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Don't stop flirting with each other

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Don't stop flirting with each other Ferocious Flirting: Making Marriage Wonderful  is published by the Cleverly Group and is available for order on Amazon.  This book takes a positive approach to marriage as a lifelong relationship should be fun. The book has been grouped into sections to make the ideas really stand out.  Sections include: Continue Courting Gifts and Surprises Date Ideas Valentines and other Holidays Family In addition, each section has an illustration by Val Chadwick Bagley. Ferocious Flirting makes a great wedding present that can be enjoyed throughout the couple's marriage.  It makes a nice surprise for a couple with an Amazon Gift registry.

Weeding

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Individuality , a photo by Batikart ... handicapped ... sorry for no comments on Flickr. Weeding makes me philosophical.  Maybe it is that so many parables are have their root in working the land.  Maybe it is the undistracted quiet or maybe there is just something deeper about getting my hands dirty.  I have a flower bed that has a lot of grass in it that I have to keep pulling out.  Early in the spring I can attack the grass with gusto.  As the flowers grow in I have to be more careful and take more time in order to pull the grass without harming the flower plants.  If I fail to weed at first, the rest of the summer becomes much harder. Weeding is like removing those little problems that happen during a marriage.  First, if you take care of them early on before they can really get a root, they are much easier to address.  Second, leaving them to grow often leads to more problems that are harder to extract. What are the weeds in a marriage?  The might be the little disagreem

Romantic Scriptures: Matthew 7:3-5

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LumberDiva Originally uploaded by alex itin . These verses have been asserting themselves into my brain for the past several weeks. Not only that, I have heard the verses themselves quoted or the intention behind them espoused in various places. I, therefore, share them with you. For your reading enjoyment, Matthew 7:3-5 : 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. The first question I have is: what are a mote and a beam? I get the idea, but a beam stuck in my eye is hard to visualize. Here is what I found a beam to mean. Clicking on the definition takes you to the source: a large piece of wood used for building purposes log Looks like