One fabulous Thinker

  Scripture: "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." — 1 Samuel 16:7 A house can look beautiful from the outside. The grass is cut. The porch is clean. The windows shine. Inside, the furniture is arranged just right, the counters are clear, and everything looks ready for company. But a house isn't meant to be looked at simply. It is meant to be lived in . And once people actually live there, things get messy. Laundry piles up. Dishes sit in the sink. Something breaks. Someone gets frustrated. Hard conversations happen. Some rooms need attention and things that don't get fixed overnight. Marriage is much the same. We can become so concerned with how our marriage looks that we forget to pay attention to how it actually feels to live inside it. We can smile for the picture while avoiding the conversation. We can say, "We're fine," when we're not. We can post the anniversary dinner while privately keeping score. We can te...