5 Quotes and an Interview

5 Great Quotes:

Elizabeth Elliot put it this way: we married our spouses because we loved them, so now we must love our spouses because we married them.

Be for your spouse! Don’t just commit to your marriage: commit to the good of your spouse.

Love is a decision to seek the good of another. If we are not choosing to love our spouses each day, then we are also rejecting God’s perfect will for us. As we turn from our self-will, we can yield to the goodness of God.

And 1 Interview:

On Thursday, August 25, I will be interviewing Jennifer Strickland on our weekly prayer call. Jennifer is the author of 21 Myths About Sex. (You can read more about her book HERE.)

During the 15-minute call, I will be asking Jennifer these questions:

How does body image affect marriage? What are the truths that we need in order to shape our thoughts in this area correctly?
What suggestions do you have for someone dealing with a spouse’s porn addiction?

Then Jennifer will lead us in praying for our marriages.

Join us! We “fight on our knees” for marriages and families every Thursday at 12:30 (Eastern time). You can join by phone or online. All the info is right HERE.

Blessings to you,
Tami

Struggling to Forgive

Jul25

Have you ever struggled to forgive someone—even when you wanted to forgive? I know I have.

I have come to realize that part of my struggle came from not understanding true forgiveness. Sometimes, we have a hard time forgiving because we are trying to do things that are not part of the forgiveness that God models for us.

For example, we tend to think that forgiveness is between us and the person who hurt us.

But the truth is this:

Forgiveness is between us and God.

We are wrestling with the One who allowed this hurt to happen. Will we trust Him to redeem all that we give to Him, to turn ashes to beauty, and to keep His promises to us?

Another misunderstanding is that forgiving someone will make us vulnerable.

But here is the truth:

Forgiveness rescues us from the inadequacy of our own resources and brings us under the covenant care of God.

Bill Eliff put it this way:

God only allows two people at a time in the boxing ring. If you want to get into the ring and try to fight your own battles, God will let you. But He’ll get out. If you want God to fight your battles for you, then you must get out of the ring … and stay out.

Today on StartMarriageRight.com, I share

“7 Things that Forgiveness is NOT.”

Click HERE to read the full article.

Blessings to you,
Tami

A Cure for Loneliness

Jul12

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
—Albert Schweitzer

We have all experienced the ache of loneliness.

It can cut to the deepest core of our being. It can be intensely painful.

Relieving our loneliness is much harder than we expect. Just being surrounded by people does not cure loneliness. Having crowds around us can sometimes make our loneliness feel even more intense.

And being married does not necessarily cure loneliness. In fact, the loneliness that can occur within marriage can be especially painful.

When we can’t cure our loneliness, we try to distract ourselves from the pain. Many people hope to gain relief through alcohol, drugs, immorality, or other unhealthy choices. But these are only temporary escapes, and they often cause even greater loneliness.

World-renown apologist Ravi Zacharias¹ points out that there is only one lasting cure to loneliness:

worship.

What an incredible truth!

Loneliness is separation. We can experience separation physically, socially, and spiritually. This loss of connection can be devastating and crippling.

This explains why resentment is toxic to us. When we are bitter, we experience separation from another man or woman, as well as from God. Failing to forgive brings the pain of loneliness and isolation.

Image a relationship spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, there is complete isolation, total separation, and all-consuming loneliness.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, there is ultimate relationship. This is the place of true worship.

True worship is not a one-way activity. Pursuing false gods, such as pleasure or status, is one-way, false worship. Words of praise spoken without interaction are empty.

This is relationship at the fullest. As an expression of knowing God in spirit and in truth, we worship Him, and we yield to His knowing us fully.

There is no loneliness in that.

Blessings to you,
Tami

Be sure to join us on Thursday for the prayer call: http://www.mannaformarriage.com/prayer/

¹Ravi Zacharias on “Just Thinking”

Tami Myer

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5 Quotes and an Interview

5 Great Quotes:

And 1 Interview:

Struggling to Forgive

Have you ever struggled to forgive someone—even when you wanted to forgive? I know I have.

Forgiveness is between us and God.

Forgiveness rescues us from the inadequacy of our own resources and brings us under the covenant care of God.

“7 Things that Forgiveness is NOT.”

A Cure for Loneliness

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
—Albert Schweitzer

worship.

5 Great Quotes:

And 1 Interview:

Have you ever struggled to forgive someone—even when you wanted to forgive? I know I have.

Forgiveness is between us and God.

Forgiveness rescues us from the inadequacy of our own resources and brings us under the covenant care of God.

“7 Things that Forgiveness is NOT.”

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. —Albert Schweitzer

worship.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
—Albert Schweitzer