The vows we take when we get married are very powerful...they are your oath with another person to whom you promise to spend the rest of your life with. It is a covenant relationship that you are creating with that person. God is a covenant God. The word covenant means, agreement - promise - pledge - bond. These are not words to be taken lightly. I personally think we have become so removed from the vows we take, that we do not even acknowledge God being a part of that relationship. I would like to assure you, He is and He is very serious about his end of that commitment. The book of Ruth is one of my favorites! There is a beautiful passage I would like to share with you. Ruth 1:16-17: But Ruth replied: Do not persuade me to leave you or go back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. (17) Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do this to me and even more, if anything but death separates you and me (CSB). This is beautiful. Let me ask you to reflect on the vows you made with your husband and with God. Take a minute and reflect on this verse from Ruth. We want our marriages to have a lasting impact, to leave an impression on our children where they can know things were not easy but, mom and dad were dedicated to God and one another...till death do they part. There is no ending, the love is carried on into the next generation.
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Do you ever feel like you are going toe to toe with your husband? If you are anything like us the answer is yes! We are told in God's word that part of the sin curse will involve power struggles in our marriages. As a wife that word 'submit' immediately comes to my mind. Genesis 3:16 - "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you". The word desire would seem nice but, let's look at it in a different translation. The NLT - "You will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you." That seems a lot less nice. The question is how do we combat this desire? Prayer of course but, submission is a much better way because it is God's way. It is His design in our marriages for our own protection. Submission, in biblical context means: accepting or yielding to the will or authority of our husbands. If you struggle with this then look at it from another perspective, submit to God. He will help you if you are having a hard time submitting to your husband. I would be honored to pray with you or for you if you are like me and have had a hard time understanding this principle. Please click on the envelope to send me an email. I would love to hear from you. God bless your marriage and family as you continue to press forward on your journey. Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus (NIV).
As I reflect over the years, I am able to see today where the hand of God was at work the whole time in our lives. Things did not make much sense then but, neither did the way I was choosing to live. Life was full of so many obstacles, many of which were my own doing. Had I known then what I know now there would have been no need to experience what we did. Which ultimately grew us in faith and matured us spiritually. These things do not just come natural. They must be taught, learned and applied. That is why the example of marriage is so important today. Our children will not know automatically how to keep that level of commitment. We must set the example for them. No matter where we come from, or where we are now. There were a lot of poor choices and wrong turns. I now know that was all His way of preparing us for this. A marriage and family ministry to those who are broken and hopeless. We have to start somewhere and let the healing begin in order to be useful to others in the future.
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