Thoughts and Other Things

Let’s talk marriage, again, lol. I swear I cannot exhaust this subject, no matter how much I try. I was going over Genesis 1:28 with the saints the other day as we explored the subject of family. It’s impossible to talk about family without talking about marriage, because the way God designed it, family starts with marriage (not children). I was listening to Jimmy Evans and he confirmed this truth when he explained how important it is for couples to put their marriage first. I know how wrong that may sound, and having not understood Scripture, I would have said Jimmy got it wrong, I’ve heard so many parents describe their children as their world. But he is absolutely right. He goes on to say that if you’ll put your children before your marriage, you won’t have a marriage after the children leave. He says children are temporary in the sense that they will eventually move out and build their own lives without you (and you should let them) but you’ll always be married to your spouse. Tr...

Hey there happy readers! How you guys doing? How’s the new year treating you so far? I’ve had a hectic start, no thanks to the wise guy who made January/February exam period a thing. Like how did they approve of such? You can’t even enjoy the December holidays because you have a book in front of you the entire time. Not that I mind reading, but reading about the different approaches to counselling and psychotherapy is not my kind of read for the holidays. Anyway, the whole experience of preparing and studying for an exam was a horrible reminder of how out of practice I was. The last time I wrote a three-hour exam was 4 years ago. It was like re-learning how to ride a bicycle. Okay, maybe that’s not such a good example because I’ve never forgotten how to do that, but I think you catch my drift. I’m a night owl, my brain functions better at night so I always studied at night. I’d go to bed in the wee hours of the morning. Not this time, my brain and body simply refused to go past midni...