Comments on: MAINTAIN YOUR MARRIAGE http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/ Thu, 24 May 2012 22:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rich Bordner http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11576 Rich Bordner Fri, 01 May 2009 06:28:42 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11576 Your post is a good reminder to me as I head into my own marriage.<br /><br />I tend to be a workaholic, so I *really* need to keep this in mind!<br /><br />Robin, I also love the idea of the "four couples." Your post is a good reminder to me as I head into my own marriage.

I tend to be a workaholic, so I *really* need to keep this in mind!

Robin, I also love the idea of the “four couples.”

]]> By: TREY MORGAN http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11570 TREY MORGAN Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:36:50 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11570 Thank you Sarah for the prayers.<br /><br />Vaughn - Thank you for dropping by.<br /><br />Also, LauraLee's link above is great. Check it out when you get time. :) Thank you Sarah for the prayers.

Vaughn – Thank you for dropping by.

Also, LauraLee’s link above is great. Check it out when you get time. :)

]]> By: Bethany and Andrew Vaughn http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11569 Bethany and Andrew Vaughn Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:21:51 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11569 I enjoy your blog. You have such wisdom in your words. I enjoy your blog. You have such wisdom in your words.

]]> By: Bethany and Andrew Vaughn http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-14617 Bethany and Andrew Vaughn Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:21:51 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-14617 I enjoy your blog. You have such wisdom in your words. I enjoy your blog. You have such wisdom in your words.

]]> By: Sarah http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11568 Sarah Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:51:36 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11568 I love the analogy of trying to 'fix' a lifetime of neglect in a night or two. Yes, yes, to cowgirl -- Satan knows that attacking our marriages is a sure way to unsettle our foundation. We must be diligent!<br /><br />Thanks for your commitment to godly marriages, Trey! I love the analogy of trying to ‘fix’ a lifetime of neglect in a night or two. Yes, yes, to cowgirl — Satan knows that attacking our marriages is a sure way to unsettle our foundation. We must be diligent!

Thanks for your commitment to godly marriages, Trey!

]]> By: westcoastwitness.com http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11567 westcoastwitness.com Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:30:28 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11567 Well, since no one else has said it:<br /><br />"Have lots and lots of sex."<br /><br />Contributed. Well, since no one else has said it:

“Have lots and lots of sex.”

Contributed.

]]> By: TREY MORGAN http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11566 TREY MORGAN Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:36:47 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11566 a cowgirl at heart - Satan is alive and enjoying ripping apart marriages in our community. I feel the same way you do ... our community is hurting. I'm spending an entire month of May sermons focusing on marriage at the CofC, and I sure pray that someway and some how that it will help down the road. a cowgirl at heart – Satan is alive and enjoying ripping apart marriages in our community. I feel the same way you do … our community is hurting. I’m spending an entire month of May sermons focusing on marriage at the CofC, and I sure pray that someway and some how that it will help down the road.

]]> By: a cowgirl at heart http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11565 a cowgirl at heart Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:06:28 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11565 Oh, Trey, this post couldn't be more timely. Don't you feel like marriage is under attack in this town? It is probably under attack everywhere, but it touches so close to home when it is all around you, you know? I had to choose time with my husband over a church meeting the other day and the irony of the situation was that I was ridiculed for doing so by someone at church (which had nothing to do with the church as a whole, just with the particular individual). But I HAD to stand up for my marriage and make my husband a bigger priority even when others didn't understand. I want so badly to make the marriages around us better and to say, "it can be good again, don't give up," and yet it can all be very overwhelming. Thanks for the post! BTW...I LOVE Red Hot Momma...read her stuff regularly! She's awesome! Oh, Trey, this post couldn’t be more timely. Don’t you feel like marriage is under attack in this town? It is probably under attack everywhere, but it touches so close to home when it is all around you, you know? I had to choose time with my husband over a church meeting the other day and the irony of the situation was that I was ridiculed for doing so by someone at church (which had nothing to do with the church as a whole, just with the particular individual). But I HAD to stand up for my marriage and make my husband a bigger priority even when others didn’t understand. I want so badly to make the marriages around us better and to say, “it can be good again, don’t give up,” and yet it can all be very overwhelming. Thanks for the post! BTW…I LOVE Red Hot Momma…read her stuff regularly! She’s awesome!

