Camp Nathaneal - 2008

My wife and I attended the annual Couples Retreat at Camp Nathaneal this past weekend for a much needed time of instruction and attention to the most neglected relationship in both our lives.....the husband/wife relationship. We've got the mom/dad relationship down just fine, but rarely find time for the other couple in our house.

We attended the Retreat last year, and we came away from it with a renewed interest in each others needs as well as a strong interest in seeking financial peace. Reflecting back on the past year, we did a better job with the finances then with the relationship. We started off strong with some solid date times for about two or three months.........and then life got in the way.

So, we have renewed our interests in each other. I wish that we could go to a retreat once a quarter. I highly recommend the retreat for anyone that is married regardless of whether you think your marriage is great or on life-support. It is held the last weekend of April every year. This was year 17!!!

Better to Marry Than to Burn

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. I Cor 7:8-9 KJV

Last night I spoke on the phone with a family member from Texas, and we discussed how needy we both have been capable of being at times in our lives when we did not have a significant other in our lives. I found it ironic that in my scripture reading today I came across the above passage. Paul had a brutal sense of humor. In essence he says, "By all means, if you want to truly serve the Lord, stay away from relationships with the opposite sex, and spend all your energies serving. However, I know most of you are pathetic and cannot handle that; so, do yourselves a favor... admit your pathetic and get married. At least you won't be spending all your time lusting and wanting and not having."

It's not as if I had nothing to say......

I have not posted an entry onto this blogsite since October, but it's not as if I had nothing to say. As a matter of fact, I feel like my lack of blogging speaks volumes. You may be totally different, but I doubt it. But, do you find that right about the time you are settling into a pattern of good, healthy routines that involve either prayer, exercise, organizational skills, quality time with loved ones, eating habits, money budgetting or sleep habits, life just seems to throw nasty curveballs at you? My life has become so amazingly busy just out of the blue, and the pathetic thing is that if I really admit it, despite the busy-ness, I am accomplishing very little each day.
So, tonight I have elected to post something....anything.... and this has been just that.
Quite edifying, wouldn't you say?