Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

If you?re a girl, or you?ve dated a girl, no doubt you?ve seen a chick flick.  All romance, sometimes partly comedy, these films are part of the reason that people believe what they do about marriage and love today.

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It is said that all it takes in one generation to totally remake a society.  In the case of America, over the past 100 years many have attempted to (and are succeeding in) remaking our nation into a godless society based on secular humanism.

It was actually very straightforward.  Our founding fathers knew that there was an importance in training our children in the Bible and the founding principles.  Every college on this continent founded at the time was founded with Christianity in its charter.

However, it?s not the responsibility of the school to teach the Bible?it?s the responsibility of the family, especially the father.

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You each brought different skills, talents and likes to the table, and naturally you gravitated towards doing those things.  You?re proficient at them, and can do them much better than your partner.

But, there comes a time in every couple?s life where something happens that changes the dynamic and forces you to do something your spouse usually does.  And you do the best you can but you cannot replace them.

And this time in your life can teach you two different things:

Appreciation

First, is appreciation.  You see, when your spouse juggles keeping the house clean while watching the kids like only she knows how, and then you?re tasked with doing it, you know that you pale in comparison to her organizational ability.

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By now I feel like I?m getting to be an expert.  This being my second layoff in seven months, I have to say that knowing that one is coming doesn?t make it any easier.

A layoff can be a difficult time?especially depending on how you take it and how well you have prepared.

Let?s take a brief look at how you can prepare yourself and your family for the possibility of a layoff.

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Marriages are a partnership.? In every partnership there are two people.

So far, nothing new…

The point is that for any partnership to succeed, both of the people have to be working toward the same goal.? When the two of you were dating, you were both working toward the same goal– the goal of learning about each other and figuring out if the person that you were with was the person you wanted to spend your life with.

When you got married, you both were working together to start a married life together.? You were learning about each other and you were learning how two people live together in the same house.

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Married Life is a careful balance of give and take?it?s where two imperfect people vow to stay together no matter what, and part of that promise is understanding that we?re imperfect and that we?ll eventually do something that will drive our spouse nuts.

Whether it?s someone?s personal grooming habits (the hair left in the sink after shaving or trimming) or the way they use their toothpaste (up from the bottom, or squeeze at the middle), there will be differences and we have to work through them.

The question is, how do we handle these differences, I can think of three different ways people have handled the situation in the past:

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STRENGTHEN YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR MARRIAGE.

Marriage is not a contract. It is a covenant, made before God and witnesses. Marriage is not a fuzzy feeling of love. It is a commitment. It is a commitment to build a godly marriage that is a picture to the world of Christ and His bride. It is a commitment to build a family and raise a godly seed. It won?t always be easy. It?s hard work. But we are committed to the task. We take no notice of difficulties. We are not daunted by problems. We keep on with the task, because we are committed to a vision of building a godly generation. We are not concerned only with the present, but with the future, and the generations to come. We have no thought of quitting because we know that it would affect not only our children now, but also the generations to follow. We keep pressing on toward the goal, pushing through the mountains of difficulties, as we trust in our God.

Got any rivers you think are uncrossible?
Got any mountains you can?t tunnel through?
God specializes in things thought impossible!
He can do what no other can do!

God is for your marriage. He will be with you to make it strong and precious. There may be times when the tide goes out on your marriage. When the tide goes out, you see all the ugly things on the beach. When the tide goes out on your marriage, the ugly things loom large. But don?t despair. Don?t look at the rubbish. Look to the Lord. There is a divine law I want to remind you about. The tide ALWAYS COMES IN AGAIN! If you are going through a tough time, hang on to God. The tide will come in again with love and blessing and reconciliation.

~Nancy Campbell~