Nov 122008
Jill and I got away to spend an entire day with one another without the kids. Wow! We actually had a conversation without interruption. I will admit that after a day you start to miss those interruptions. We used our opportunity and time to take in an afternoon movie and we went to see Fireproof. It was great! Here are some thoughts:
- Marriage is hard and there will be challenges in every marriage.
- You can’t have a successful and growing marriage without outside help. Parents, friends, and in my opinion, a church family offer needed support.
- It is hard to have a great, long-lasting marriage without faith in Jesus. Doing marriage without God makes the challenges much harder to overcome.
- Unconditional love is necessary for both parties to make a marriage last.
- Never Give Up!
- Successful marriages that last long do so after resisting temptations.
- Individuals must be willing to see their own faults first in order to make the marriage grow.
- People are watching and when a great marriage overcomes trials and troubles, people will see Jesus as a result. God uses marriages to shine His light.
Fireproof was a great movie and I recommend it to anyone. My friends at Sherwood have something special going in their ministry and God is using them in a great way.
