This is for all those parents who’ve got someone dating their daughter and talk is turning towards marriage. That means the current boyfriend could soon be raising your grandchildren! It is important for parents to be able to accept and bless a marriage relationship and sometimes to be the voice of reason about whether they should get married at all, especially when the happy couple are so in love they’re not necessarily thinking things through. Part of this is determining th

Many years ago a man and his neighbour bought tickets to sail to far away countries. They were planning to start new lives there. They knew that after arriving in their respective countries (they were going to different destinations) they would not be able to return home and so needed to prepare carefully what they were going to take with them. Unfortunately due to the age in which they lived, it wasn’t clear when either of their ships would depart. The first man spent all hi

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In the book of Job we read about a very rich man who has everything and then suddenly loses it all. In one day, all his children are killed in a tornado, all his businesses are stolen or destroyed, almost all his servants are killed and then shortly afterwards his health breaks down leaving him in agony with boils all over his body. His wife says to him, “Do you still hold to your integrity? Curse God and die!” But Job says to her, “Shall we indeed accept good from God, and s