Mr. Wonderful and I attended a Marriage Matters workshop at our church last Saturday. The workshop was based upon the book Lasting Love, How to Avoid Marital Failure by our pastor, Alistair Begg. I believe this book should be read by anyone thinking about marriage, is already married, or knows someone who is married!
Since these free resources have just been made available, here's the link to watch the videos or listen to the audio of the seminar we attended.
Be sure to watch both parts when you have the time. Part 1 is about Avoiding Marital Messes and Part 2 is Repairing Marital Messes. The Q&A session is not included. I also found that while watching the videos the songs Alistair used as examples were not included (probably due to music copyright laws).
The songs were:
Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Lose Your Lover
Neil Diamond's You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore
Do You Love Me? from Fiddler on the Roof
and then the Sheldon Silverstein poem/song entitled: Put Another Log on the Fire
Put another log on the fire, Cook me up some bacon and some beans, Go out to the car and change the tire, Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Baby, fill my pipe and then go fetch my slippers, Boil me up another pot of tea. Put another log on the fire, girl, Come and tell me why you're leaving me.
Don't I let you wash the car on Sunday? Don't I warn you when you're getting fat? Ain't I gonna take you fishing some day? Well, a man can't love a woman more than that.
Ain't I always nice to your kid sister, Don't I take her driving every night? So sit here at my feet because I like you when you're sweet And you know that it ain't feminine to fight.
Put another log on the fire, Cook me up some bacon and some beans, Go out to the car and change the tire, Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Fill my pipe and then go fetch my slippers, Boil me up another pot of tea. Put another log on the fire, woman, Come and tell me why you're leaving me. Yeah, come and tell me why you're leaving me.
I consider it a privilege to be the wife of Mr. Wonderful and a blessing to be a stay-at-home mother to two beautiful children. I once heard Elisabeth Elliot give this definition of motherhood--Shaper of Destiny. I have treasured in my heart these three little words as I raise my children. The simple things in life are precious to me. I am in awe of God's magnificent creation. I love living in the country, sapphire skies, getting my hands dirty, taking in the fragrance and beholding the beauty of flowers. Life is a gift. I thank God for each day I am given the opportunity to serve Him by caring for my family and those He brings into my life along this great journey.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.
Daniel Webster, 1852
If we work on marble, it will perish; if on brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds and imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and the love of our fellowmen, we engrave on those tablets something that will brighten to all eternity.
Corrie Ten Boom
Every experience God gives us, every person he puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
Frederick M. Lehman, 1917
Love of God
Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade; to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry; nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure--the saints' and angels' song.
Author Unknown
~Unsaid~
If all that we say in a single day, with never a word left out, were painted each night in clear black and white, it would prove queer reading, no doubt.
And then just suppose 'ere our eyes would close, we must read the whole record through, then wouldn't we sigh, and wouldn't we try, a good deal less talking to do.
And I more than half think that many a kink would be smoother in life's tangled thread, if half that we say in a single day were forever left unsaid.
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Mr. Wonderful and I attended a Marriage Matters workshop at our church last Saturday. The workshop was based upon the book Lasting Love, How to Avoid Marital Failure by our pastor, Alistair Begg. I believe this book should be read by anyone thinking about marriage, is already married, or knows someone who is married! 
Thanks for the link!! I'm going to have to get on there. ;)
ReplyDeleteBe sure to watch both parts when you have the time. Part 1 is about Avoiding Marital Messes and Part 2 is Repairing Marital Messes. The Q&A session is not included. I also found that while watching the videos the songs Alistair used as examples were not included (probably due to music copyright laws).
ReplyDeleteThe songs were:
Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Lose Your Lover
Neil Diamond's You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore
Do You Love Me? from Fiddler on the Roof
and then the Sheldon Silverstein poem/song entitled: Put Another Log on the Fire
Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans,
Go out to the car and change the tire,
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Baby, fill my pipe and then go fetch my slippers,
Boil me up another pot of tea.
Put another log on the fire, girl,
Come and tell me why you're leaving me.
Don't I let you wash the car on Sunday?
Don't I warn you when you're getting fat?
Ain't I gonna take you fishing some day?
Well, a man can't love a woman more than that.
Ain't I always nice to your kid sister,
Don't I take her driving every night?
So sit here at my feet
because I like you when you're sweet
And you know that it ain't feminine to fight.
Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans,
Go out to the car and change the tire,
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans.
Fill my pipe and then go fetch my slippers,
Boil me up another pot of tea.
Put another log on the fire, woman,
Come and tell me why you're leaving me.
Yeah, come and tell me why you're leaving me.
It was a GREAT marriage seminar!