HeartfeltMarriage

By Ron Ross As our plane landed in Lusaka Zambia (it was 1967), I said to my young wife, "I sure hope someone will be there to greet us." Three weeks before our departure I sent a letter to the missionaries in Zambia to give them the details of our arrival. Back then, there was no way to find out if they had received it as mail to central Africa was not reliable. When we stepped off the plane into the warm African sun, I heard a loud whistle followed by, "Ron and Amy! Ron and Amy! Ron and Amy!" I looked up and saw on the observation deck of the terminal four people enthusiastically wave as they yelled our names! Relief! They had gotten my letter. All was well. Hope fulfilled. Hope doesn't care much about the way things are; hope focuses on possibilities, the way things could be or should be. The great preacher, Henry Ward Beecher said, "Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delig...

 The p hysical differences between a man and woman are obvious. But that's not what I want to talk about. Rather, consider the  different things a man and woman, a husband and wife bring into a marriage: ·       A woman brings pots and pans, a man brings toolboxes and ladders. ·       A man brings boxers and britches and a woman brings high heels and fine lingerie. ·       A woman brings makeup and perfume, a man brings unused bottles of after-shave and some well-worn tee shirts. ·       A woman brings lace curtains and candles into the home and a man brings muddy boots and fishing gear. ·       A woman brings a min-van and a man brings a 4 X 4. These different gifts you bring to your relationship will either strengthen your marriage or weaken it. But all of them serve to give to each other a different view of the world. The woman...