Spiritually Refreshing

Wowzer...so friday night, my wife and I decide that she's going to Iowa for a funeral. We had some extra money, and we decided she would go. It was an easy sacrifice to make. After all, she is a wonderful woman, who I admire. I appreciate how much she speaks highly of me, both to my face and to others. She uses her words to lift me up, not to tear me down. She is a great cleaner, in spite of my slovenliness. So, we drove out to Iowa, all three of us, dropping me off at Moline Airport, and I flew back.

However, this morning, I slept through my alarm and two phone calls from my bug, and did not go to church. This worried her, since I am a sinner in need of almost constant spiritual refreshment. I wanted to go to Night Service, but I worked through. Therefore, I listened to my father's past two sermons, both of which are on marriage.

I encourage everyone who reads this to go to www.northshorecommunitychurch.com and click on the sermons tab. I've never had the best relationship with my father, but we've definitely rebuilt it in recent years. However, I will never denounce him as a preacher. God has given him an amazing gift, and God uses his words to display his gospel and teach Christians how to apply it.

The sermons were on Ephesians 5: 22-33; the passages are on marriage. I encourage couples to listen to them, first separately, and then together. I hope to apply these two sermons to my own marriage...probably listen to them both at least once a month...because they're so insightful. I plan to pray with my wife, daily, to have family devotions with her, and "pump up the tire," as he said. I want the pressure in the, "tire," of our marriage not to be constantly refilled, because there is a lot that's letting the tire go flat.

Thank you, dad.

Gonna watch the rest of the Phillies game now...rubber match between Phillies and Mets...set the DVR to record it so I can fast-forward through commercials...damn, I'm becoming my dad.