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B Ready! (2)
'Relish life with the spouse you love, each and every day.' Ecclesiastes 9:9
Getting ready to go out can take ages can't it? A few hours soaking in a hot bubble bath, plucking, waxing, and preening. Then it's time for the hairdryer, the straighteners, the creams, the make-up, the irresistible scent - and lads, you're almost ready for a night on the town!
And us girls are just the same, with the final decision being, 'What shall I wear?' We've spent the whole day buying up Primark and our room now look like a scene from How Clean is Your House with stuff piled everywhere and belts, scarves and jewellery hanging off doors, wardrobes and some poor unsuspecting teddy bear (and we'll still end up crying, 'I've got nothing to wear!') Finally after about 100 outfit changes we're ready to go out. It's only taken 51/2 hours - but, hey, we're worth the wait.
We can put so much effort into getting ready - yet so little effort into building relationships. Within five minutes of meeting up with our friends we're behaving as reckless as everyone else, and have snogged the person who came at us with a cheesy chat up line.
We put all that time and energy into looking good on the outside, but so little effort goes into who we are on the inside. We scan the room looking for that suitable chap or chappess - caring only how they look, not who they are. God invented relationships. But He knows that good relationships can only happen when we take notice of what is on the inside too.
written by Bob Gass
'Relish life with the spouse you love, each and every day.' Ecclesiastes 9:9
Getting ready to go out can take ages can't it? A few hours soaking in a hot bubble bath, plucking, waxing, and preening. Then it's time for the hairdryer, the straighteners, the creams, the make-up, the irresistible scent - and lads, you're almost ready for a night on the town!
And us girls are just the same, with the final decision being, 'What shall I wear?' We've spent the whole day buying up Primark and our room now look like a scene from How Clean is Your House with stuff piled everywhere and belts, scarves and jewellery hanging off doors, wardrobes and some poor unsuspecting teddy bear (and we'll still end up crying, 'I've got nothing to wear!') Finally after about 100 outfit changes we're ready to go out. It's only taken 51/2 hours - but, hey, we're worth the wait.
We can put so much effort into getting ready - yet so little effort into building relationships. Within five minutes of meeting up with our friends we're behaving as reckless as everyone else, and have snogged the person who came at us with a cheesy chat up line.
We put all that time and energy into looking good on the outside, but so little effort goes into who we are on the inside. We scan the room looking for that suitable chap or chappess - caring only how they look, not who they are. God invented relationships. But He knows that good relationships can only happen when we take notice of what is on the inside too.
written by Bob Gass
