I apologize for taking so long to blog again. I kind of became swept away by life and ministry but I am still here. ;-) I have had this blog in my head for quite some time and I am finally forcing myself to sit still long enough to write it out. So, here goes...As many people as I see getting married there are even more going through divorce. I sit back and wonder how God is thinking and feeling through all of this? Too many times we leave God out of this holy covenant called marriage when He created it from the beginning of Adam and Eve. God wants to see our marriages not only survive but thrive! He is waiting on us to put Him and keep Him at the center of it
I can speak from my own experience that I spent most of my time doing my marriage in my own strength instead of God's strength. This had me feeling weary, hopeless, and defeated until I just wanted to give up. Marriage was not designed for us to give up but to give IN! Give into God's will for our marriages and leave behind our own agenda. That takes a whole lot of dying to self. It isn't an easy thing but it is the right thing.
I recall having a conversation with God and feeling like why do I have to love while experiencing all these things that are making want to hate? God told me because He loved me through anything and everything and I did not have the right not to love in the same manner. That was a true harsh slap of reality that I needed to hear! The truth is always good for us and that truth is found in the word of God. I love walking in His truth and even more walking in His love. There is freedom in that! =) Remember: LOVE IS A CHOICE NOT AN EMOTION!
My encouragement to you is that no matter what stage you are in your marriage journey God is with you. You just make sure you are WITH Him as well! He will not lead you down the wrong path. There will be glory after this! Your marriage is in God's hands and no matter the outcome embrace that God has and wants His BEST for you. Respect the process because the healing needs to take place. Do not rush to your breakthrough and miss the lessons needed to thrive as a wife or a husband. God is doing a great thing in you and you only need to be still and know that your Daddy in Heaven is the God of Recompense!!!
I didn't become a wife simply because my husband put a ring on my finger and we exchanged vows. No, I truly walked into my wifehood when God took His time and taught me true love, taught me forgiveness, and taught me the biblical meaning of a wife! God made me a wife because what I was before God stepped in was not the wife I was called to be. I am grateful for walking into who I was supposed to be when I became married. Diving into God's word allowed Him to dive into my heart so deep and heal the areas I did not even know needed healing. Now the person who had lost hope in marriage but became married anyway, became the person who loves everything about marriage and allowing God's glory to shine through that.
God Bless You, Your Marriage or Future Marriage!!! Blog with you later....Hugs & Love!!!
