Just be lekker
As you are reading this piece, 20 women in America are being physically abused by their marriage partners. Not to mention the women who are being verbally abused. One in four women and one in seven men have been victims of serious physical violence by an intimate partner. If you have four married male friends […]
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Serve one another
During my quiet time, I got a message from my wife asking me to think about a friend and her husband who had an appointment with a psychologist. Their marriage was hanging by a thread. A thread so thin, that the man said he didn’t want to continue. They were done, reasoning it’s time to […]
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Be a good spouse
It brings me great joy to watch young love. The two young people in love are in each other’s space bubbles all the time. Sometimes I wonder if my son still knows that this is his parents’ house and not just a pit stop for clean clothes and pocket money. It also brings me great […]
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Pulling away
We constantly help married couples who have decided they’ve had enough of being married. They got married initially because their differences drew them to each other. Now they say they differ too much. This is the push force that pushes people out of marriage. Other reasons push people out of wedlock, some justified, some not. […]
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Say no to porn
Just one more about marriage. God has given people a number of frameworks to help us live successfully. He gave Adam a partner, because He realised that the man won’t make it alone. He put this relationship within marriage and this forms the basis of society. When the relationship is broken, the results are catastrophic. […]
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Keeping to the rules
People don’t always like rules and regulations. It feels as if our freedom is taken away and our free will bound in chains. But rules and regulations are necessary for a healthy society. If everybody did what they wanted, it would lead to overall chaos. Well, some places in our society are fairly chaotic. Just […]
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The third party in the marriage
Marriage is holy. Marriage is special. Marriage is forming a special bond. But there is a third person who is part of this bond and that is God. It is actually the presence of God that makes it holier, if one can use words like that. You see, holy means set apart, especially set aside […]
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Look up to one another
I’m putting myself out there now and may get a beating, but read till the end. Maybe we can meet one another halfway. The man is head of the family and wives must be 5… obedient to their husbands (Living Bible). Many people don’t like this. I don’t like it either and I suspect it’s […]
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For the married ones
A grandson said to his grandpa: “Grandpa, you’ve been married to grandma for a very long time. It must be nice to share your life with one person for so long?” Grandpa stared into the distance, as if he was seeing a video of his marriage run across his mind. Eventually grandpa said softly: “Yes, […]
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A marriage for two 2 ≠ 3
I wonder why people cross the boundaries of a marriage. Is it because it has become boring and the excitement on the other side of the fence has just become too much fun? Does the destruction that is wrought on this side have no impact on decisions? I don’t know if there are any winners […]
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