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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