In today’s world of texting, cell phones and instant everything, it’s easy to think that our loved one is just a couple of seconds away. When we hear their voice, we can think that they are across the hall instead of across the globe.
And yet, they are not there. They are not filling that space in your house, or in your bed. They are not doing something near by, and there’s something raw and tangible in the idea of them being with you, instead of tethered by electronics.
To help convey the true feelings of your heart, here are 10 different ways to say “I Miss You.”
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July 24th, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Kindness
Double dating is a great way to get out with some friends and have a good time. Many people have trouble double dating because there are some obstacles that they let get in the way: children, habit, preferred activities.
The important thing to remember is that you should take the opportunity to double date for the following reasons:
1. You need to try something new.
Most of the time, couples will do things familiar to them, they will do things that they know that they like. And most of the time (if they’re still dating) they get bored of doing these things. I mean, how many times can we sit at home playing Monopoly before someone says “Enough!”
Another couple probably has other likes and dislikes, and you shouldn’t be afraid to try something new—who knows, you might like it too!
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June 21st, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Relationship Builder
Finding wisdom is not for the faint of heart—and few are the people that actually understand its worth.
When Solomon became King of Israel after his father David, God approached Solomon with a proposition—ask for whatever you desire and it will be granted to you. He could have asked for gold, riches, or a great kingdom. Instead, he asked for wisdom and knowledge to lead God’s people well.
In the first part of Proverbs 2, we see the writer trying to impart the value of wisdom on his child. You see, many will not pursue wisdom. Yes, they’ll take what’s easy to know, and get a lot of information, but they will not go far looking after wisdom, for to know true wisdom requires work.
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May 6th, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Encouragment
The beginning of the book of Proverbs starts with a truth: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and understanding. In verses 20-33, the author goes one step further.
Beginning in verse 20, Wisdom is personified, and seen crying out in the marketplace, in the cities and wherever people can be found asking or pleading with the people to listen and learn.
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May 5th, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Encouragment
The people that you listen to, that you admire, hold sway over your opinions and worldview. They effect your judgment process and can influence the decisions that you make.
Proverbs 1:10-19 offers us a warning about people around us that may encourage us to sin:
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”— my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths, for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.
((The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Pr 1:10–19). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.))
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May 4th, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Encouragment
This proverb seems to be obvious, but given the current cultural climate it bears repeating:
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
((The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Pr 1:8–9). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.))
The relationship between a child and parent differs over time. Children start out believing everything a parent says, and parents are the child’s world. Children then begin to have other sources of information other than the parents. And then the young person starts to wonder if his parents “know anything.” It then turns full circle and the child (now adult) wonders why she didn’t ask her parents for more advice when she was younger.
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May 3rd, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Encouragment
The book of Proverbs opens with a call to those that would be wise. It gives an introduction to the material that will be found therein, and invites the reader to “increase in learning and to obtain guidance.”
The first actual proverb is found in verse 7:
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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May 2nd, 2010, posted by MInTheGap
Encouragment
