Pushed Together by David Jeremiah

Friday, May 13 Pushed Together Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Recommended Reading 1 Thessalonians 5:11-22 In her book Praying for Your Prodigal Daughter, Janet Thompson describes the anguish she and her husband, Dave, faced with a daughter in crisis. Out of their experiences came blessings, for the Lord knows how to bless us amid our burdens; and one of those blessings was a closer marriage. “We can let a prodigal daughter be a bitter dividing force,” Janet wrote, “or she can actually draw us closer together when we realize that the same love that brought this child into our world—whether by birth or adoption—will see us through…. A prodigal doesn’t always negatively affect a couple. Any crisis my husband and I have gone through together has only strengthened our marriage and commitment to each other.” Every marriage faces difficult days. How important to let the pressure push us together, to humbly confess our hurts, to pray together, and to seek to edify the other. Hard times can push us apart, but that’s not the best way. It’s not God’s way. Even in the most difficult times in marriage, we are capable of growing closer to each other in the Lord. A Single Thought: Listen to others not to respond, but to understand.