GPS to a Joyful Marriage

How did we get here?   Have you ever looked at your spouse and wondered how you ever came to this place of disappointment, dissatisfaction, and bumpy roads in your marriage?   It sure isn’t what you thought marriage would be.   Oh, maybe you don’t feel that way every day, and if you’re fortunate, you’ve already surpassed those days of marital misery and live in peace and harmony in your relationship with maybe only a rare bump along the way.   We all go through the fire (hard times, storms) at some point in our marriages. (I’ve yet to meet a couple that hasn’t).  The good news is that the fire leads to purity and a wonderful place in our marriage we can only arrive at once we’ve figured out how to put out the fire. We have to stay in the fire and not give up until we figure it out, or we will never know the joy of marriage as God intended for us.   Marriage takes a lot of work, and unfortunately, “like it or leave it” seems to be the trend thes...

Unable to shake my thoughts on expectation this last week, I’ve taken them to a deeper level for you to ponder.  What are your expectations of God? I looked up the meaning of expectation and here is what I found: Expectation – the act or the state of expecting – to wait in expectation.  The act or state of looking forward or anticipating. An expectant mental attitude. A high pitch of expectation.  A prospect of future good or profit. Notice that expectation is a passive word.  It dwells in our mind.  We are waiting for something and trying to figure out how it will unfold.  It’s synonymous with the word anticipation.  The anticipation of something usually involves more drama, more anxiety, and more excitement than the event itself. If you’re someone like me, you spend way too much time thinking about what’s to come.  The expectations of life and of God can be overwhelming.  I tend to over-analyze everything.  I ...