“Women are pink. Men are blue.”
“We’re not wrong, just different.”
“You’re stepping on my air hose.”
Those are a few of the catch-phrases that will stay in our minds from this weekend. Before you rush off to IMDB to try and figure out what movie we went to see, let me explain. Matt and I had the privilege of attending the “Love and Respect” Marriage Conference yesterday and today, hosted by our church’s marriage ministry. We had heard wonderful things about the Love and Respect material, so after shipping the kids off to “Wildlife Camp Grandma” we looked forward to sharing some time alone, not focusing on the job loss or financial struggles, but on one another.
The basis for this ministry is Eph. 5:33, “To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.” We studied the reasons for the differing commands given to husbands and wives, the meaning of “love” and “respect”, and the challenges we face in marriage. We walked out with our heads full and our pens dry, but the lessons we learned will not soon be forgotten.
If you have the chance to attend one of these conferences, or to do a study on their material, we both would highly recommend it.