Beware of Nostalgia-I think
it appropriate to follow the encouragement to “only remember the good” with
this warning. While we definitely should strive to only remember (or think
about) good things/times, we need to be careful what place we give those
memories and thoughts. They should serve to encourage us, in good and bad, to
remind us that times aren’t always hard, to remember a person’s qualities when
you are faced with their faults. The danger is when those memories become
something that we strive for in themselves, when we try to regain that fond time
or happy feeling.
Friday, May 27, 2016
What I Learned in Marriage-6
I am passionate about learning and my faith, so I combine the two. My greatest goal is to daily grow to be more like Christ, and to help others do the same.
Friday, May 20, 2016
What I've Learned in Marriage-5
Consciously choose to forget
the bad and remember only the good—This is essential to maintaining a good,
healthy marriage, and is tied to 3 and 4. Remembering the bad drives a barrier
between you and your husband. Love does not do that. True, Godly love keeps NO
record of wrongs suffered, it is not angered or irritated by personal offenses
(1 Cor 13).
I am passionate about learning and my faith, so I combine the two. My greatest goal is to daily grow to be more like Christ, and to help others do the same.
Friday, May 13, 2016
What I've Learned in Marriage-4
Be quick to forgive and ask
forgiveness—This is connected to number 3. No where in the Bible does it
say that we are justified in not forgiving someone, or even in putting off
forgiveness. In fact, it is the opposite; we are commanded to forgive even if
the other person doesn’t apologize. We feel like we are punishing the other
person, or teaching them a lesson, when we withhold forgiveness, but in reality
we are just driving a wedge in the relationship, and pretending to be God by
judging that person.
Labels:
apologize,
forgiveness,
marriage
I am passionate about learning and my faith, so I combine the two. My greatest goal is to daily grow to be more like Christ, and to help others do the same.
Friday, May 6, 2016
What I've Learned in Marriage-3
I am passionate about learning and my faith, so I combine the two. My greatest goal is to daily grow to be more like Christ, and to help others do the same.
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