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About Barbara Fisher

Hello there. My name is Barbara Fisher and I am a new on the blogosphere. I have thought about doing this for sometime as I can be very opinionated about things and sometimes too much for Facebook. I am a married and the mother of two adult children, and the grandmother of seven. I am a Christian and have recently just moved my membership to a Reformed Baptist Church. I retired December 2012, and that has afforded me this opportunity to not overwhelm Facebook with my thoughts. I hope you find my blog – thought provoking, engaging, and interesting. Please let me know what you think. This is one venue where your feedback is the juice craved to keep going and going.

Keep it Burning!

Daily Prompt: Burn

How do you keep the love going year after year after year? This past week  I was listening to a sermon on Reformation Network to a minister who was describing that when people ask him what do they like to do as a couple, he responds “nothing”.

He goes on to explain that he just like being with his wife, listening to his wife and is still fascinated that after 30+ years (I don’t remember the number), he is still learning things about her.

Really?

To him, it wasn’t about doing, it was about being; being together. Husbands and wives bring their “differentness” to marriages. Worlds collide in a wonderful way, but it definitely takes some getting used to, dying to self too.  Ruth Graham has once said, “If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary.” The Bible describes it like iron sharpening iron.

So while the world is trying to blur the lines, maintain your differences. Don’t assimilate.

That’s how to keep the fire burning.