LESSONS LEARNED FROM 57 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND MINISTRY “In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wife. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. If you don’t treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard.” – I Peter 2:7 NLT After spending fifty-seven years together in marriage, my wife and I have concluded that one of the most important verses in Scripture regarding marriage is the Apostle Peter’s statement given above. Peter was, himself, a married man, and no doubt knew what it meant to treat your wife in an understanding way. At the heart of understanding is knowledge
“But let a man examine himself...” – I Corinthians 11:28 “But let each one examine his own work...” – Galatians 6:5. Several nights ago, while in bed, I had a unique experience which I believe was from the Lord. I awoke from my sleep with one word reverberating in my mind, over and over again. It was the word “re-calibrate.” Throughout the night this same word would come as I would awake. I am convinced that it was a word from the Lord for me, and possibly others. Maybe you. When I awoke in the morning, I immediately looked up the definition. It means to rectify, to correct, to change and to standardize, to adjust precisely for a particular function, and to re-measure against a standard. I e
