Below is a guest post by an old friend. He sends out a regular email with spiritual observations and I thought this one was exceptionally good for this site. And, appropriate for this Thanksgiving time of the year when we spend extra time with family. Hope you enjoy it and it makes you think, as it did me.

...Understand that family is a description of the interaction of people.

Sometimes it is good, and sometimes it is rocky. But the descriptor defines something else, it defines commitment, determination, and love. It provides you with shelter, security, support, and love. It helps you to grow, interact, socialize, and love. It gives you opportunities to share, accomplish, build, strengthen, and love. It encourages you to become whole, influence, guide, and love.

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Read these Bible passages & discuss each one’s meaning to your marriage.

You may wish to make some notes:

Serving Each Other (Matthew 7:12; Philippians 2:1-8; I Corinthians 10:24)

Honesty (Ephesians 4:25 / Colossians 3:9)

Christ’s love as the model for marital love (Ephesians 5:21-33)

Positive communications (Ephesians 4:29)

Dealing with unexpected problems (Romans 8:28 / Jeremiah 29:11)

God’s design for marriage (Genesis 2:18-25)

Forgiveness (Ephesians 4:32 / Matthew 18:21-35)

The Bible’s description of love (I Corinthians 13)

Sexual needs (I Corinthians 7;1-5)

Parenting (Ephesians 6:1-4)

Money & priorities (I Timothy 6:10; Philippians 4:11-12; Matthew 6:33-34)

Sources of conflicts (James 4:1; Proverbs 15:1)