It takes more than
cuteness to walk the work of marriage! It also takes more than the wedding ,
glamour and fanfare of the day to succeed in a marriage relationship. Do you have an idea of what you are getting
into? Is it all about showing off your “rock” (ring) and telling the stories of
the beautiful honeymoon you had. When you look at a woman who says “I will rather
go back to my parents’ or become a single mother than live with this man” she
too probably made a beautiful bride at a fairytale wedding... There are way too
many sad stories today about marriage that makes the younger ones wonder if it
is worth going into at all.
Before you go into marriage, realise that the other party is
human, prone to error and would not always be “whom you want them to be”. The
guy who says he is willing to go to the
end of the world for you may not be able to do that once he gets promoted at
work and becomes a lot busier than he is right now. That does not mean he loves
you any less, the lady who says you are everything will soon have children
taking all her time and attention, don’t fret you are still her world...
Marriage is the oldest and most beautiful institution on
earth! God’s intent is that it will be full of His blessings and like most
stories we read when we were young, “and they lived happily ever after” is the
intended end God has for marriage. For us to end the way He planned, we must be
willing to live or go through marriage the way He conceptualized it not our own
way. Maybe you have forgotten the
picture you had in mind when you got married, are things as rosy as they were
or you thought they were going to be at the beginning? You do not have to
engage the devil’s attention in order to enjoy his momentary “blessing” filled
with poison. You can recreate your dream with God’s help.
God is our first love and should be for those who are yet to
know Him. God has the heart of every man in His hand and He is able to redirect
wondering hearts back to him. You can not loose your own faith because someone
else is not following right. I would
like to encourage you to deepen your relationship with the Lord and see how
that impacts your relationship with your spouse. Eph3: 16-19 Amplified
16May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
7May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
18That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19[That you may really come] to know [practically, [e]through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses [f]mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] [g]unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and [h]become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
I pray that you will be rooted and grounded in God’s love. The
love of God deepens in your heart when you take the bold step to seek him. His
love is unconditional and does not depend on what you do for him now, neither
is it selfish. The love of God is a tough love that loved us when we were not
worthy of being loved. It is forgiving, unconditional, and eternal. Perhaps
situations have made you to question God’s love, His eternal arms are always
stretched out forever and all you need to do is reach out to Him. How you may
ask? Through His word fellowship and prayers! Make sure you do not give in to
the suggestions of the devil, God is not done with you yet.
Indeed God’s love is
unwavering. May we find strength and may our focus not waver as we seek God
anew this week.
Agape!
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