Don't use the D-word:
In our home, my wife and I have determined to never use
the “D-word!” (DIVORCE). We did not
enter our marriage with an exit plan.
Divorce statistics in our country are staggering. Our culture has made failure in marriage not
only acceptable, but also an expression of a misguided liberation. A loving, successful, life-long relationship
is not created or completed by accident.
Marriage is work! A successful marriage requires
unconditional love, and that is not humanly possible for us to give. The Bible tells us that, “God is love.” From this fact we draw the conclusion that a
loving relationship will be a Godly relationship. There are three functions is a successful
marriage: husband, wife, and God. The
closer you and I grow towards God the closer you and I will be to our
spouses. Think of this as a triangle,
you are on one point and your spouse on the other opposite point of the
triangle, with God at the upper or top point.
We cannot move laterally towards our spouses we must move up toward God,
but as we move in His direction we also grow closer and closer to our
spouses. There are many issues and
difficult circumstances that we will all be required to overcome in order to
maintain a happy, peaceful relationship, but we cannot argue with the fact that
two surrendered servants of God constantly working to be more like Christ will
become the best spouses anyone could ask for.
Only perfect people have the right to expect perfection
from anyone else. When you and I achieve
perfection, we may then criticize and coach our spouses on how to be perfect.
Until that time comes, perhaps we should all focus on fixing our own flaws and
fulfilling our God-given functions in our relationships. Talk to each other. Pray for and with
each other. LOVE each other, and watch God bless your home with peace, joy,
longsuffering, and longevity.
I Corinthians 7:10-11:
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
I Corinthians 7:10-11:
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
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