Advent: Reason to Rejoice

Why should we celebrate and rejoice? There is so much to be fearful and frustrated about, so much bad is happening. What good is there to celebrate? It may not seem like the first coming really accomplished much, or made a dent in the evils of society.

 

Are You Too Dependent On Your Spouse?

We see it so often in movies and books; a couple meet and their romance is culminated when they express their feelings in a “you complete me” or “you are the world to me” moment followed by a life of bliss. While I’m sure we all realize this is unrealistic (the technical/historic definition of the word romantic is exaggerated liar) I think many of us still live in view of the idea that our needs will ultimately be met in our spouse. I definitely bought into that idea and never knew it was wrong until many years into marriage. But why is this not true?