Mark 10:43-45
..Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was hanged by the Nazis during World War II, wrote this:
"Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God's holy ordinance...In your love you see only the heaven of your happiness, but in marriage you are placed at a post of responsibility toward the world and mankind. Your love is your own private possession, but marriage is something more than personal - it is a status, an office....that joins you together in the sight of God."
Doing good for others as a couple brings a mystical quality into your marriage. It helps to transcend yourselves and become part of something larger.
Sowing in Abundance....Paying Forward
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Friday, August 08, 2014
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Living Happily
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. (1 Timothy 6:17-19)
Studies have shown that most couples believe they would be happier if their income were twenty percent higher. Do you think they will be satisfied for long. No ! no matter what the increase may be, it will be absorbed into the living standard and the cycle repeats itself.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Riches may bring about comfort and higher standard of living, but surely the riches of a happy marriage will outlast all our worldy possessions. It is more rewarding to work at becoming soul mates.
Studies have shown that most couples believe they would be happier if their income were twenty percent higher. Do you think they will be satisfied for long. No ! no matter what the increase may be, it will be absorbed into the living standard and the cycle repeats itself.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Riches may bring about comfort and higher standard of living, but surely the riches of a happy marriage will outlast all our worldy possessions. It is more rewarding to work at becoming soul mates.
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
God is God
God is not man, that He should lie, or a son of man that He should change His mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Numbers 23:19
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