I am confident of this: that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion… Philippians 1:6 Comment Sometimes we forget how far we’ve come. We focus on what still needs fixing — the patterns we haven’t broken, the habits that crept back in — and miss the quiet, steady growth that’s happened between us....

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.1 Thessalonians 5:18 Comment Gratitude doesn’t deny the hard stuff — it sits beside it and says, “Even here, something good is still present.” In marriage, it’s easy to notice what’s lacking, what’s annoying, what’s not working. But when we intentionally look for what we appreciate...

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25 Comment Laughter is holy. It cuts through tension, relieves pressure, and helps us not take ourselves quite so seriously. And yet, in the busyness and heaviness of life, it’s often the first thing to disappear from a marriage. We’ve noticed that when we...

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 Comment Disappointment is one of those slow-burn experiences in a relationship. It doesn’t always shout — it sighs. Sometimes we don’t even realise how many small disappointments we’ve stored up: the missed gestures, the forgotten conversations, the difference between what we hoped marriage...

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Hebrews 2:1 Comment Most couples don’t fall apart because of one dramatic moment — they drift. Life gets full. Work, children, ageing parents, household routines… it all presses in. Before we know it, we’re living alongside each other, not with...

Walk straight, act right, tell the truth. Don’t hurt your friend, don’t blame your neighbour; despise the despicable. Psalm 15:2-4 MSG Comment It’s so easy. And almost fun. ‘Why didn’t you…?’ ‘If only you had….’ ‘Who left the milk sitting out?…’ Once we start firing blame-bullets at each other, someone’s going to get hurt. Sometimes it feels like we’re competing...

Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.  Corinthians 13:13. Comment A journalist who described herself as a ‘fully paid-up feminist’ recently wrote … ”A few days ago, I ironed all my husband’s shirts in a marathon session, just for the palpable frisson of knowing how happy it would make him not to...

You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’. John 14.4-6. Comment Thomas wanted to know the way...

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Comment My wife came up to me earlier this week and said the following: “I’ve just been praying for you and I want you to know that you are a lovely man. You are kind and sensitive and wise and strong...

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 Submit to one another out of reference for Christ. Ephesians 5.21 Comment “Men can’t see dust” according to one author. If I’m in any way typical that might be related to lack of motivation to do...