Focal Passage: Hosea 1:2-9; 3:1-5
In 2005, the Guinness Book of World Records said that Percy and Florence Arrowsmith held two records — the longest marriage of a living couple (80 years) and having the largest married couple’s aggregate age (205 years).
Before they died, they left good advice for those who want to have a lasting marriage. Percy humorously said the secret to his long marriage was just two words, “Yes, dear.”
Good advice perhaps, but Hosea and Gomer’s marriage was a bit more complicated. [Read more…]