I'm staying up late tonight because I can. I can enjoy the night sky and the one star I can see through the power-lines and ambient LA light on my back alley balcony. I can enjoy nostalgia and country music. I can enjoy spending time reading.
And I am.
Here's a tidbit I came across, a top 20 list of "Marriage Rules"
Some highlights...
2. Don't marry a man who is neater than you are. You may, however, marry a man who polishes his tools and puts them away after use....
3. Don't marry anybody, man or woman, who says, "I'm going to call you at eight," and then leaves you waiting by the phone for an hour. Exceptions can be made for people who are kidnapped by Arabs, or who have epileptic seizures.
5. Don't marry a woman who spends more on makeup than she does on food. In general, don't marry a woman who engages in the sin of reverse gluttony.
8. Do not marry a man who treats his mother or his sisters discourteously. As he treats his mother, so will he treat you. But by all means do not marry a man who takes his direction from his mother, or who is ruled by his mother's ambitions. Mama's boys are unhappy, and they make their wives unhappy too. So are the mothers of mama's boys, come to think of it. Unhappy days are here again.
15. Never marry a man who is not admired by respectable male friends. The people in the world who know a man best are the men he works and plays with. They know well if he is a cheat, a thug, a loser. You may marry a man who does not have female friends. If anything, you should be suspicious of a man whose friends are principally female. The men may be avoiding him, and there is a reason for that.
Which are your favorites?
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The list sounds conveniently practical. The sort of thing that if Hosea had perhaps stumbled across shortly after verse2, made him think twice about Gomer. Maybe even never commit to the stern call of God - put into question whether he really heard God right since it was really only his first time ever hearing Him.... But I am confidant that God was far greater an influence in his life than I'm lending him credit. Is He as great an influence in your life?
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death - Prov 14:12
P.S.: This list did crack a smile, but had the hauntings of being choosy as opposed to obedient. Just sayin
awww, I liked #13: Never marry a woman who does not laugh at your jokes or your buffoonery. That is one of the nicest ways in which men "serve" women, and women respond by taking delight in the antics. That is why God made impersonators of Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, and Homer Simpson. It may in fact be the principal justification for the existence of Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, and Homer Simpson. This rule is simply an instance of the more general rule that you should never marry a woman who does not genuinely admire you, nor should a woman marry a man whom she does not admire.
number 5...thats a good one and i never thought of it in those words...reverse gluttony...i like it.
My favorite is number fifteen.
anonymous: The list is conveniently practical, but some of that is wisdom which you'll also find in Proverbs. I think it's wise to be choosy about who you marry. I don't believe God communicates to all of us our marriage choices as clearly as he did to Hosea, and there is some wisdom in being choosy about who you marry.
Cheers,
Chris
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