Did you know we have a devotional written for engaged couples to help them spiritually prepare for their special day and life thereafter? It’s called Preparing Your Heart for Marriage. If you know a couple that’s engaged, or even recently married, this might be a great gift idea for them. This is an excerpt from that book.
“Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Peter 1:5-8
During the 2016 Summer Olympics, the U.S. volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross lost a rough semifinal match to the Brazilian team. Walsh, the most decorated female Olympic beach volleyball player ever, wasn’t having her best day, so the Brazilian team kept targeting her, directing most of their attacks her way. In a stunner, the U.S. team lost in straight sets—the first match Walsh Jennings had ever lost at the Olympics.
To her credit, Walsh Jennings took responsibility and said she just had to start playing better (which she did; she and April Ross went on to win the bronze medal).
Marriage is kind of like beach volleyball. There are two players per side, and the team can be only as strong as the weakest individual. If one partner has a persistent weakness, the marriage will suffer accordingly.
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