Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

What is the most important thing when it comes to getting married?  That two people are committed to loving each other and that they love each other.

It doesn’t matter the place, the time or those in attendance.  It’s all about a covenant between two people before God.

Crystal Newsome and Robert Vickrey decided that the right place for them was in the Wal-Mart Supercenter’s Lawn and Garden Department in York, Nebraska.

Though it may seem odd, it’s not that odd considering all the other types of weddings (from scuba diving to parachuting) that people have tried, and it had significance for the couple.  Their first kiss was in Wal-Mart.

What God hath put together, let no man put asunder!

Randy Travis, anyone?

I like Alison Krauss as it is—but this is a great song.

Some of you may or may not know this, but I have another blog that seeks to help wives know what their husbands think and what they believe.  I’m currently going through a set of things that I believe hurt both spouses, and I’d like to highlight 5 things I believe that wives believe that they shouldn’t.

1. It’s Ok to Let Children Change The Relationship

Children definitely add a different dynamic to the household, but if you let them get in between you and your spouse, the odds are that it could create a rift that’s not easily healed.  Many couples let the children become their lives, and lose their identity in them.  When the children are gone, what happens is that there are two people that haven’t been growing together—not a good thing.

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It was eight years ago today that my wife and I got married—I remember that day very well.

We spent the night before getting the hall where we’d eat the reception all ready, before heading a half hour away for the rehearsal dinner.  That night, the guys all shared a room, and I got the roll-away.

The funny thing was the next morning.  Having packed my car for the honeymoon, I’d left all my toiletries in the car—back a half hour away!  So, we rushed back to the church to get the things I needed, and a half hour before the ceremony I’m in the men’s room, shaving.

That was about the time that my sister-in-law came around with the video camera asking if I had anything to say to my soon bride.  Needless to say, with half a face of shaving cream I should have said something, but I did not.

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One of the biggest lies that abounds when it comes to intimate relationships is that people believe that they are ok if they do not cross the intimate sexual relationship.  In the case of Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), he has attempted to cast his infidelity as a love story, but this tragedy shows that it wasn’t something that happened once because “I fell in love” but a string of romances that were pointing to what would eventually happen.

Part of the problem with any moral sin is that it rarely starts with the final act.  It’s something that takes place over a longer period of time.  Hence why Gov. Sanford can say the following:

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he "crossed lines" with a handful of women other than his mistress—but never had sex with them.

The governor said he "never crossed the ultimate line" with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed his once-promising political career.

"This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story," Sanford said. "A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day." [Breitbart.com – SC gov ‘crossed lines’ with women]

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Barbara has a great list about marriage—speaking specifically about what a woman looks for in a husband as she passes different age milestones.

This lead me to an obvious set of questions:

• What is it that you looked for when you were out looking for a spouse?
• How does that compare to your current husband/wife?

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