Jesus told a parable in Matthew 18 about a servant forgiven a massive debt who refused to forgive a much smaller one. The lesson is simple: forgiven people forgive people. When we remember how much we’ve been forgiven by God, it changes how we treat our spouse. God doesn’t forgive us because we deserve it. He forgives because His covenant love is greater than our sin. Covenant marriage mirrors that same grace.

Covenant commitments are defined by the quiet, determined resolve to hold on when others let go. It’s the belief that love is a choice long after it’s a feeling. It’s what separates marriages that struggle to survive from those that thrive.

Most marriages don’t explode, they drift. They drift through neglect, through busyness, through complacency, through unspoken disappointment. But covenant love was never meant to drift. It was meant to be anchored. Guard against neglect. Fight selfishness. Choose to reengage every day. Covenant doesn’t demand perfection, it does require participation. It calls you to keep showing up. So don’t wait for feelings to return before you act in love. Act in love first, and fee

Recently, The 13th Gate  in Baton Rouge began celebrating a new “Séance Experience.” According to their description, guests will encounter “ancient rituals, restless spirits, and unsettling phenomena,” and by entering, they consent to participate in a story “where the veil between life and death may thin.” If you’re unfamiliar with this, a séance is by definition a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium who cla