by Amy Ensminger
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Dan Dean, the Pastor of the church we attend (Quick plug for him…his is a singer in the musical group Phillips, Craig & Dean and they just released their new CD “Breathe In”). Pastor Dan wrote a recommendation about us a couple of years ago encouraging others to attend our training's, workshops & classes that we offer - “It has been my sincere pleasure to watch God at work in the marriage of David and Amy Ensminger. What was once headed for destruction has been healed, restored and greatly blessed. That I am now able to witness the healing and restoration they help to facilitate in the marriages of others is an incredible blessing. I recommend that couples in distress, as well as couples who want to avoid making the kinds of common mistakes that damage even good marriages, avail themselves of the opportunity to learn and utilize the many valuable skills and tools David and Amy are ready and willing to impart.”
Notice in his comments he addressed couples that are in distress AND that are in a good marriage? Although we weren't in a good marriage years ago - at all, we are today. Even being in a good relationship, we too still find it critical and valuable to attend other training's that help us ‘learn and utilize valuable skills and tools’. In doing that, we give our marriage that much needed restoration and renewal so that we don’t make the ‘common mistakes that damage even good marriages’.
So this weekend, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander…we are going to attend a couples training! I commented to David this week, I now understand why it’s hard for couples that are not in a crisis in their relationship to commit to attend our training's or workshops. There is nothing that is driving us/them to attend when all is well on the home-front. Frankly, we aren’t looking forward to attending the training this weekend. I’ve considered every excuse about the need for us to NOT attend and have complained about the time away that we could spend doing ___ (fill in the blank). “BUT”…What I do know is that EVERY single time we invest in ourselves and our relationship by attending a training it pays off in renewal, rekindling & refreshing and surprisingly in restoration for an area in our relationship that has gone unnoticed to me. It takes our covenant to one another, friendship, intimacy and respect to another level. So that is our resolve. That is what is driving us to attend a couples training this weekend. And I think we are worth that – don’t you?
Challenge:
So how about you? ARE YOU WORTH that invest? Let me encourage you to attend a training that will restore, renew, rekindle and/or refresh your relationship.
Homework:
Make a list of the top 10 reasons how you and your relationship would benefit from attending a training. Let me encourage you to ignore as we do the reasons why we shouldn't attend, because they sabotage all the benefits for attending.
Suggestion:
1) Attend Creating Intimacy & Respect Couples Training's. You’ll learn how to communicate, identify red flags in your relationship, and forgive. as well as over 50+ tools on creating a loving & respectful relationship.
2) Attend one or all of our Relationship Tools Workshop Series. They are for singles and couples.
- For info or to register for either go to www.creatingintimacyandrespect.com or contact 800.229.9252.
About the Author
David & Amy Ensminger are founders of Creating Intimacy & Respect which provides a 2.5-Day Couples Training and 1-Day Relationship Workshop's for Singles & Couples. For more information go to www.creatingintimacyandrespect.com
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