Marriage Seminar Recap & weekly menu

We had a great weekend at the annual young couples marriage seminar in Topeka. Steve Price spoke on several areas in marriage that were good to be reminded of.

Here are a few things that stuck with me:

Brake easily - Be quick to admit you are wrong to your spouse. Don't look at their wrong and dwell on it, but treat your sin as the only sin in the room and confess it to the Lord and your spouse. Don't hang onto your pride, but brake easily.

Spiritual Gifts - Find out your spouse's spiritual gifts and look for ways to allow him/her to cultivate and use them, don't hinder this process through your own selfishness.

Marriage Design - The man needs to feel respected and the woman needs to feel loved - this is the best way to create peace in the home. I've heard this a million times, but it's always good to be reminded to be conscious to show respect and appreciation to your spouse.

Others are watching - Your kids and others that you interact with are watching how you treat each other. Work to have a marriage that honors the Lord and gives the picture of marriage that God intends that of Christ and the church.

It was so good to be reminded of these things. All the messages will be up on the Topeka Gospel Chapel's website in a couple weeks. I would highly recommend listening to them.

Here is my menu for the week. I had fun browsing through different recipe blogs and am excited to try some new recipes! It's a short week, because we plan to visit my family next weekend. We are going to celebrate my parent's 35th wedding anniversary! It should be a really nice time together.

M: Minestrone Soup with garlic cheese bread
T: Broccoli Rice Casserole with a salad
W: Easy Fiesta Chicken with cilantro lime rice
R: Chicken Divan over rice

Oh, and these pumpkin caramel cinnamon rolls look amazing... I don't think anything would smell better that these baking in the oven.. MMmmaybe I'll get to these this week :)