Is There Hope for the American Marriage?

Is There Hope for the American Marriage?

I was thuroughly impressed with this article!

The Message

I wanted to share this version of this passage. It's from The Message version:

So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!

This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what's coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!

Romans 8:14-16

What This World Needs

"People aren't confused by the Gospel,
Their confused by us.
Jesus is the only way to God, but we are NOT the only way to Jesus!
This world doesn't need my tie, my hoodie, my denomination, or my translation of the bible.
They just need Jesus.
We can be passionate about what we believe, but we can't strap ourselves to the Gospel, because we're slowing it down.
Jesus is GOING to save the world, but maybe the best thing we can do...
Is just get out of the way."

This is taken from the Casting Crowns song What This World Needs. I adore this song! That whole album is AMAZING! So powerful! So inspiring and just makes me want to live my life better and gives me so much hope! It's AWESOME! God has truly blessed that group with some POWERFUL music!

So speaking of faith, God, and life in general. I've been going through lots of changes spiritually the past year, and I look back, and I can't help but cry for joy over so many things God brought me though and taught me. I know how hard they were going through them, but to be on the other side of so many emotional pains is such a blessing! I have so much more empathy for others, and so much more understanding, God is slowly peeling away my judgemental and phariseeical (not sure that's a word) attitude. I'm gaining more and more of a love for people, and it's awesome! I want to keep going, this is such a great process, and when it gets hard I feel more powerful because I know I can be assured that "All things happen for the good of those who love God, and are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) ALL THINGS!!! PRAISE GOD!