Prodigal: She looks as pretty as a peach!
Me: Yes, she does and maybe I can help them with their relationship.
Prodigal: Yes, I want their relationship to last.
This comes from the book The Intimate Mystery by Dan Allener and Tremper Longman III
Marriages don’t grow simply because both spouses age. Growth is intentional, demanding and utterly surprising. It requires space and time. It will not happen without the focus of a gardener who tends, nurtures, weeds, waters, fertilizes and then repeats the same process endlessly. Growth happens because it is desired.
There are different times of growth, some of them are spiritual and then some are an emotional growth. We love and are patient with others when the growing process is present. We also pray for them. From an outside point of view it may seem like nothing is happening, but the Lord is working on the heart.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org