Blessings In The Battles

Who Am I? The purpose of my blog is to acquire practical relationship advice from one of the wisest men to ever live, King Solomon.   This relationship advice is recorded in the book of Song of Solomon contained in the Bible.   There are so many rich and practical relational truths found in this book that when looking back at the blog, I found myself skipping right over the very first sentence in the entire book, "The Song of Songs which is Solomon's."  (Song of Solomon 1:1)    At first glance this appears to be an insignificant statement of fact but in reality it is a very significant question we must all answer BEFORE we get into a relationship with someone else.   I never stopped to answer the question, "Who was Solomon?" History tells us that Solomon was a wise man with wisdom that excelled the wisdom of most people of his day, he was the King of Israel, he was a very wealthy business man, and he was also a father, and husband. (I Kings 4...

Mr. Right or Mr. Right Now? Picture this scene in your mind.   There is a bride who is head over heals in love with her groom--she has found Mr. Right!   It is only days or maybe hours before the "big day."   The bride is sitting around with her girlfriends and one of them says, "I wish I were in love like you."   And the brides response is, "No you don't--not unless it is the right time and with the right person." What wisdom from a young bride.   Wisdom I wish I had when I was in my teens or   early twenties.   There is a historical scene much like this one recorded in the book of Song of Solomon (Chapter 2:7).   What the bride actually said was this, " Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the swift gazelles and the deer of the wild not to awaken love until the time is right." For those of us who are "city folk" this may not be a very familiar analogy but I have seen enough episodes of Duck Dynasty to picture ...

One piece of advice almost every married couple has heard at one point in their marriage is that they should go on a "date night" on a regular basis.    But, do couples who schedule “date nights” into their busy lives really decrease the chances of divorce and increase happiness in their marriage?  According to a report released by the   National Marriage Project   at the University of Virginia they do! The study shows that husbands and wives who engaged in couple time or date night with their mates at least once a week were approximately 3.5 times more likely to report being “very happy” in their marriages, compared to those who enjoyed less quality time with their spouse.  So, if date night has been proven to increase our marital happiness why don't we do it more often? More than 30% of single women told Glamour magazine they haven’t been on a “real” date in more than a year, and 88% of women in relationships don’t have regular date...