Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Settlers, Amalekites, Minimum

Yesterday
Chinese New Year festivities continued throughout the night into the morning, and throughout the day once more. Mostly that meant a lot of fireworks all day and night.

We had Andrey and Jacky & Alicia, and Micah over for pizza and Settlers. We moved up to Cities and Knights. It took a while to read all the rules, set up the board, and remove all the extra parts from the expansion pack. We had a great time, everyone enjoyed it. Again I had to restrict my passion to win, but in the end I did win, but it was a very close game and really anyone could have pulled out ahead.

The Daily Bible - Exodus 15-18
Journey to Sinai, quail and manna sent, water provided from rock, Amalekites destroyed when Moses hands are kept raised, judges appointed.

Boundaries in Marriage - It Takes Two to Make One
Areas of Completeness That Marriage Cannot Provide
They tell a story of a couple that married to become mature. This is impossible. Each one must grow up. Becoming mature is a process that cannot be married into or fast tracked, but takes time and requires thought. There is a great list on page 91 of abilities that cannot be "borrowed" from each other, but must come from maturing processes. And after the basic minimum of development in each area, then the two complete individuals will become one complementing couple.

Prayer

Lord allow us to always be thankful, remind us to thank you for everything whether great or small. Give us hearts of constant thankfulness and lead us to increasing maturity.

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