Gratituesday - Marriage Seminar

This past weekend Michael and I had the opportunity to attend a marriage seminar called The Art of Marriage by Family Life. Family Life also puts on the Weekend to Remember conferences. I was a little skeptical of going. We have never been to a marriage even like this, and I've been let down by several Christian marriage books (besides the one we're currently reading called Real Marriage by Mark Driscoll!!). We've noticed a trend with Christian marriage books... its 90% opinion and maybe 5-10% Bible based. God has an amazing design for marriage presented in scripture, and I'm confident that we will be the happiest and most fulfilled in our marriage if we do things His way.

Well, I was very pleasantly surprised by the material presented in this book. It was very biblical and encouraging. It gave us several ideas on how to make our marriage stronger, more fun and more intimate. We've been through so much this past year, and well, living with your parents isn't an ideal setting to grow and strengthen a marriage (in fact it makes us feel like we have every force working against us to have a strong, healthy marriage). It has definitely been the hardest year on our marriage, but I'm so thankful that we have never doubted our commitment to each other. We know we're in this until the end, weather we like it or not. We also both have a desire to grow in our marriage, but we have struggled on how to do that recently. This is just the event that we needed, and I'm so grateful for it!

I wanted to share a quote that was shared at the seminar regarding leaving a legacy. It's from Steven J. Lawson's book The Legacy. This applies to everyone, married or not. They encouraged us to not think of ourselves by our current age. Instead, we should think of ourselves as ancestors. We don't have a choice about leaving a legacy, but we do have a choice about what legacy we will leave. It makes everything we do now have much more meaning. I desire to leave a legacy to my children about how much I loved their daddy. I desire to leave a legacy about how important God is in our lives, and everything we do with our children has meaning and will inevitably have an impact on future generations.

"Every man leaves a lasting influence that will affect future generations for centuries to come. Not all legacies are the same. What kind of legacy will you leave behind? A spiritual legacy is one that money can't buy and taxes can't take away. A spiritual legacy is passing down to the next generation what matters most"

I would definitely encourage any couple to attend a Family Life event. Our next goal is to go a Weekend to Remember conference.

 

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