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Opposites Attract -– and Drive Each Other Nuts!...Continued from page 2

Deborah Raney and Tobi Layton

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The Lord knew exactly what He was doing when He brought two very different people together. We just had to figure out how to work with Him.

Discussion:

Read Genesis 2:18 and Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

In what ways are you and your spouse opposites?

How did those differences cause you to be attracted to each other? Did marriage change your perspective?

In what ways do your differences cause conflict between you?

Have you seen ways that God uses your opposite traits to strengthen you individually? As a couple?

Deborah Raney is at work on her nineteenth novel. Her first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title. Her books have won the National Readers' Choice Award, Silver Angel for Excellence in Media, and have twice been Christy Award finalists. Her newest series, the Hanover Falls Novels, will release from Howard/Simon & Schuster. She and her husband, Ken Raney, have been married for 35 years. They have four children, two little grandsons, and enjoy small- town life in Kansas. Visit Deborah's website at http://www.deborahraney.com.

Tobi Layton is a fifth grade teacher and freelance writer in southeast Missouri. Tobi has been married for eight years to Ryan Layton, a high school biology teacher. Tobi and Ryan are involved with the high school and junior high youth groups at their church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Laytons have two sons.

Tobi Layton is the daughter of Ken and Deborah Raney. The Raneys and the Laytons share an August 11 wedding anniversary.

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Opposites Attract -– and Drive Each Other Nuts!...Continued from page 2

Deborah Raney and Tobi Layton

Contributing Writers