Do you have special memories of “the good old days?” Were they safer? More innocent, somehow? Many who grew up in former decades, especially the sixties, the fifties, and earlier—do remember: things were different! It’s not just wishful thinking and fond memories, distorted by time.

One of the greatest blessings in this life is that of marriage, and the promises that define marriage are given from the very start—during the wedding ceremony.

One of those promises is for a man to cleave to his wife until death. A Biblical marriage is both a physical and spiritual union intended to last a lifetime—a lifetime of resolving differences and growing together in a loving relationship, whether in sickness or in health. As the man and woman grow into old age, they can face certain diseases and disabilities that test the vow to cleave unto death.

Who are your parents and how have they affected your life? Many people may know and have been raised by both of their parents, while others may have been raised only by one. Then there are some who might have lived a life apart from their biological parents, perhaps never having known them. Do you know your mother and father? What about your Father in heaven?

Elizabethkingia, “the mysterious infection that might be behind 17 deaths in Wisconsin has spread to a second state… The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) confirmed Thursday that an older adult from the western part of the state has died after contracting the obscure blood infection, which has sickened more than 50 in Wisconsin.