Your Phone Won’t Cry At Your Funeral, But Your Spouse Might

What if the most important work you do today is simply turning toward the people you love? We start with loss, not to linger in sorrow, but to remember what actually lasts. Things break. Trends fade. Screens keep scrolling. People are eternal, and how we treat them shapes our homes, our communities, and our future.

From that center, we dive into Ephesians 5 and talk plainly about marriage as a living picture of Christ and the church. It’s not a contest for control but a call to mutual honor: husbands who nourish and cherish, wives who respect and strengthen. We look at the habits that erode intimacy—endless scrolling, divided attention, sharp words—and the small daily choices that restore it: gentleness, presence, and the courage to serve first.

We then follow the Magi’s star to rediscover worship that moves us to act. Their long road, costly gifts, and obedience to change course teach us how to seek Jesus with intention and joy. Along the way, we honor John Gregory Bourke’s “gallantry in action,” a reminder that much of the courage that holds a nation together goes uncelebrated. We also revisit Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1939 Christmas message, with its call to neighborliness, mercy, and living for others, even as storms gather. The takeaway is urgent yet hopeful: prepare your heart before the storm, anchor your days in Christ, and give your first fruits to the people God has entrusted to you.

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