Stolen waters are sweet (because they are forbidden) and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knows not that the shades of the dead are there! Proverbs 9 v 17-18a Comment Keeping secrets from our partner is dangerous. However innocent a friendship seems, if we start to conceal or relish having secrets from our spouse it signals DANGER. We often...

Over the holiday season we’re going to be looking at the book of proverbs and how we can use use this book’s wisdom in our marriage. The reverent fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding. For by Wisdom shall your days be multiplied and the years of...

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.’ Matthew 18:21-22 NIV Comment Have you ever drunk rat poison? I have. Anne Lamott famously wrote, ‘Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison...

(Addressing her shepherd…) “ Tell me – O you who my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon…..” Song of Songs 1:7 Comment I remember lunch times at college when I would always have half an eye looking out for the guy who is now my husband. The excitement if I caught sight...

Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give...