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What'll it be "Hot or Cold?"

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I met a man today. It was someone who stirred up questions for me about my own spirituality. Someone who asked me (not directly), “how are you and Jesus?” It was at Dad’s Place this encounter occurred. Sidebar thought: I wonder if Jim knows how many needs he fulfills. He quenches my physical thirst for coffee (not matter if it’s hot or cold), provides pleasant familial conversations that tap into my emotional needs, and provides a solitary place for discussions such as the one today. It was there that I was touched spiritually. I found myself searching the archives of my brain seeking childhood Bible stories, and memory verses, for the answers that I thought I knew. Maybe I don’t know, maybe this man doesn ’t know. He questioned me, encouraged me, and gave me motivations to disprove him. The questions were directed towards my basic foundation. Questions that I firmly believed I had answered back in my youngster years. Questions that I dare not discuss till I have resolved them in my ow...

Calling All Women

The Challenge: Have as many women as I can interpret what I meant by "Spending ever day looking for new ways to reinvent our relationship." Please leave your comments so that I know I wasn't speaking a foreign language with my spouse. Men, feel free to comment as well! I'm sure you will anyways. Conversation with hubby: Me: I have a New Years Resolution that I think would be fun for us, do you want to hear it? Man: Sure Me: I think every day we should look for new ways to reinvent our relationship? Man: What do you mean? Me: I just said what I meant. Man: No you didn't really explain what you mean, though. Me: You know, finding little things that would change our relationship...doing something each day. Man: That seems taxing! Me: Working on our relationship is work? Man: Yeah, I wouldn't know what to do. That's 365 days, you know. Me: There are calendars out there that will tell you things to do that are romantic! Buy one. Man: Yeah, but most of them are ...