…another leaves.

Eleanor "Ele" Lynn at birth - 25 weeks (adjusted age)

Eleanor “Ele” Lynn at 34 weeks (adjusted age)

 SHE’S HOME!!!  Thank you for your prayers!

There's no place like home!

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Mebane SummitLife Group May 2010

 Thanks to all for coming out to celebrate with us!!!   -The Gilmores

-Most of our life is spent in the utterly mundane, not in the “big moments.”  The character of a marriage is set in 10,000 little moments, not 3 or 4 big moments

-Marriage is a flawed person living with a flawed person, but with a faithful God

-A marriage of unity, understanding, and love is not rooted in romance, but in worship.

-Your words and behavior are more formed by what’s inside of you, than by what’s outside of you (Luke 6:43-45)

-Heart = causal core of your personhood

-There is nothing that comes out of the mouth of a drunk, that was not already in the heart in the first place

-I am my biggest marriage problem

-All marriage problems are heart problems

-It is hard to keep what is truly important important in your life this side of eternity (Romans 1:25)

-DNA of sin=selfishness

-I was created for something bigger than me.  Sin makes me want to be in the center of my universe, the place for God and God alone.

-Sin in its fundamental form is antisocial–>sin pulls me in, keeps me from being directed towards others

-As long as there is sin still inside of me, I’m carrying around something that is destructive to relationships

-Many marriages are built on self-love; true righteousness only begins when you quit living for yourself

-Marriage, this side of heaven, is a war between two kingdoms (kingdom of self vs kingdom of God) (Matthew 6:19-33)

-Good relationships are good because the people in them have prioritized them

-Husbands, you don’t NEED a wife who respects you and follows your lead.  This is a blessing, but you cannot set this up as a demand.  We are all too skilled at turning blessings into demands.  (there was a similar example given to wives with regards to “needing” a husband who loves her)

-The minute you name something as a need you are entitled to it, you can demand it, you define God’s faithfulness by if it’s provided

-When God’s love is not the ruling force in your life, the love of self will ALWAYS be

-Relationships are not first fixed horizontally (between you and your spouse), they are fixed vertically (between you and God)

-Love=willing self sacrifice for the good of another that does not demand reciprocation or that the person being loved is deserving (1 John 4:7-11)

-Love does its best work when others are undeserving

-True love is not best born out of duty, true love is best born out of gratitude

-What happens outside of the marriage bed will shape what happens inside the marriage bed

Nate

Christy