God's Successful Marriage

  🎄 Escaping the Trap of Christmas Commercialism Finding Meaning, Marriage, and Christ Beyond the Hype God’s Successful Marriage — Common Man Blog Every December, it happens again. The lights come on earlier. The music gets louder. The ads get bigger. The prices climb higher. And somewhere in the middle of it all, many of us — couples included — feel a quiet tension we can’t quite explain. We’re told this season is about joy… yet many feel stressed. We’re told it’s about giving… yet many feel pressured. We’re told more is better… yet something feels missing. If we’re honest, Christmas commercialism doesn’t just distract us — it exhausts us. And oddly enough, one of the most honest reflections of this struggle comes from a small, animated boy we’ve all grown to love. 🌲 Charlie Brown Wasn’t Wrong In A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), Charlie Brown wrestles with what many of us still feel today: “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?” Charlie Brown is su...

  🎄 The Ultimate Gift: Christ at the Center of Christmas and Marriage God’s Successful Marriage — Common Man Blog Christmas is a season overflowing with lights, gifts, traditions, and joyful noise — yet beneath all of it lies a simple, profound truth: Christmas is not ultimately about what we give, but about Who was given to us. Jesus Christ is God’s ultimate gift, the foundation of hope for our lives and the source of strength for our marriages. When we recenter Christmas around Christ, we recenter our marriages around the One who holds all things together (Colossians 1:17). What a season to remember that our love for one another flows from His love for us. 🎁 Jesus—the Unspeakable Gift Paul writes, “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.” — 2 Corinthians 9:15 The word unspeakable (Greek: anekdiegetos ) means indescribable , too wonderful to fully express. No wrapped gift, no tradition, no decoration can compare to what God did by sending His Son. Why does th...