this great marriage-enhancing advice is from a friend of mine, Clint Botha, whose friendship has grown a lot since we both ended up in different countries and went virtual... By no means do I consider myself and Karin some kind of pro married couple (although that would be an awesome competition and/or reality tv show). We have only been at this thing for 6 years and a bit, but these are the things we have [...]
the series continues to breathe and i hope no-one is getting tired cos there is still a lot of great stuff to come - this bit of advice on how to grow a strong marriage comes from my older sister Susan Minne: We have been married for just over 20 years. I don't think we have ever stopped dating (still on honeymoon). I suppose if I have to choose one key thing (hard to choose [...]
i met this guy when he was part of a not-so-famous band when they came and played at the teacher's college i was studying at. Then i met him later when he was part of a famous band in south africa and over the years kept bumping into him and he always recognised me and treated me as if we were mates even though we didn't really know each other so well - and then [...]
another day, some more challenging and insightful advice on how to build a strong marriage relationship by my friend Lauren McGill: I think the thing that makes my marriage more special than any other relationship in my life is the vulnerability. I remember in our first few years of marriage, sharing something that had been eating away at me with j. I was so broken and ashamed, really believing after he had seen this ugliness [...]
...and the series continues, and will continue to [i still have a bunch of posts to come and some very long ones] because i think this is becoming an incredible resource and because you don't necessarily have to read and ingest it all now - bookmark it, print it out, come back to it later, read it with your spouseperson and speak about what things you can add to or subtract from your marriage to [...]
I still have about a week's worth of marriage-enhancing tips/advice to share as it is such an important topic it needs great attention and also because people are so different, every marriage will be different and so different advice or thoughts or ideas will relate to different people - so trust you will find something that impacts you and your marriage [or future marriage] strongly. This collection of thoughts really struck me as powerful and [...]
i have purposefully tried to get different voices as i ask friends of mine who are married well for their opinions on what can help to make a marriage strong and while a lot of my friends have only been married for under ten years, it is clearly an advantage to hear from those who have walked longer and gone through much more, and so it is a privilege for me to share some words [...]
my friend Rob takes the advice on how to create a strong marriage thing in a bit of a different direction with this solid advice: Lock the escape hatch and throw away the key. With no way out we are left to work through our challenges together and become the purposed display or shadow of Christ and his bride to the world. On a practical level: - Give yourselves to the process of holiness more [...]
And one more short yet profound look at what my best friend Rob Lloyd had to say when I asked him about what makes a strong marriage stronger? "If you love them in the little ways, you'll love them in the big ones too. Don't ever stop working at it - who wants a marriage that is just "fine"?" Rob Lloyd [married for six years] [to continue to the next part, click here]
Another looks at what makes a good marriage great, this time by my good friend Richard 'Snoek' Leonard: • Humility, constant communication, a surrendered heart to God and a biblical 1Cor13 active love. Short and sweet, so let's take a look at what he means by 1 Corinthians 13 love: 1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong [...]