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 has been writing for a dozen years and is at work on her fourteenth novel. Her first novel, A Vow to Cherish,
inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title. The book was
recently reissued in an updated version for the ten-year anniversary of
its first release. Deb and her husband, Ken, have been married for
thirty-three years and live in Kansas. They have four children and two
grandchildren. Visit Deborah's website at www.deborahraney.com.
Tobi Layton is a fifth grade
teacher and freelance writer in southeast Missouri. Tobi has been
married for five years to Ryan Layton, a high school biology teacher.
Tobi and Ryan are involved with the youth group at their church in Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, where they also help teach a middle school
Christian education class. 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.