Making Marriage Work (25 page)

Dave and Joyce cut the first slice of their wedding cake at their wedding reception

Dave and Joyce affectionately feed each other wedding cake in front of their beautiful wedding reception spread

Joyce throwing wedding bouquet at her wedding reception in January of 1967

Joyce and Dave preparing for the traditional “throwing of the garter”

Dave with oldest son, one-year-old David

Joyce in St. Louis, Missouri, with her three children, David (Age 6), Laura (Age 4) and Sandy (Age 2)

Dave in delivery room holding their youngest son Daniel

Dave and Joyce happily pose for a picture in the early 1980’s

Joyce during her early ministry years

Dave and Joyce proudly display her products from the tape tables during the early years of ministry

Joyce answering her own mail in the early years of ministry

Joyce is awarded an honorary doctorate from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998)

Dave and Joyce review the early stages of new building plans for the ministry

Dave and Joyce in the late 1990’s

Priorities are displaced if dad is working two jobs or frequently working overtime, more than what is necessary, just for the sake of having more things. A job may require someone to work overtime for a season, or a temporary second job can take care of some special need in the family, but if that job becomes a regular habit and the parent is away from the home on a regular basis, an unwanted price will be paid.