]]> By: Donna G http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11564 Donna G Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:57:16 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11564 Be interested in each other's hobbies. <br /><br />Take each other along on a sporting outing.<br /><br />Make it a habit to say positive things about your spouse to your friends.<br /><br />Enjoy the fact that you know each other well enough to be quiet together.... Be interested in each other’s hobbies.

Take each other along on a sporting outing.

Make it a habit to say positive things about your spouse to your friends.

Enjoy the fact that you know each other well enough to be quiet together….

]]> By: jasonS http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11563 jasonS Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:23:54 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11563 great reminder- thanks! great reminder- thanks!

]]> By: TREY MORGAN http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11562 TREY MORGAN Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:42:43 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11562 Laura Lee - Thanks ... Feel free to list any links that are helpful. Thanks for doing it! :) <br /><br />cwinwc - That's the post that never dies :) Suggestive texts are a great way to maintain ... but as you say... make sure it goes to your wife... ouch!<br /><br />Robin - LOVE the idea! <br /><br />Roger - Excellent as always. My wife LOVES it when I hold her hand in public :)<br /><br />Grumpy - Thanks for stopping by. Laura Lee – Thanks … Feel free to list any links that are helpful. Thanks for doing it! :)

cwinwc – That’s the post that never dies :) Suggestive texts are a great way to maintain … but as you say… make sure it goes to your wife… ouch!

Robin – LOVE the idea!

Roger – Excellent as always. My wife LOVES it when I hold her hand in public :)

Grumpy – Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Kent "Grumpy" Smith http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11561 Kent "Grumpy" Smith Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:37:02 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11561 Right on Trey. It is easy to get wrapped up in life and forget your life. Paula and I will be make our first trip in three years together in July. I don't plan on it ever being that long again.<br /><br />Grump Right on Trey. It is easy to get wrapped up in life and forget your life. Paula and I will be make our first trip in three years together in July. I don’t plan on it ever being that long again.

Grump

]]> By: Dr. Roger D. Butner http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11560 Dr. Roger D. Butner Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:11:53 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11560 Thanks for the terrific post, Trey! I would also recommend:<br /><br />- playing games together regularly<br />- cook together now and then<br />- hold hands in public<br />- have a few verses of Scripture that you read and meditate on every day, such as Ephesians 5:25-27, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, James 1:19-21, and Philippians 2:14 Thanks for the terrific post, Trey! I would also recommend:

- playing games together regularly
- cook together now and then
- hold hands in public
- have a few verses of Scripture that you read and meditate on every day, such as Ephesians 5:25-27, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, James 1:19-21, and Philippians 2:14

]]> By: Robin Brannon http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11559 Robin Brannon Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:49:30 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11559 I heard the idea of what I call the "circle of families" (I never heard it called anything really). The concept is this: Say there are four couples (some with kids, maybe some without). The four couples are on a rotating schedule. Couples 1, 2, and 3 drop their kids off at Couple 4's house and go on dates. The next week, Couple 1 keeps the kids while 2, 3, and 4 go out. And it keeps rotating like that. The couples who don't have kids yet get good experience in child-raising, the couples who do have kids get to go out take a little break from the kids a few times a month, the couple who keeps the kids gets to know the families and the kids better, the kids get to know each other better, and the couples can swap date ideas. And I'm sure there are even more advantages. If you don't have a circle of married friends, and you're a married couple, you should really consider it. It really enriches your marriage relationship and your friendships, too. I heard the idea of what I call the “circle of families” (I never heard it called anything really). The concept is this: Say there are four couples (some with kids, maybe some without). The four couples are on a rotating schedule. Couples 1, 2, and 3 drop their kids off at Couple 4′s house and go on dates. The next week, Couple 1 keeps the kids while 2, 3, and 4 go out. And it keeps rotating like that. The couples who don’t have kids yet get good experience in child-raising, the couples who do have kids get to go out take a little break from the kids a few times a month, the couple who keeps the kids gets to know the families and the kids better, the kids get to know each other better, and the couples can swap date ideas. And I’m sure there are even more advantages. If you don’t have a circle of married friends, and you’re a married couple, you should really consider it. It really enriches your marriage relationship and your friendships, too.

