Marriage

The Meaning of Marriage

With a title like The Meaning of Marriage, this book promises a lot.  And it doesn’t disappoint. An indepth study of marriage and how it refines and grows us, this book by Timothy Keller and his wife Kathy is neither a relational self-help manual nor a feel-good book.  It sets truth and fact squarely against…

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a girl who reads

If you want the world and worlds beyond, date a girl who reads. Or better yet, date a girl who writes.

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They Got it Wrong on Love

We’ve been taught our whole lives — through movies, books, cards and even the radio — that love is this giant fluffy feeling.

We are taught that love is a bouquet of flowers, dark chocolate and gifts…

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courtship or dating?

courtship or dating?

Courtship or dating? Who cares what we call it? And who cares — really — how it all plays out?

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The way to fight loneliness in marriage is to reach out and make connections

Lizard Love and Loneliness

When I got married I expected that, along with the emotional and physical oneness I was promised, I’d at last have that spiritual partnership I thought was a part of every good, Christian marriage. But as the weeks of the honeymoon and then the first years of our marriage swept by with wonderful harmony and joy, I felt something was missing…

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meaning in the meantime

Even in perfection, being alone is hard.

Little wonder then that now, with our fallen world and every distraction conspiring to get between us and God, those of us who are alone truly feel it. Adam missed something he hadn’t ever known before. In just the same way, so can we.

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Embracing His Promises {while living where you can’t see them}

I thought He was asking me to be single forever. And here’s the catch: I was good with that. I really was! Then I realized that He was asking me to be single for a time. And that was harder.

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God is the life of love, the source of miracles, the meaning of happiness. And life is a gift, love is a miracle, and Your grace, O Lord, is enough.

the life of love

God is the life of love, the source of miracles, the meaning of happiness. And life is a gift, love is a miracle, and Your grace, O Lord, is enough.

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