MARRIAGE "A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married." H.L. Mencken
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DEFROSTING 101 My wife went to cooking school, she majored in defrosting. She has the best meals you ever thaw.
HONOR THOSE VOWS Did you ever notice that children like to wait until bedtime to pop the big questions? They've been hanging around the house all day with nothing more on their minds than "When…
COUNSELING BY ANOTHER NAME Early in my pastoral ministry, I was challenged by the conviction of a fellow pastor in town. This pastor would not marry anyone who had not gone through premarital counseling. I…
MARITAL WARFARE Gentleman, don't even think about marriage until you have mastered the art of warfare. From John MacArthur, Family, pg. 53
TROUBLE WITH WOMEN "The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him." Cher
Marriage/Mate/Engagement/Voting/Courtship /Appearance/Love/Infatuation: REASONS FOR LOVE No one will ever really know what makes one person fall for another. But here is a stab at some answers from a "main squeeze" poll in which nearly 900…
IT BETTER GET BETTER With deep feelings of love, Hagar the Viking says to his wife Helga, "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be." As they embrace, Helga replies, "It better…
SEXUAL PROMISCUITY Mankind has known intuitively for at least fifty centuries that indiscriminate sexual activity represented both an individual and a corporate threat to survival. The wisdom of those years has now been documented. Anthropologist…
TRANSFORMED TEMPTATION In his book, Reshaping The Inner You, Dr. William Hinson, tells how a friend of his who works in a large firm called for help with a problem. When they got together, the…
PRINCIPLES FOR ENJOYING LIFE: 1. Make the ordinary memorable. 2. Lock in the special moments. 3. Invest in future memories. 4. Remember "when." 5. Say "I love you!"
REMEMBER CAREFULLY I have never forgotten a wedding anniversary. I have an easy one to remember: AUGUST 14. This date is exactly six months from Valentine's Day. Remembering is not everything, however. I used to…
ABIDING GRACE Legend has it that Jonathan Edwards, third president of Princeton and one of America's great preachers, had a daughter with an uncontrollable temper. As often happens, this fault was not known to many…
TEN NUPTIAL "NOTS" Do not lose your head without losing your heart. Do not capture anyone's heart unless you want to keep it. Do not expect more of your intended than you intend to give.…
PREMARITAL PRIORITIES On a premarital survey form that I have all marital candidates complete, I have included a particular question which asks each individual to list a number of priorities in the order of perceived…
SEXUAL CONTROL In November, 1987 on NBC's "Today Show," there were five live reports from China. On the last day on Friday they had a woman reporter interviewing some Communist Chinese high school and college…
THREE RING CIRCUS Some people think marriage is a three ring circus. First there's the ENGAGEMENT RING. Then there's the WEDDING RING. And then there's the SUFFER - RING. From Billy D. Strayhorn, Groesbeck, Texas
SEXUAL CELEBRATION "Sex does not create intimacy: Sexual activity only celebrates what's there. Sex cannot deliver what doesn't already exist." William McCready, University of Chicago From Dicky Love, Rushton, Louisiana
GOLDEN RULE OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE The golden rule of a successful marriage: Whatever qualities you desire in a mate, develop first in yourself." Josh McDowell From Dicky Love, Rushton, Louisiana
MARCHING INTO MARRIAGE "Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle." Heinrich Heine From Dicky Love, Rushton, Louisiana
