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The Second Half of Marriage By David & Claudia Arp A Marriage Checkup Marriage Assets Our faith in God is the foundation for our marriage. We define our marriage as a partnership with each other and with God. Years ago we chose Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 as a theme for our marriage. It describes what we want our marriage relationship to look like:
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Away from all our responsibilities and with no one else around, we were free to talk about our marriage and where we wanted it to go in the future. As we ushered in the second half of our marriage, we defined our goals. First we needed to reconnect as a couple, redefine our relationship, and let go of some of our unrealistic dreams. We simply couldn’t do all the things we had planned to do when the children grew up – plus, to be honest, we didn’t have the energy.
