A Continued Pursuit in Love
Continuing from last weeks thoughts, how do they square with my earlier advice that you not let certain things build up inside you until you feel an explosion coming on? Very easily. It is up to you to give weight to a situation or circumstance that you perceive [...]
Solomon did not at first respond to his wife’s rejection in an angry way. He persisted in expressing his desire. At first he only called to her. She heard his voice. Then even after she had rejected him verbally, he reached out for her. His behavior did not mirror hers. [...]
Last week we left our discussion with being slow to anger and not reacting like the person who has hurt you so that you resolve your conflict. Maybe you are saying, “But you said previously, Tommy, that I should not stifle my feelings and that I should express them freely in my marriage.” That’s absolutely [...]
Two weeks ago we left Solomon knocking at the door of his beloveds and where she was not letting him in. He persists in his expression of desire and longing for her:
My beloved put his hand by the latch of the door, and my heart yearned for him. I arose to open for my beloved, [...]
As we continue our series on conflict, what an opportunity many of us will have this Christmas. Yes, we all know family is a blessing and wonderful, but quite honestly, most of us know it can be very stressful as well.
Here are a couple of reminders as we enter what should be restful, [...]
Conflict occurs when both parties feel in some way wronged, denied, misunderstood, or unappreciated. We find a perfect example in the conflict between Solomon and his bride:
I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved!
He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one;
For my [...]
The inevitability of conflict is addressed in the Song of Solomon. Nearly two chapters are devoted to a “fight” between Solomon and his bride. The result of the conflict was a deeper and better marriage, and therefore, we are going to take a close look at the six stages of their conflict.
Stage One: Both Parties [...]
Conflict Series: Conflict During the Three Stages of Marriage (Part 5)
Conflict usually is minimal during the first stage of a marriage, which is the honeymoon period. Honeymoon literally refers to a “sweet month.” It marks the period from one stage of the moon to the next time that stage of the moon occurs. [...]
Conflict Series – Part IV
One of the strangest verses in the entire Bible must be Proverbs 14:4: “Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox.”
This verse means that if you don’t have any oxen, you will obviously have a clean manger or feeding trough. You [...]
Conflict Denied: Conflict Series Part III
Newly married couples need to expect conflict, although I am not advocating that they should look for it. Picking a fight just for the sake of having a fight is not the goal. At the same time, a husband or wife should never shy away from conflict in a spirit [...]
Conflict – Part 2
No marriage is without conflict. Frankly, a marriage without any conflict would be very boring. There likely would be a lack of deep or meaningful communication.
Such a marriage might as well be a butler married to a maid, each of whom is reluctant to express his or her personality, dreams, [...]
Conflict
Back in the early 1980s, my wife, Teresa, and I were in Oklahoma City where I had been invited to conduct a wedding ceremony. The morning after the wedding, I went out for a jog. It was hot and humid, and by the time I finished my run, my t-shirt was soaked with sweat. [...]
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