Encouragement - We all Need It!
A woman was in my office last week and told me about this story, "after 20 years of marriage my husband came home and said, 'I'm not in love with you anymore' and that was it!" Did you ever notice how we would rather replace the people in our lives who have disappointed us, rather than deal with the issues that have separated us? I must admit that I am a BIG abuser of my own observation. Often we have a parent who has let us down, a child we have given up on, or a spouse who has left us for a younger woman. Unfortunately, I know way too many people who have experienced the ladder. Too many men get to an age where they realize they are getting old and going to die so they start looking for someone to replace their aging, aching wife who is their constant reminder of them getting old. Replacing people has become much too common place, not only in our culture but I've seen it in the Latin, Italian, and Irish cultures as well. I have a feeling that if p