Ever notice how the very thing you think you know best can become the thing that stops surprising you?
Here’s an embarrassing confession: Holly and I both went to Bible school and majored in Biblical studies. Our education was excellent, but it could leave us at times treating God’s Word more as a reference manual than as God’s active and living word. We studied the original languages, the historical context, the theological frameworks—but somehow we’d lost the wonder.
Three years into marriage, we were stuck in what I now call “spiritual roommate mode.” We could discuss eschatology over dinner and debate hermeneutics during car rides, but God’s Word wasn’t actually shaping how we talked to each other, handled conflict, or dreamed about our future.
The irony wasn’t lost on us: we had degrees in the Bible but our marriage felt spiritually dry. We were academically rich but relationally poor when it came to letting Scripture transform us together.
Our problem wasn’t lack of biblical knowledge—it was treating the Bible like a textbook instead of God’s living voice to our marriage.
David writes in Psalm 119:103, “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” What if God’s Word could become that sweet in your marriage? Not just individually, but together?
When couples make Scripture their shared authority—not cultural expectations, social media advice, or even well-meaning family opinions—something beautiful happens. God’s voice becomes louder than the world’s competing messages about what marriage should look like.
Your marriage wasn’t designed to survive on cultural wisdom or relationship hacks. It was designed to thrive under the authority of God’s Word, applied together, daily.
This week, pick one verse from Psalm 119:97-104 and read it together. Don’t just read it—talk about it. Ask: “How does this verse speak to our marriage right now?” Start small, but start together.
Scripture isn’t just your individual treasure—it’s your marriage’s foundation.
Best,
Mike and Holly
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