]]> By: Peter P http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11558 Peter P Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:48:04 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11558 Great post Trey.<br /><br />Just last week I wrote on my blog that I think all married couples should have an affair - with each other.<br /><br />Maintenance is so important!<br /><br />As it is with your relationship with God.... Great post Trey.

Just last week I wrote on my blog that I think all married couples should have an affair – with each other.

Maintenance is so important!

As it is with your relationship with God….

]]> By: cwinwc http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11557 cwinwc Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:47:53 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11557 Send a suggestive text message to your wife. Just kidding Bro or at least make sure it goes to the correct intended party. I still chuckle when I think about your experience but just a little.<br /><br />You alluded to "making God a priority in your life." I would add for couples to try and find a serving ministry that they can serve in together. What better for husband and wife to serve each other than to serve others. Send a suggestive text message to your wife. Just kidding Bro or at least make sure it goes to the correct intended party. I still chuckle when I think about your experience but just a little.

You alluded to “making God a priority in your life.” I would add for couples to try and find a serving ministry that they can serve in together. What better for husband and wife to serve each other than to serve others.

]]> By: LauraLee Shaw http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11556 LauraLee Shaw Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:39:12 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11556 Hi Trey, I'm excited you're covering this. I promise you I'm not sending this link to bring attention to my blog, but honestly to lend more thoughts to the surface. I posted a devo/article about this last week on the same subject through my grid if your readers are interested:<br /><a HREF="http://lovinthearts.blogspot.com/2009/04/unsettling-marriage.html" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">An Unsettling Marriage</a>Praying for you as you cover this subject. Will have to have a listen when you get it on itunes. Plano is quite close enough to Childress! ;) I'll also link your article to my post. Hi Trey, I’m excited you’re covering this. I promise you I’m not sending this link to bring attention to my blog, but honestly to lend more thoughts to the surface. I posted a devo/article about this last week on the same subject through my grid if your readers are interested:
An Unsettling MarriagePraying for you as you cover this subject. Will have to have a listen when you get it on itunes. Plano is quite close enough to Childress! ;) I’ll also link your article to my post.

]]> By: Lantz http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11555 Lantz Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:21:28 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11555 Great points...it seems that many people lack the discipline to do maintenance themselves. <br /><br />For example, many people pay to have someone else do their yard maintenance. Others pay to have their oil changed. <br /><br />In marriage we would rather not do the discipline of maintenance ourselves, but rather have someone else do it...<br /><br />just some random thoughts... Great points…it seems that many people lack the discipline to do maintenance themselves.

For example, many people pay to have someone else do their yard maintenance. Others pay to have their oil changed.

In marriage we would rather not do the discipline of maintenance ourselves, but rather have someone else do it…

just some random thoughts…

]]> By: Anonymous http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11554 Anonymous Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:16:43 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11554 Excellent post, Trey.<br />We do marriage help groups regularly with the church. I get really bugged at the people who see no need for maintainance or, in some cases, no hope for improvement.<br />Cecil3 Excellent post, Trey.
We do marriage help groups regularly with the church. I get really bugged at the people who see no need for maintainance or, in some cases, no hope for improvement.
Cecil3

]]> By: Matthew http://treymorgan.net/maintain-your-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-11553 Matthew Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:13:18 +0000 http://day3hosts.com/treymorgan/2009/04/maintain-your-marriage/#comment-11553 Great post. One of the young men here in Castle Rock is going to school with one of your boys in the Aim program. I knew there was a connection to you somewhere in my life. Great post. One of the young men here in Castle Rock is going to school with one of your boys in the Aim program. I knew there was a connection to you somewhere in my life.

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