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Happily Ever After...

Those words have been the final line to countless love stories, songs, and tales for as long as there have been men and women on this earth. But how many marriages out there are actually living the happily ever after? The truth is that marriages are under attack from almost every conceivable angle in todays society. But the painful attacks always seem to come from within the marriage. This was never the intent for marriage by the One who created it in the first place. Join us starting February 17th as we look at ways that your marriage can be strengthen from within and allowed to truly become the stuff of dreams.

Why Can't You Be Normal Like Me?	2/17/08
Keeping Romance Afloat	2/24/08
When Marriage Becomes a Struggle - Part 1	3/2/08
When Marriage Becomes a Struggle - Part 2	3/9/08

• February 17th
  Why Can't You Be Normal Like Me?
  You know, I think the general attitude that we have when it comes to relationships is, “Why can’t you be normal like me?” All of us feel that we’re the definition of normal, because if everybody felt like I felt, responded like I respond, communicated like I communicate, live like I live, why we would just get along fine. But relationships are so much more complex than that because God made us to be so different from each other in a thousand different ways. It’s our differences that leave us saying so many times, “I just don’t get you. I don’t get you.” It’s our differences that create these wars in our relational worlds.


• February 24th
  Keeping Romance Afloat
  So many couples began this maiden voyage called marriage; excitement ran high, vows were exchanged, cake was eaten, bands played, people danced, rice, balloons, joy filled the air, their hearts beat fast with anticipation, expectations ran very, very high, the new ship, it felt strong, it felt invincible, it felt unsinkable, but along the way, something happened, and now it’s a struggle to keep romance afloat, and sometimes it feels like the whole thing is going down. Romance isn’t dead, or at least it doesn’t have to stay that way. Marriage without romance often produces marriages without happiness. It is sometimes hard to meet the challenge, but it is worth it.


• March 2nd & 9th
  When Marriage Becomes a Struggle
  Sometimes the testing gets severe and pain levels get deep and desperate prayers are prayed. And sometimes desperate plans are made in the heat of the moment. And sometimes couples, end their marriages without ever even really fighting to save them. I think, we think, that’s a tragedy. We’re of the opinion that you ought to maybe fight to stay together. Marriage was set up by God to be a life-long commitment to another. As Christians, we are to be the ones who provide a model to the world showing how awesome and life-giving a marriage can be. Given the proper care, a marriage truly can flourish.