I thought of this when you said this, Bob-I don’t know what year it was. It’s God’s job to take our faithfulness and to bless it right?ĭave: Yes that example is a good one, because it’s not words it’s not good intentions it’s actually living it out. When it comes to marriage, that’s a big part of what we’ve been talking about this week-our job is to be faithful, not to be perfect, but to be faithful. It’s God’s job to do the work.” I don’t know how many people I’ve talked to, who have seen the movie, who reflect on that scene and what that brings up to them.

They come to a point, where they recognize, “We’ve got to do something differently.” The husband tries to exercise a little spiritual leadership, and the wife is cheering him on-she says: “Our job is to be faithful. It’s not working, and our kids are spinning out as a result of this.” I pray bedtime prayers, and that’s kind of all there is to it. I’ve been reflecting, as we’ve been talking this week about a Marriage That Works and I’ve been thinking about a scene in our movie, Like Arrows, where the husband and the wife recognize: “We’ve been kind of going through the spiritual motions, but that hasn’t really been a spiritual reality in our lives and in our marriage. Stay with us.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today. We’ll talk more about how we do that today with Chip Ingram.

The success of any marriage has something to do-at least, in part-with how husbands and wives carry out our assignments/our responsibilities to love and serve each other. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson I’m Bob Lepine. Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Friday, May 31 st.

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