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Communication is one of the most important things in a relationship. Studies have shown that words make up 14 percent of communication, tone makes up 35 percent of communication, and non-verbal makes up 51% of communication. We have all read a text message or an email wrong because we read it with a different tone than the person who wrote it had in mind. We also may imagine their body language differently than they intended which can also create confusion. There is a quote that says, “A great marriage isn’t natural, it is supernatural.” So, what makes it supernatural? Communication is one of those things that sets relationships apart. We all know or a couple or a family that does not communicate very well and because of it they may have negative individual relationships with one another. They may fight a lot, or not want to be near one another. From my own personal experience there are a lot of people that say communicating is hard for them. They may not have grown up comm...

Stress can be a positive thing to motivate us, or it can cause damage in our lives or in the life of others. I watched a video once that said if we aren’t experiencing some form of stress every single minute of every single day, then we would be dead. So, stress isn’t always all that bad, but it is how we handle and deal with that stress that is important. Stress that occurs in family can either bring the family together or it can tear them apart. In my own family I have seen this happen both ways. When I was really young my dad’s mom passed away. I have pictures with her and my parents can tell me stories of her playing with me, but I have no memory of her. I know that really hurts my dad that I’m not able to remember her. My dad’s best friend was his mom. My dad adored her and it tore him up when she was no longer with us. He was young and I don’t know if anyone is ever really prepared to lose a parent. My dad started to distance himself from everyone. He worked a lot mor...

1 Corinthians, chapter 7, verses 1-7 read:   Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.   Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.   The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.   Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.   But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.   For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. There is a lot we can learn about this passage of scripture. I wanted to s...