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Til Death Do Us Part
Ask a hundred people what is the most important ingredient for a marriage to last until death comes and various answers might include love, compatibility, compromise, communication, honesty, openness to change. As important as each of those ingredients are, as I see it the single most important ingredient of a long-lasting marriage is commitment. Mine and Lynne’s marriage has demonstrated commitment in three key areas.
A Word to the Wise
One of the things I love to do is collecting home-spun wisdom–good, old-fashioned common sense that helps me navigate life and stay out of trouble. Here are some of my favorites:
Grace in the Flesh
Grace is a rich English word because of its wide range of meanings. For example, grace can be something before we eat or the charm and winsomeness a young woman possesses. It can be an attitude we adopt while managing or accomplishing a task under stress or personal attack, or it can also be cutting an individual some slack when he doesn’t meet a deadline or underachieves in some way.
Author & Pastor Jerry Long
Jerry Long is a semi-retired minister living in metro Greenville, SC. He holds degrees from Clemson University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Purchase Ponderings of a Pastor, a collection of these inspirational thoughts, from Amazon.
Jerry may be reached at jerry@cmg.ms.