I've caught myself doing this more than once.
In the everyday course of living out my married life, there are times when I'll find a quirk or problem that gets under my skin.
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Dear Dr. David, How do you handle a marriage where the husband acts warm and loving one day, and angry and irritable the next? I've been married to him for twenty years and it's been like living on a roller coaster. When he is irritable, which is often, we argue and fight and say hurtful things to each other. We are always on edge with each other, he never talks unless I initiate the conversation, and even at that, we are both guarded when we talk.
Margaret Ann Henderson and I were wed on a Friday night in April of 1962. A few short weeks later, here we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of that event.
Time does fly.
When I couldn't talk to my mother about God, I talked to God about my mother.
"I'm not a Christian, and I'll never become one. And I don't want you to ever talk to me about this again."
I was stunned when Mom stated her feelings so strongly. What do you do when you cannot talk to your mother about God? I had no other choice. I talked to God about my mother. Yet it seemed so unlikely that Mom would respond. It seemed virtually impossible.
The couple had been separated for several months when she first contacted me. Both Debra and Kent had been married previously and had high hopes for this second marriage. However, blending their families had proven more difficult than either had imagined.
The following is part II of an excerpt from Shaunti Feldhahn and Robert Lewis' new book The Life Ready Woman (B&H Publishing Group, 2011). Read Part I, "The Wonderful Differences Between Men and Women," here. Now that we can see a biblical definition of godly manhood and womanhood, let's take a look at God's design for marriage, a discussion that can help both those currently married and those single but looking ahead.
Most of us tend to parent the same way we were parented. Even those of us who vowed, "I'll never do that to my kids," often fall back to imitating what we saw from our parents. The problem is that the world has changed. Our parents would have been horrified by what our kids casually experience and discuss amongst themselves today. Things are different, and your kids are changing every day as well. Are you keeping up?
The following is an excerpt from Shaunti Feldhahn and Robert Lewis' new book The Life Ready Woman (B&H Publishing Group, 2011).
There is a distinct and clear difference in how men and women are designed. Every branch of science from neuroscience to anthropology now confirms something the Bible has laid out all along. Of course, we believe that those differences are good and there for a reason: God has an intended framework for what a man should be and what a woman should be. And every part of our identities will be affected by how we live out that design.
Combating the threat of isolation in your marriage relationship.
If there's one thing worse than a miserable, lonely single person, it's a miserable, lonely married person. The irony is that no husband or wife marries with the intention of being isolated from a mate. Most people believe that marriage is the cure for loneliness, but I want to warn you: You began battling the dreaded foe of isolation as soon as you drove off on your honeymoon.
Recently I read a thought-provoking article on Crosswalk.com, "Husbands, Love Your Wives More Than Seminary." It is a powerful challenge to excellent men to love their wives. But I want to look at the flip side and peek into our role as wives - particularly wives of great men in ministry.
