and....pause

We will be moving this week, so we are going to put our finger right here in the sermon series for the next week. Our next sermon will be "The Little Foxes" dealing with the things that stress marriage... like moving. So in the spirit of the next sermon, we will stamp out a fox and pick this up again with a post on the last week-end of January.

God Bless,

Eric and Julie

Week Two: Oh! Super Hot Hotty!

This week hit me on two counts. First, I felt encouraged by the burden of manhood. We have been a single income household for some time now and in my heart I have always felt that that put us  in a deficient category, like I could use it as an excuse for things. "Yah, we can't afford that right now, cause you know, its hard being a single income household." Woe is me.  On the flip side I could be arrogant about it too! "Hey, we don't even take home xx,000 dollars a year." Ridiculous. 

God has called me to lead my family with Julie by my side and that means providing for the family. Financially, yes. But also spiritually and emotionally as well. I heard somebody once say "Guys are like trucks, they drive straighter with a load." I think thats true.

Secondly, I felt challenged to speak encouraging words and complements toward my wife. This is something that I've tried to take to heart, but I know that I haven't made it an active daily decision. By taking that step to serve my wife in this way, I can see it bearing fruit in our marriage for sure! 

Here are the three questions that Mark --I look like a security guard-- Driscoll posed to the congregation.

1. What is your love language(s) (Touch - Time - Gift - Words - Service)?

2. What is engedi to you?

3. Where are the dry areas in your relationship, and what could be done to nourish or remedy these abandoned or neglected areas (not necessarily sexual though it could be)?

Peasent Princess Week Two