We've been looking for a space heater for our kitchen/living/dining/ room. We have reverse air conditioners in the other three rooms that warm things up nicely. But the large AC unit in the common room does not reverse. We know to Canadians, weather that is dipping to 13 degrees (and lower) sounds awfully warm at this time of year. But in our common room during these 3 - 4 months of winter, the temperature is dipping to 16 or 17 and we'd really like to get a space heater. We can find them - but with very limited language ability it sure is hard to figure out what the various heaters will and won't do. And any heater we read about on the internet cannot be found in stores here.
I began today to read through the Bible as I usually do each year. I marvelled again at the Genesis 2 story of creation. Especially since I've been more than happily married to Jan for 4 plus decades, I give much thanks to the Creator for providing a "helper" for the first man - and for me. What an amazing gift God has provided in making the two sexes so similar and yet so different. What a marvellous experienc is the marriage between one man and one woman, secure in that relationship for life. How tragic that some still try to deny any difference any difference between the sexes (other than biology) instead of rejoicing in our differences.
Jan and I are so grateful for a stress free, fulfilling marital partnership. We love living and working together here in Hanoi as we have in other cities through the years. We grieve that this most gracious gift of marriage becomes such a painful destructive experience to so many. We grieve that many married Christians are not growing in the fruit of the Spirit and are not growing their marriages. We also are saddened that many Christian singles come to the place where they think marriage to almost any marital partner will be better than living alone. Even though surrounded by overwhelming evidence that too many marriages become a nightmare, they hang onto that foolish dream.
Marriage is provided by God as one of his greatest gifts of grace. We celebrate all of you who are working hard at developing first, a more Christlike character, and second, developing a strong, Christ centered marriage. And we thank God for you Christian singles who are serving God faithfully here in Hanoi and around the world.
I began today to read through the Bible as I usually do each year. I marvelled again at the Genesis 2 story of creation. Especially since I've been more than happily married to Jan for 4 plus decades, I give much thanks to the Creator for providing a "helper" for the first man - and for me. What an amazing gift God has provided in making the two sexes so similar and yet so different. What a marvellous experienc is the marriage between one man and one woman, secure in that relationship for life. How tragic that some still try to deny any difference any difference between the sexes (other than biology) instead of rejoicing in our differences.
Jan and I are so grateful for a stress free, fulfilling marital partnership. We love living and working together here in Hanoi as we have in other cities through the years. We grieve that this most gracious gift of marriage becomes such a painful destructive experience to so many. We grieve that many married Christians are not growing in the fruit of the Spirit and are not growing their marriages. We also are saddened that many Christian singles come to the place where they think marriage to almost any marital partner will be better than living alone. Even though surrounded by overwhelming evidence that too many marriages become a nightmare, they hang onto that foolish dream.
Marriage is provided by God as one of his greatest gifts of grace. We celebrate all of you who are working hard at developing first, a more Christlike character, and second, developing a strong, Christ centered marriage. And we thank God for you Christian singles who are serving God faithfully here in Hanoi and around the world.
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