The ongoing saga of Christ's redeeming work in a world weary heart. And also some of the quirks of life with a household of eleven children, seventeen and under!
Stauffer Family 2005
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Taken in our Backyard last night despite two very grumpy and tired little ones. Also our new dog, Bently's first time in the frame.
If you are just entering this story, you may find it beneficial for your comprehension to read the first 3 parts. I will try to finish this for all you who just can’t wait for the end of the story when you already know the outcome! :-) I warn you it’s long! I broke out in a cold sweat!! “Ah, this is Japheth Stauffer from Blackduck MN, and I would like to talk to you about what has been happening this past week. You see, ………” (laughing) ”I told Aimee that she should give me a list of those guys that are acceptable and who isn’t before she leaves. That’s why I almost said, ‘Let me see if your on the list!’” (I had known prior to the call that I was not the first to ask for Aimee’s friendship!) We talked for about 15 minutes and I shared my heart and its desire to be a support to Aimee and the love that I had for her. I also shared that if he gave his blessing and I won her heart, I would marry her and not defraud her by leading her on and then d...
Now that I’ve told our story, I’d like to bring up some questions for your thoughts. We all have ideas about what dating or courtship should look like. What I am about to share I do not claim to be the final “truth” on the issue but I would like to state that I think that we have a lot to grow in when it comes to our transition from single hood to marriage process. First, is casual dating ok? Is it ok to go out with several different people to “get the feeling” for what’s out there? I don’t know about all you folks but I cannot spend special time with any person without getting either closer to them in spirit, or withdrawing from them. It rarely is an “emotionally free” time. Thus we get slightly attached to someone and then cut it off, wad up the hurt inside and try it again with someone else. When the right person finally comes along, we do not open up like we did with the first because we are worried about g...
What to do? Being married has lot’s of problems. One of which is this, when you have a cold, do you still kiss your wife goodbye in the morning as you leave for work? If you don’t, you never know if you’ll get in a fatal accident and never have kissed her goodbye! On the other hand, if you kissed her, she might have a nasty cold for the funeral!! Argh!! What to do!!!! Now I know why all single people smile all the time!
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