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Category Archives: Christian Marriage
What We’ve Learned About Marriage in 33 Years
Today is our 33rd wedding anniversary, and it is the fourth anniversary we’ve shared with you since beginning The Romantic Vineyard. We are grateful to have this platform to share what we’ve learned about marriage so far. We say “so … Continue reading
Open Or Closed?
We are in the mountains of North Carolina this week celebrating our 33rd anniversary (24th). It has been a beautiful week. Our daughter, son-in-love and two grandchildren were able to join us from Saturday until this morning, and now we … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, communication, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages
Tagged Christ, God, Home, Jesus, Lord, North Carolina, Saturday, Tom
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Love Never Fails
Today marks the final entry in our Love is series. Paul sums it all up by declaring, “love never fails!” Wow! How many marriages would endure if both the husband and wife had this conviction of heart. If something isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Love is
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Christ, God, Lord, Love, marriage, Rudeness
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Happy Hour
Before we share with you our “Specials of the Week…” I must make a confession to you today. I’m sick today after fighting off the symptoms of a cold all week. I’m still in bed at noon, writing and surfing … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Happy Hour
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Ann Voskamp, God, Happy Hour, marriage, NBC News, Valentine's Day
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Love Endures All Things
Date night – 1982. Tom took me to the theater to see a new movie that was receiving rave reviews. It was Monday; we had both worked all day; I was 7 months pregnant with our first child, but we … Continue reading
Love Hopes All Things
We recently watched a movie we don’t necessarily recommend, but there was one quote that jumped out at us and was worth remembering: “Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it’s what’s in the middle that counts. So when … Continue reading
Love Believes All Things
We’ve heard comedians and mothers say it: What part of ALL don’t you understand? If God’s Word tells us Love Believes All Things, who are we to insert a BUT where it doesn’t belong. Certainly we’re not talking about situations … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Love is
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Bible, God, Kim Casali, marriage, Relationships, Word
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Love Bears All Things
To bear means: to sustain the burden of; take on; take care of. When Debi said she would be my wife for better or worse, in sickness and in health; she didn’t know this would include helping me recover from … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Love is, Testimonies, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Bliss, Christ, God, Ian Murphy, Lori Lowe, marriage, relationship, Religious text
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Love Does Not Rejoice in Wrong Doing…
…but rejoices in the Truth! And it’s the “Truth that sets you free!” We have learned much about what true love is and what it isn’t over the past few days. We can easily look at this portion of 1 … Continue reading
Love is….not resentful
Resentful means easily provoked to anger or irritable; this is the word mentioned right before in this scripture passage (1 Corinthians 13:4-7), and the word we discussed on Friday. So why is it mentioned twice? Most likely because we might … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Love is
Tagged Anger, Bible, First Epistle to the Corinthians, God, Irritation, Kim Casali, marriage, Resentment, sore spots in marriage, Word
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Love is…not irritable
The following was originally posted in June of 2010, but the Truth I needed then can certainly be applied to me today. I am in constant need of God’s mercy and grace. And the best news is that His mercies … Continue reading
Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way!
As we continue our discussion of what Love is and isn’t as defined in the Bible, we are learning simple adjustments to make in how we relate to one another. So far we’ve discussed these points: Love is patient and kind. … Continue reading
Love is Not Rude
Rude Just saying the word sounds rude – like you’re interrupting someone without saying “excuse me”. Rude behavior can be as simple as belting out a loud burp or forgetting to open the door, as demeaning as speaking harshly, or … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Love is
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Christianity, Insults, Lord, marriage, Religion and Spirituality, Rudeness, United States
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Love is Not Arrogant
We are continuing our Love Is series… Arrogance is easily detected by those who are observing it in others, yet it is hardly noticed by those who are themselves arrogant. I should know because I lived completely unaware of my … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Love is
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Happy Hour
Encourage Your Spouse Building Strength – Rest – This is part of a series Lori is doing on building a strong marriage. We purpose to do many things well in our lives, but are we purposing to build a strong … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour, Intimacy
Tagged Christian, God, Holy, marriage, relationship, Sexual intimacy
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Love Does Not Envy
Today we continue our look at 1 Corinthians 13 to understand more clearly what love is. This post is a bit more weighty than usual, but it is important in marriage to look deeper into the soil of our hearts … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Love is
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Bible, Christ, Envy, God, Love is, marriage, Noah Webster, Tom, United States
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Love is…Patient
We are re-posting the “Love-Is” posts we did back in the Spring of 2010. It is still one of our most popular series, and well worth revisiting. With Valentines Day only two weeks away, these posts will help us remember … Continue reading
A Fragrant Aroma: A Realization and A Confession
I keep thinking that life is getting in the way of writing. BUT. Life is what I’m called to live. Writing is simply an outlet to share our life with others. Somehow I think I’ve switched the two. This is … Continue reading
Posted in A Fragrant Aroma, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged Bible, God, Heart, Lord, Priorities
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What Your Shopping Cart Says About You
As Tom and I were leaving Costco recently, the check-out clerk commented he wanted to come to our house simply based on what we were buying. It made us laugh as we realized how different seasons require different purchases from … Continue reading
Happy Hour
It has been a few weeks since we’ve been able to highlight some of our favorite blogs. This isn’t because there haven’t been good ones to read – on the contrary! It seems the marriage blogs we frequent are growing … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Happy Hour, The Gospel & Marriage
Tagged God, Lord, marriage, Marriage vows, Oxytocin, relationship
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