ByGrace

Last week, I saw an interview with an author who has written a book about training our husbands. Like you would an animal. Seriously! The book is entitled, “ What Shamu Taught Me About Marriage: Lessons From Animals and Their Trainers ,” by New York Times journalist Amy Sutherland. I’ll spare you my esteemed opinion (I’m sure you can imagine, though), and just give you a few things the Bible says about the treatment we give our husbands. After all, we are not to conform to the teaching of this world, but be “transformed, by the renewing of your mind . . .” (Romans 12:2), and to “put off the old man . . . and be renewed in the spirit of your mind.” (Ephesians 4:22,23) These Scriptures are not necessarily related only to the husband, but if we’re to treat others in general in a certain fashion, I would think we should treat our husbands at least as well! We’ll start with the obvious commands to wives: 1. Wives are to submit to and reverence their husbands – Ephesians 5:22, Colo...

Since receiving so many author recommendations for fiction a couple of weeks ago, I've been checking books out of the library and doing a bit more reading. I wait till the evening, when others in my family are doing other things, then I sit down to read a bit. Last night, after church and a quick bite of dinner, I picked up A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury. I read half of it last night. I read the other half this morning. I couldn't put it down! A Thousand Tomorrows is the story of champion bull rider Cody Gunner and beautiful, mysterious barrell racer Ali Daniels. Both of them have secret reasons driving their rodeo competitions, and neither of them is interested in finding love. But the day comes when Cody and Ali discover each other and come to experience a deeper love than either of them could have imagined. Cody and Ali's story is deeply touching. It is full of courage and character in the face of overwhelming odds in both the competitive world of rodeo and in...