While marriage is usually neither easy nor always fun, isn’t it precious?  This relationship that most of us struggled through adolescence dreaming of, but some-how when the rubber hits the road seems to get more serious, and often just plain hard.

Here is some encouragement for you!  Rene starts us out with her honest, open-hearted suggestion that our relationship with God is really basic to all our other relationships.  Recognising Who God is, and praising Him, is a great start.

A shaky marriage is unnerving, unsettling, scary. Both Gary Chapman and Dr Bill Wilke have some very comforting, practical and helpful pointers. 

A frightening but educational article from the internet about rape. We are not in the habit of passing on ‘forwards’, but think these words of warning are valid even if the details of the ‘interview’ cannot be substantiated.

Luke and Linda are back with their terrific idea for a website – check it out if you’re game. We hope you are!

Since we are all older today that we were yesterday, it would do us well to take heed of Alan Bailey’s revision of the Ten Commandments for aging gracefully.

And what if today really is the last day you have together in your marriage? What would you think back to tomorrow and give anything if you had done it differently?  Ingrid Trobisch Youngdale, who has very recently gone to Heaven herself, shares her heart after the loss of her first husband and lover, Walter.

Once again, good reading!   

Jim and Grace Vine
Editors