Good Marriage
Jeff and I have just wrapped up a 3 week sermon series on marriage. This was our first attempt at tag-team preaching with each other. We looked at expectations in marriage, taking out the accumulating trash, and some ideas on communication.
It was wonderful. It was exhausting.
Am I the only woman in Ontario that gets a baby and then increases my workload?!
For anyone that might be interested, the podcast is here: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/jeffrey-johnston-epic-change/id275923312
I asked the kids individually this past week what they think makes a good marriage. I think you will enjoy their responses.
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Mykah, “When you get married when you are older.”
Me, “Like how old?”
Mykah, “Like when you are seventeen.”
Then over dinner the night before the last message I brought it up & told them I was going to share their answers with the church because I liked them so much. She wanted to be reminded what she had said, so I told her.
Then she said, “I changed my mind. I meant to say eighty.”
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Carter just may be smarter than anyone gives him credit for…
Me, “Carter, what do you think makes a good marriage?”
Carter, “Love.”
Me, “Anything else?”
Carter, thinking hard, “I think it’s good if you marry someone you’ve known since you were a kid.”
Me, “Why is that? I didn’t know daddy when I was a kid.”
Carter, “Because then you’ve had time to know a lot about them.”
To throw him off a bit I said, “But what happens if you don’t actually like what you know?”
He said, I kid you not, “Then you’re just going to have to get over it.”
(Which is probably the best marriage advice I’ve heard.)
So he concludes by saying, “I think a good marriage is made up of love, knowing a lot about each other and not getting a divorce.”
Next time we’re asking Carter to preach.
Everyday Spectacular 
Carter preaching … If you give advance notice you will definitely need overflow seating for that Sunday!